This Auralization was calculated from the following rendering of a 3,800 square foot Multipurpose Facility originally designed to have Drywall Barrel Vault & Soffits and Hardwood Floors.

The addition of BASWAphon 40mm Classic Finish to 23% of the rooms surfaces, the Barrel Vault and Soffits, lowered the reverberation time by 2 seconds, which drastically changed the acoustical quality.

Drywall has an NRC of 0.10 and BASWAphon 40mm Classic has an NRC of 0.85.

Reverberation has an important impact on speech intelligibility. It affects safety, learning, or the quality of an everyday conversation.

Hear the difference below.

An auralization is a computer model of a space populated with different virtual situations and acoustical designs for a space that is yet to be built. This effective tool gives the client a chance to experience the sound of a future space during the design.

• The room is accurately modeled in AutoCAD or in an Acoustic Modeling Program with the dimensions and the finish materials being considered.
  
  
• Surfaces are assigned appropriate acoustic absorption coefficients and scattering properties.
  
  
• Uses of the space and representative scenarios are considered.

  What sounds will occur in this space? Where will sounds originate? Where in this space will there be listeners?

• A virtual speaker is placed in the space along with listener positions.  An impulse (burst of noise) is played through the speaker and measured at the listener positions. 
  
  
• The impulse response is then analyzed for reflection patterns, reverberation time and several other acoustic metrics.
  
  
• For presentation, an anechoic, echoless, audio sample is played through a virtual speaker in the model and recorded at any point in the space. 
  
  
• Confident and informed design decisions can be made regarding the acoustics and audiovisual design for their space.
  

Auralizations are created by Acoustical Consultants. For a local consultant, visit the National Council of Acoustical Consultants Website.

Contact BASWA acoustic for more information on the BASWAphon Seamless Sound Absorbing Plaster System.