That question has been rattling around my head the last few days. It came up when I was talking with my office mate and worship pastor, Jon. He was getting ready to apply to grad school. He said he felt the need to keep growing. Good need, I say. Last night, I thought about it [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Drum Condo Update
Since many people have been asking, I finally did get around to snapping some more pictures, including the inside. I also took some SPL readings to confirm what I suspected. First, hard data. I walked inside the condo and had Joe play at his normal volume. We got readings around 116-118 dB SPL, C-weighted, fast. [...]
The Drum Condo–Does it Work?
Well, now that the site is back up and moving at something close to normal speed, we’ll get back to the drum condo series. First, in answer to the above question, the short answer is yes! To some extent, that’s the best I’ve got, as I’ve not yet had time to get any actual readings [...]
Speed Bump on the Blog
Here at churchtecharts.org, we’ve been having a little trouble getting the pages loading properly. For some reason, all the sites in my hosting account are running extremely slow. So far, 5 calls to tech support have yet to resolve the issue, though the sites are starting to come back to a more normal pace. Sorry [...]
The Drum Condo in Pictures
Yesterday we left off at the construction stage. I thought I would share some pictures and show you how we finished up. First, let me remind you of our design goals. Project Design Goals Attenuate drum volume significantly (meaning >20 dB SPL; >30 would be even better). Modular construction so it could be taken apart [...]

