Achieving 100% Speech Intelligibility in Municipal & Civic Council Chambers

June 28, 20265 min readAuthored by Acoustic Systems Specialist
Achieving 100% Speech Intelligibility in Municipal & Civic Council Chambers

Municipal council chambers frequently suffer from reverberant stone and glass architecture. When public proceedings are broadcast over local television or web streams, poor speech intelligibility compromises civic transparency.

By deploying ceiling array boundary microphones with steerable pickup lobes, we isolate council member voices while rejecting ambient HVAC noise. Integrated Q-SYS DSP processing applies acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) and automixing.

Recessed line-source column speakers positioned along side walls deliver consistent sound pressure levels (SPL) across public seating galleries without feeding back into dais microphones.

Technical System Highlights

  • Steerable Ceiling Array Microphones
  • Q-SYS DSP Automixing & AEC
  • ADA Compliant Hearing Loop Integration
  • Broadcasting & Web Stream Audio Feeds