Use Sound Insulation to Improve Your Recording Studio

Recording studios are acoustically treated not just to prevent the entrance and exit of noise and sound, but also to create an atmosphere where recordings and mixes can be created with the most clarity and accuracy possible. This is difficult, because sound waves travel at different frequencies, reflect off of surroundings and pass through others. For these reasons, a room’s contents, building materials and shape all have an impact on the quality of sound. Reverberation and distortion can be reflected around a space and high and low frequencies can be absorbed or diffused at different rates, also impacting how music is heard.

A sound acoustic treatment system is the solution to this issue in studios, be they professional, pay-to-play setups or home studios deadened with basement foam for those passionate about their music. For individuals looking to get better sound in a space, acoustical treatment foam is a material that can be utilized to clarify and improve sound. Acoustical wall tiles come in numerous designs and colors, from pyramids and wedges to tessellated patterns made in compression die cutters. These help diffuse the reflection of high and middle frequencies within a studio. Special material sheets can cover large areas in a single product and can be made in patterns equally attractive as the smaller tiles. It’s important to remember that acoustic foams are different products than packaging materials despite their similar appearance, as they are specially engineered for sonic purposes.

When placed in the corners of rooms, bass absorbers help with low frequency issues while broadband absorbers and studio columns manage middle frequencies affecting a space. Acoustic treatment is also able to be factored into the construction of studios. Foam tiles can be used in drop ceilings as can sound barriers, and closed-cell foam blocks can decouple a room from the rest of a structure in a “room within a room” build, for the ultimate in sound isolation.