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Amphibia 
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 Topic: Acoustic Solutions for Warehouse RavesPosted: 06 October 2021 at 8:29am |
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Hey everyone,
Wondering if anyone has any solutions they've employed to help the acoustics in warehouse raves? I've seen some crews put up heavy curtains, but was curious as to whether anyone had any tips / tricks that seem to help heavily reverberating spaces sound a little better.
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toastyghost
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Posted: 06 October 2021 at 9:43am |
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This will do the trick:
https://flexac.com/en/products/aqtube/ |
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DMorison
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Posted: 06 October 2021 at 11:13am |
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The Cat D9 EQ is always a good solution for venues with poor acoustics 😜
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Posted: 06 October 2021 at 11:30am |
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Stack a load of sheep around the walls??  |
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Earplugs Are For Wimps!
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Posted: 06 October 2021 at 7:45pm |
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So some cheap bouncy castles from ebay?
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Keep pushing on, things are gonna get better.
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fatfreddiescat
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Posted: 06 October 2021 at 7:53pm |
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Fill the place with punters and point the system so to minimise sound hitting hard surfaces, could try cardiod subs or array to minimise spill, also consider setting up so as to point system across the diagonal of the space.
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Posted: 06 October 2021 at 8:16pm |
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Point the speakers at the people.
Don't point the speakers at the walls and ceiling. Don't take any drugs until you have finished pointing the speakers.
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Posted: 07 October 2021 at 6:14am |
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We've recently treated the back wall of a concrete warehouse space with a few 3m x 2m frames containing two layers of 130mm deep r3.5 bradford polyfill from Bunnings. It fixed 100% of the back wall reflections above 500hz that were causing loss of detail on the main rig, harshness or messiness in the critical 2 - 4khz area from the 2-40ms slapback, and made it much more possible for the DJs to mix.
From memory it was about 5-600 AUD all up for timber, wadding, bolts, screws, twine, metal brackets, etc.
Also as said above, placement is also key, and filling the room with the right amount of heads. And yes, no ket or M until the headline act comes on, only beers and balloons Edited by vertx - 07 October 2021 at 6:18am |
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Posted: 07 October 2021 at 1:16pm |
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brilliantly simple. A large (70m x 100m x 10m) undivided multipurpose hall at a complex I used to work at once had an event featuring 2 different sound systems under the same roof. One was put inside an inflatable dome and the 2 did not clash
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Sonic the hedge
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Posted: 08 October 2021 at 4:58pm |
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Depending on the size of the space (and more importantly distance from the speakers) you can, to a certain extent, drown out reverberation with stupid levels of SPL.
Not because the reverberation actually goes away, but the high SPL raises the lower bound of sensitivity of people's hearing, to the extent that the reverberation is much less heard. Works in basements etc. but perhaps not so practical/achievable in a large space. |
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Posted: 08 October 2021 at 6:39pm |
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I think that the above is really a bad idea. You'll just end up with a very deaf clientele! Not the best really. And the bass frequencies are going to be more of a problem if you just up the volume. A mess really.  It is actually quite common down here to have events in big horrible sports centers, or "frontons", that can be a nightmare. I've literally seen touring engineers tearing out their hair when faced with the mess you can get. A few things I've learned over the years:- - Don't actually panic too much during the sound checks. Once the punters come in, it will make a big difference. - Point the mid-tops down a few degrees - directed at the audience, rather than above their heads. - Be prepared to cut a bit of bass. Get a decent graphic - or multiband PEQ - and have a play around to get rid of the worse/resonant low-end frequencies. That will help a lot. |
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Sonic the hedge
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Posted: 08 October 2021 at 8:47pm |
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Well OP referred to a warehouse rave, so I would expect it to be pretty loud anyway Perhaps counter intuitively, it's very important to have plenty of sub in the mix when operating at high SPL, because it's the low frequencies that trigger the tympanic reflex, which protects your hearing from excessive SPL. |
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