The effect
The principal conductor of the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, Christoph-Mathias Mueller, described the effect of the acoustic optimisation of Göttingen's Town Hall as follows:
- Both the resonance and reverberation of the hall are significantly improved.
- The sound of the orchestra is superbly integrated in the improved acoustics.
- The orchestra has a far more brilliant and sparkling timbre.
- The sound of the strings blends even better with the wind instruments.
- Listeners were able to enjoy an extraordinarily pleasant all round sound and were enveloped by the natural room acoustics which augmented and enhanced the impact of the music and its interpretation.
- The musicians in the orchestra responded immediately in their playing to the better acoustics and experienced them as a significant improvement.
Acoustic shaping has nothing to do with amplifying the sound as such; all that happens is that the room acoustics are optimised. Nor does it really have anything to do with the use of loudspeakers/sound reinforcement systems. The balance aimed at by the conductor and achieved by the orchestra is not altered in any way at all – in fact, its properties are brought to the fore all the more effectively. As part of this acoustic shaping the sound is enriched with elements of the „aura“ which is characteristic of the acoustics of famous concert halls.
Although non-professional listeners are not usually consciously aware of the acoustic optimisation, they experience the interpretation with greater intensity and take away with them a much more impressive concert experience.
Ultimately, acoustic shaping makes events more attractive and also makes for larger audiences.
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Acoustic Shaping - Demonstration
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