I recently had the pleasure of acoustically treating Graeham Goble’s temporary home studio. I’ve never seen so many gold records in one location! Given the large open plan nature of the room we decided to enclose the mixing workstation, and treat another area of the room for the recording of acoustic and amplified instruments. An…
Category: Field Testing
Improving office acoustics: Rosa Noir and MP700-40 installation
I was recently asked to sort out the acoustics in a couple of small meeting rooms that resonated a bit like large telephone boxes (showing my age, remember those, the old red ones?). We used the Rosa Noir panels as they are a broadband panel, combined with the MP700/40 panels on the ceiling. The resonance…
HA600-75 Acoustic Panels installed at JMC Academy Melbourne
It’s been a busy last few months, and in particular we’ve been installing the HA600-75 hybrid acoustic panel in the newly revamped Studio 2 at JMC Academy Melbourne. They have installed some nice outboard gear as well, a 24 track Toft console, boutique pres, SSL interfaces etc. A great recording experience for first year students.…
Assessing bass traps
Unfortunately there is no standard for measuring corner bass traps, unlike flat wall mounted acoustic panels, which we have assessed at the RMIT acoustic laboratory in Melbourne. So the most practical way of determining bass trap performance is by in-situ testing and measuring reverberation times at various frequencies. A bass trap can be tested as…