What NRC do commercial acoustic panels need?

It depends on the room. Open offices and conference rooms typically call for NRC 0.70–0.85 assemblies, while performance and worship spaces are engineered to a target reverberation time rather than a single panel value. Stretched fabric systems with 1" fiberglass infill commonly land near NRC 0.80, and 2" infill pushes higher.

What is the difference between acoustic baffles and acoustic clouds?

Baffles hang vertically and absorb sound on both faces, which suits open ceilings with exposed structure. Clouds hang horizontally below the deck and reflect and absorb over a defined zone, which suits meeting areas and lobbies where you want a visual ceiling plane.

Are stretched fabric wall panels the same as acoustic panels?

Stretched fabric systems such as FabriTRAK are a site-built track method: a perimeter track is fastened to the substrate, acoustic infill is set inside, and fabric is tucked into the track. That yields seamless, large-format, curved, or wall-to-wall acoustic surfaces that pre-fabricated panels cannot produce.

Do acoustic panels soundproof a room?

No. Absorptive panels control reverberation and clarity inside a room. Blocking sound between rooms is a partition, sealing, and mass problem handled by the wall assembly, not by surface treatment.

Do you install acoustic ceilings in the Southeast?

Yes. Craft Commercial, our installation division, self-performs acoustic ceilings, baffles, clouds, and stretched fabric scopes from Atlanta across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Florida.

Commercial Acoustics — Atlanta, Serving the Southeast

Commercial acoustic panels, ceilings, baffles, and clouds.

We specify and install the acoustic systems that carry a commercial interior: stretched fabric wall panels and ceilings, felt and PET, baffle and cloud arrays, and specialty acoustic ceiling assemblies — backed with tested NRC data, Class A fire ratings, and crews who have hung them before.

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Acoustic systems we supply and install

One source for the panel, the ceiling, and the crew that installs it.

Commercial acoustic wall panels

Fabric-wrapped, felt, PET, and perforated wood panels sized to the room rather than to a stock carton. Specified with tested NRC values and Class A flame spread documentation.

NRC 0.65 – 0.95

Specialty acoustic ceilings

Stretched fabric ceilings, torsion-spring and lay-in acoustic systems, printed translucent panels, and open-cell architectural ceilings coordinated with lighting, sprinkler, and diffuser layouts.

NRC 0.70 – 0.90

Acoustic baffles

Vertical arrays that absorb on both faces — the efficient answer for open plenums, warehouses, atriums, and exposed-structure offices where there is no ceiling plane to work with.

Absorbs on both faces

Acoustic clouds

Horizontal suspended planes that define zones over collaboration areas, lobbies, and cafeterias while pulling reverberation out of a tall volume.

Zone-targeted absorption

Stretched fabric wall panels

FabriTRAK and equivalent track systems: perimeter track, acoustic infill, fabric tucked to a crisp edge. Seamless, curved, and wall-to-wall surfaces with a limitless fabric palette.

NRC 0.75 – 0.95

Felt & PET systems

Dimensional felt walls, ceiling tiles, screens, and millwork-integrated elements in durable recycled PET — for teams that want acoustic performance to read as a design feature.

NRC 0.45 – 0.85

Acoustic treatment by room type

The right system depends on the room, not the catalog.

Space	Acoustic goal	Typical approach
Open office	Reduce reverberation and speech travel across the floorplate	Ceiling clouds or baffles first, then vertical absorption at hard perimeter walls
Conference & boardroom	Speech intelligibility on video calls	Stretched fabric on the wall behind the display and the rear wall to kill flutter echo
Worship & performance	A measured reverberation time, not a panel count	Engineered stretched fabric with graduated infill depth, tuned with the acoustician
Lecture hall & classroom	Clarity at the back row, plus impact durability	High-NRC fabric systems below 8 ft, harder reflective surfaces above
Atrium & lobby	Tame a tall, hard-surfaced volume	Baffle or cloud arrays that also give the ceiling rhythm and scale
Healthcare	Absorption that survives cleaning protocols	Cleanable fabric or PET assemblies with the right infection-control documentation

Recent installations

Built in the field, not rendered.

Stretched fabric walls and ceilings, acoustic clouds, and felt systems installed by our crews across the Southeast.

Stretched fabric acoustic wall and ceiling panels in a broadcast studio with track lighting — Broadcast studio — stretched fabric walls and ceiling with wood slat accent

Full-height stretched fabric acoustic wall panels wrapping a production room — Production room — wall-to-wall stretched fabric with fabric-wrapped soffit

Stretched fabric acoustic panels on the side wall of an auditorium above wainscot — Auditorium — stretched fabric sidewall panels above millwork wainscot

Tiered lecture hall with stretched fabric acoustic wall panels and cove lighting — Lecture hall — continuous fabric panel runs with integrated cove lighting

Rectangular acoustic clouds suspended over a conference table in an open-structure ceiling — Conference room — acoustic cloud array in an exposed-structure ceiling

Large acoustic clouds suspended along a corridor with exposed deck above — Corridor — large-format clouds hung below exposed deck

Close view of a fabric-wrapped acoustic cloud suspended by aircraft cable — Cloud detail — fabric-wrapped core on cable suspension

Dimensional felt acoustic wall panels in a plaid relief pattern in a lounge — Lounge — dimensional PET felt wall in a milled plaid pattern

Grey dimensional felt acoustic feature wall in a corporate huddle lounge — Huddle lounge — felt acoustic feature wall, wall-to-wall

Acoustic wood slat ceiling over a conference credenza and dark feature wall — Boardroom — acoustic wood slat ceiling with backer felt

Felt acoustic baffles suspended in a commercial open office ceiling

Edge detail of a stretched fabric acoustic wall panel

Comparing acoustic product lines

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Design teams in the Southeast regularly evaluate felt and PET lines, track-based stretched fabric systems, and sculptural ceiling systems side by side — AcouFelt, Turf, Arktura, MPS Acoustics, Acoustical Surfaces, Novawall, and Ritz Acoustics all come up in the same conversations. We are happy to review a specified product against the alternatives on the metrics that actually decide the job:

Tested NRC and, where required, full octave-band absorption data
Class A / ASTM E84 flame spread and applicable code documentation
Lead time against the construction schedule, not the brochure
Installed cost, including substrate prep, blocking, and trim conditions
Field repairability — can a damaged area be re-wrapped or must it be replaced
Whether the detail can actually be built at the curve, reveal, or transition drawn

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Acoustics questions we get

Frequently asked

What NRC do commercial acoustic panels need?: It depends on the room. Open offices and conference rooms typically call for NRC 0.70–0.85 assemblies, while performance and worship spaces are engineered to a target reverberation time rather than a single panel value. Stretched fabric with 1" fiberglass infill commonly lands near NRC 0.80; 2" infill pushes higher, especially at low frequencies.
What is the difference between acoustic baffles and acoustic clouds?: Baffles hang vertically and absorb on both faces, which suits open ceilings with exposed structure. Clouds hang horizontally below the deck and work over a defined zone, which suits meeting areas and lobbies where you also want a visual ceiling plane.
Are stretched fabric wall panels the same as acoustic panels?: Not quite. Stretched fabric systems are site-built: perimeter track is fastened to the substrate, acoustic infill is set inside, and fabric is tucked into the track. That produces seamless, large-format, curved, or wall-to-wall acoustic surfaces that pre-fabricated panels cannot produce, and it lets the fabric selection stay open until late in the job.
Do acoustic panels soundproof a room?: No. Absorptive treatment controls reverberation and clarity inside a room. Blocking sound between rooms is a mass, sealing, and partition-assembly problem. If the complaint is hearing the neighboring office, panels are the wrong fix and we will tell you so.
Do you install acoustic ceilings and panels in the Southeast?: Yes. Craft Commercial, our installation division, self-performs acoustic ceilings, baffles, clouds, and stretched fabric scopes from Atlanta across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Florida.

Have a room that sounds wrong?

Send the plan, the ceiling height, and what the space is used for. We'll come back with a system recommendation, acoustic data, samples, and a budget number.

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