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Re: All you acousticians out there...

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2003-04-04 18:33

Although I'm not an acoustician by any means, I did master's work in underwater acoustics and am an amateur recordist by hobby (mainly open-reel tape recordings of live concerts) so I have a bit of background in the world of sound. I'd venture the opinion that your proposed practice space will, as you surmise, be acoustically quite "dead", which is great for not bothering the neighbors but does indeed make for an unrealistic perceived sound compared to typical concert spaces. HOWEVER, it's not necessarily a bad thing to practice MOST OF THE TIME in a dead space, as it permits the player to hear technical details and unwanted mechanical and breathing noises which might otherwise be lost or 'smeared' in a live environment such as a typical concert hall --- as long as occasionally the musician can practice in a more concert-like live environment to develop aspects such as tone and dynamics which would be hard to perfect in a very dead practice room. To my knowledge, practice rooms in public places (such as schools) are usually and probably ought to be made acoustically dead, to minimize cross-interference with neighboring players and other residents of the building.

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