base sa mga magazines and places na napuntahan ko like yung sa philamlife theater sa UN ave. napansin ko parang wood ginamit nila sa acoustics nung lugar.
Wood is a very reflective acoustical material reflecting more of the higher frequencies and absorbing low frequencies. To get the correct room balance in an acoustical nature, you have to combine wood with diffusive and absorptive materials. The reason why wood was mainly used in the PhilamLife Auditorium is because it was designed as a concert hall - with higher reverberation especially on the HF. Here, however, high frequency control is done through carpets on the floor, the leatherette type seats, people and the curtains by the proscenium. Mid frequency control is done through some absorptive treatment somewhere. I have not been to PhilamLife for a long time, but if memory serves me right, the wood panels were devised as diffusive elementsl - to get a nice sonic character for the room; with ample control of bass, raising up on the mids and good, clear highs.
Can you use wood in studios? You can, but it depends n what kind of character you want for your studio. If you want a highly reflective and highly reverberated room, where orchestras, strings, classical music would be best recorded, wood would be it. If you want a flexible studio that is capable of doing rock, pop, jazz, etc., a combination of the different acoustic treatments, aside from wood, is necessary.
FWIW