Stuff I've done I've used those speakers (sometimes called exciter) and the vibrate that surface so useful for things like this. They won't sound as good as a genelec but they sound descent enough. I'd use the big heavy duty ones. I've a contact to get the hi end ones I can dig out if your interested. Avoid dayton.
On Friday, 13 November 2020, David McKevy <david.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Soren > My 2 cents: > -shouldn't be a problem embedding a wooden speaker encasement with speaker, > inside pretend stone jutting out from your wall here and there? > Jutting out effect is made with paper mache or plaster of Paris covering > the speaker box... and have the front (the part of the speaker the audience > may see) covered with speaker cloth.. > You may want to stain or change the color of the cloth so obviously acrylic > won't do for that, or anything that may stiffen that fabric, so stain it > with dye (i.e. dye for tie-dye) if must discolor it. > -you can play with using the stone backdrop as the rear of the speaker, so > that the speaker with casing is fixed to the fake wall, (so, before the > speaker with casing is fixed to it, the back of it is open to reduce > weight and strain on your wall. > And here is where you'd have to trouble shoot the acoustics way more than > the speaker cloth covering it for visual aesthetic. > -embed speaker stands in the wall like how rebar is embedded in concrete in > construction > > D McK > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 8:21 AM Søren Bendixen <soerenbendi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi > > I´m doing a lot of sound design for different museums and the museum uses > > mainly Genelecs, different models (the Dante suited ones mostly). In the > > current exhibition we have 57 speakers. > > they sound good, distributes the sound fine, but they look like..speakers > > and take up the space like speakers. > > > > And the designer of the exhibitions (and the soundesigner) doesn´t like a > > modern looking speaker in the middle of set up about a neanderthal. > > The speakers end up being placed "out of sight" - 3,5 - 4 meter above > > ground, sometimes a combi of this high and on the floor. > > > > So If I want a group of Mammoths walking through the wood, they walk 4 > > meters up (and suddenly on the ground and up again) - so I don´t do the > > walk... > > Sometimes we want a projection on a large stone (build of wood and stuff) > > to speak directly to the the viewer/listener, but the speaker hangs from > > the ceiling - 3 meters up... > > > > In rare occasion we are allowed to build in the Genelecs and after > > calibration it ended up sounding really good. (eight Genelec´s pointing > > outwards in a circle, playing stereo (aka 4 stereo set ups) > > > > A lot of you guyes have probably experienced the same challenges. And > like > > me been searching the marked for build in possibilities > > But I cannot find anything that both sound good and is build in capable > > (or just "out of sight"). > > Where should I look? > > any experience to share? > > pros and cons? > > > > I know there are "laws and order" regarding how a speaker needs to be > > build to make a sound (a good one) > > and I´m talking to some technical guys about why not event a speaker that > > uses the thing it is buid into as the sound chamber. > > Of course in conjunction with some calibration. > > So you have "the gut" of the speaker and uses (in this case) the Stone as > > a chamber. > > Anyone ever tried that? > > > > Another thing is how to cover up the speaker diaphragm/membrane, the we > > don´t eat up the frequencies. > > > > Med venlig hilsen/Best regards > > > > Søren Bendixen > > Composer/Sound Designer & Guitarist > > > > Company: Audiotect > > > > Radio Audiotect: Is closed atm. > > > > > > > > Latest Music and Sounddesign > > > > Neanderthal - In the Land of the Mammoth Hunters -17 nov 2020 - summer > 2021 > > Moesgaard Museum special exhibition > > > > > > > > > > > > Stringquartet no. 1 - Release d. 200920 > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachmen > ts/20201113/58dd1fc8/attachment.htm > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: neandertaler-moesgaard-museum-website kopi.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 5530 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachmen > ts/20201113/58dd1fc8/attachment.jpg > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: strygekvartet.png > > Type: image/png > > Size: 54289 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachmen > ts/20201113/58dd1fc8/attachment.png > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachme > nts/20201113/7b659ce4/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Artist website: www.augustineleudar.com Business website: www.magikdoor.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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