Training Hall Echo

[toddfletcher]

I am moving my school to a new location. The room is great, however it has a good bit of echo. I was wondering if anyone has good advice for ways to reduce echo in a training hall. I'd like to not ugly up the place, but the echo needs to go. So you got ideas? lets here em.

And if there already exists a great thread about this, a reference would be great.

TIA!

 

[Instructor]

A buddy of mine built a folding screen out of plywood. He laminated that green foam they use for artificial plants onto the plywood panels then covered the panels with fabric. It absorbs a fantastical amount of sound. It's cheap, looks nice, and should work.

 

[WaterGal]

What you're looking for are acoustic baffles. Sounds like Instructor has a DIY version, but you can also buy that kind of thing.

 

[toddfletcher]

acoustic baffles

Thank you WaterGal. I didn't realize they had a term. That is making it much easier to track fown information on. I think I'll try DYI'ing it self to keep costs down. I'll try posting details when I get them done.

 

[Gnarlie]

Curtains work. So do eggboxes but they are ugly. Foam with holes drilled through it is good.

Anything cheap that comes second hand from a recording studio might help you.