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31240 Architectural Acoustics Project

Jazzhouse

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk &

Mathias Immanuel Nielsen

7. maj 2012

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Project overview

Focus on room acoustics.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Project overview

Focus on room acoustics.

Design acoustics for a musical venue.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Project overview

Focus on room acoustics.

Design acoustics for a musical venue.
RIR and simulations in Odeon.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Project overview

Focus on room acoustics.

Design acoustics for a musical venue.
RIR and simulations in Odeon.
Consider 4 cases:
- The empty condition. RIR and calibration in Odeon
- Mod #1: The initial proposed solution in Odeon
- Mod #2: The present solution in Odeon
- Mod #3: Our recommendations in Odeon.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
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Jazzhouse
Opened in 1991
One of Denmarks best renowned jazz venues
Flooded in 2011
Complete renovation of the concert hall

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
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Acoustic parameters

Which parameters are most important for jazz venues?

listen!

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Acoustic parameters

Which parameters are most important for jazz venues?

Amplified music: ’As dry as possible at low frequencies’ → BR

Acoustical jazz sessions vs. nightclub.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Acoustic parameters

Which parameters are most important for jazz venues?

Amplified music: ’As dry as possible at low frequencies’ → BR

Acoustical jazz sessions vs. nightclub.
Clarity: C80 → C30 .

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Acoustic parameters

Which parameters are most important for jazz venues?

Amplified music: ’As dry as possible at low frequencies’ → BR

Acoustical jazz sessions vs. nightclub.
Clarity: C80 → C30 .
Stage support.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
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Goals

Design goal
Reverberation tunnel

1.4
Reverberation time [s]

1.2 0.6 < BR < 1.4

0.6 < BR < 1.0
1

0.8

0.6

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

Frequency [Hz]
,
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Measurements

Room impulse response

2

1.8

1.6

1.4
T30 [s]

1.2

0.8

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

Frequency [Hz]

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Odeon simulation

Absorbers

Porous absorber.
Membrane absorber.
Helmholtz resonator.

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Odeon simulation

listen!

Porous absorber
1

0.8

0.6
α

0.4
σ = 9000 Ns/m4 , depth = 0.2m
0.2 Cotton curtain 0.13m from wall
Audience 1 pers/m2
0
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
Frequency [Hz]

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Odeon simulation

listen!

Membrane absorber
1

0.8

0.6
α

0.4
Membrane (air gab + porous absorber)
0.2 Cotton curtain 0.13m from wall
Audience 1 pers/m2
0
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
Frequency [Hz]

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Odeon simulation
listen!
Primary absorbers in Mod #3
1

0.8

0.6
α

0.4
Membrane absorber
Helmholtz
Cotton curtain 13cm from wall
0.2
Audience 1 pers/m2

0
63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
Frequency [Hz]

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Odeon simulation
Comparison:
2
Odeon (empty)
Odeon (Mod #1)
1.8
Odeon (Mod #2)
Odeon (Mod #3)
1.6 RIR (empty)
Rev. tunnel

1.4
T30 [s]

1.2

0.8

0.6

63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000

Frequency [Hz]

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Conclusion

The first proposed solution (porous absorber). Not good.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Conclusion

The first proposed solution (porous absorber). Not good.

The present solution (membrane absorber). Better.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Conclusion

The first proposed solution (porous absorber). Not good.

The present solution (membrane absorber). Better.
Room for improvement at low frequencies. Risk of flutter
echoes.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Conclusion

The first proposed solution (porous absorber). Not good.

The present solution (membrane absorber). Better.
Room for improvement at low frequencies. Risk of flutter
echoes.
Diffusers.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project
Introduction Room acoustics Process Conclusion

Conclusion

The first proposed solution (porous absorber). Not good.

The present solution (membrane absorber). Better.
Room for improvement at low frequencies. Risk of flutter
echoes.
Diffusers.
Move audience podium.

Team 1 Oliver Lylloff, David Duhalde Rahbæk & Mathias Immanuel Nielsen
31240 Architectural Acoustics Project