Recommended for large open areas where scaffolding would be disruptive, such as manufacturing floors or pools. Baffles are arranged parallel with each other.

Baffles hang from ceiling-mounted cables. Baffles can be aligned in the same direction or arranged so that every other baffle is turned 90 degrees. Tests show that baffles arranged in this crisscross pattern perform lightly better than baffles hung in the same direction.