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I am an engineering student working on a project for a non-profit organization in which they want to convert a couple of rooms into a cafe/social room for their clients. One of the components of this cafe/social room is a sound system, both for recorded music during the day, as well as for hosting live groups on a weekly basis. Having almost no knowledge about sound systems, and finding so much stuff online that I don't even know where to begin looking, I'm wondering what kinds of resources everyone here can suggest. I need information about systems (speakers, amplifiers, mixers, etc), but what is more important, I need to find something on sound theory - based on size/shape/composition of the room, what kind of sound will be best - pros and cons of wall-mounted speakers vs in-ceiling speakers, etc. What kinds of resources can you suggest for me? Thanks, Phillip PS - I first posted in rec.audio.opinion and they sent me here, saying that the constraints of the situation are going to dominate the solution that we end up providing, and that people here have more knowledge of how to resolve the problems posed by these types of restraints (ie, a cafe has a high ambient sound level - people talking, etc), and that in-wall speakers will not provide optimal sound. Having seen their response there, I ought to add that this non-profit organization is a senior center, and the cafe that they want to build is not a full-scale cafe. It's more converting a room into a place that they can go to socialize, that will have a small coffee table that they can get a cup of coffee, and not a full-size cafe. I'm assuming that in the weekly live entertainment that these people bring in, the atmosphere will be more concert-style: there won't be much noise from the audience, but those are only assumptions on my part. What can you suggest, not in the way of specific equipment, but more generally? PPS - I forgot - the room that we're looking at is about 460 square feet (about 21' x 21'), so it's fairly small. The organization wants all the main equipment there, but they also want to feed the sound into a room that they call the Ballroom, and I don't know how big it is. |
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I am an engineering student working on a project for a non-profit
organization in which they want to convert a couple of rooms into a cafe/social room for their clients. One of the components of this cafe/social room is a sound system, both for recorded music during the day, as well as for hosting live groups on a weekly basis. Having almost no knowledge about sound systems, and finding so much stuff online that I don't even know where to begin looking, I'm wondering what kinds of resources everyone here can suggest. I need information about systems (speakers, amplifiers, mixers, etc), but what is more important, I need to find something on sound theory - based on size/shape/composition of the room, what kind of sound will be best - pros and cons of wall-mounted speakers vs in-ceiling speakers, etc. What sort of live groups will be coming in? Will they expect a PA system to be ready set up, or bring their own? I suggest you wait and see regarding this side of things. Get friendly with a local sound-hire company, who will supply suitable gear (or compromise, according to your budget). After a time you may get a feel for what it would be sensible to buy. You'll maybe get offered a good deal on second-hand gear. As to daytime background music - you could do a lot worse than a ghetto-blaster behind the bar. Remember that the aim is not to cover every inch of the premises with uniform sound. Whatever music you play, some will want to listen at high levels, some will quite like it but want to talk as well, some will be irritated by it and look for a quiet corner. Make sure all these are possible - you'll have happy clients. |
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