The main purpose of acoustic design is to ensure the sounds you want to hear can be heard clearly, while any noises you don’t want to hear are muffled. Knowing this, the science of acoustic design often focuses on techniques to get rid of unwanted echoes. There are many ways to do this, but one of the most effective methods is to place micro-perforated acoustic panels around your space. In this article, our team at IPS Perforating, Inc. will explain how our micro-perforated acoustic panels can improve the audio within your auditorium or other space.
To understand how our micro-perforated acoustic panels work, you first need to know a little bit about sound waves and echoes. Sound travels in waves through the air, much like ripples in a pond. As the waves travel out from their point of origin, they eventually meet your ear drums, and the energy in the wave causes this membrane to move back and forth. The movement of your ear drums then sends signals to your brain, which are interpreted as the sounds we hear. When sound waves hit a surface, they get reflected, the same way waves in water do when they hit the walls of a pool. This creates echoes, and when too many echoes are bouncing around a space, it becomes difficult to hear anything clearly.
Micro-perforated acoustic panels are designed to break big sound waves into many smaller ones. As the sound wave hits the panel, the energy flows into countless tiny holes, which divide the larger wave into hundreds of smaller, weaker ones, all going in different directions. This prevents the sound from echoing around the space, creating a cleaner audio environment and making it easier to hear the sounds you want to focus on, such as musical performances.
If you’d like to learn more about our micro-perforated and acoustic panels, contact our team today.