Soundproofing a Gymnasium

Sound Control Challenge:

Gymnasiums are typically large, over-sized, shoe-box shaped rooms filled with hard reflective surfaces that can't absorb the reverberating sound waves reflecting around the room.   When crowds of people gather for various sporting, musical or speaker-related events, their voice reflections spread throughout the cavity of the loud gym like a pebble wave in a pond.   This generates an increase in background noise that drives decibel levels up to uncomfortable levels and poor gym acoustics.   Our goal is to control the reverberation in the noisy gym and drop the background gym noise.   The noise reduction with this gym design will then deliver a more comfortable gymnasium sound for everyone in attendance.

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Soundproofing Treatment:

By installing a durable set of fire rated, decorative acoustic sound panels or ceiling baffles, the sound reflections in the room can be captured and converted to kinetic energy.   Target their placement on the upper third of your walls around your gym's perimeter, or between exposed joists in the ceiling.    The products recommended for this gym sound system treatment are showcased in our Product Bin.

Acoustic Result:

With your reverberation times now under control, there is less background noise in the gym.   This triggers an overall drop in decibel level exposure to the crowd, and makes for a more comfortable experience attending sporting events, musicals and public speaking engagements.  Simulated results for soundproofing a gymnasium are broadcast in our Sound Chamber.