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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘spl’
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Drum Condo
Fresh on the heels of our drum mic’ing webinar, I thought I would post some details of our now famous “Drum Condo.” Perhaps ‘now famous’ is a slight overstatement; still, I’ve talked enough about it that I thought it merited a post. If you’ve read this blog for more than a month, you know that [...]
It’s Too Loud
“It’s too loud!” If you’ve spent any time at all behind a soundboard in a church, you’ve heard those words. Oddly, it’s not uncommon to also hear, “It’s too quiet,” in the same service. This was a topic that Robert Scovill hit on in the session, “Thriving at Front of House.” What follows are some [...]
Subscribe in RSS Reader