From 18 Square Meters to a Professional Studio: Sound Around Studio in Berlin
Creating a professional recording and production environment in a small room can be challenging. Limited wall space, reflective windows, parallel surfaces, and the need to fit speakers, equipment, furniture, and people into one compact area all require careful planning.
Our client at Sound Around Studio in Berlin, Germany, found a particularly smart solution. The entire studio occupies only 18 square meters, yet it has been transformed into a comfortable and professional workspace for recording, mixing, and audio production.
Instead of relying on one type of acoustic treatment, the studio combines several VocalBoothToGo products:
- Producer’s Choice Sound Blankets
- Acoustic Curtains for the windows
- Acoustic Felt Panels installed inside custom wooden frames
The result is a flexible acoustic environment that looks intentional, organized, and surprisingly spacious. Check this out:
Treating a Small Room from EVERY Direction
In a compact studio, untreated surfaces can quickly create unwanted reflections. Sound bounces between the walls, ceiling, windows, floor, and furniture, making it more difficult to monitor recordings accurately.
Producer’s Choice Sound Blankets provide practical broadband sound absorption while remaining lightweight and easy to install. They can cover large reflective areas without requiring permanent construction, making them especially useful in rented spaces or studios that may need to be reconfigured later.
The large window presented another challenge. Glass is highly reflective, but completely removing or permanently covering the window would also eliminate valuable natural light.
Sound Around Studio solved this with acoustic curtains that can be opened or closed as needed. When closed, they add acoustic treatment around the window area. When open, the studio can still benefit from daylight and a view of Berlin.
This balance between acoustic performance and everyday comfort is important. After all, a studio should not only sound good – it should also be a pleasant place to spend several hours working.
A Brilliant Use of Acoustic Felt Panels
The most distinctive part of this studio is the way the acoustic felt panels were installed.
Rather than attaching individual panels directly to the walls, the client placed them inside tall wooden frames. These framed sections create what looks like a continuous acoustic wall surrounding the room.
It is a simple idea, but a very clever one.
The wooden structure gives the panels a clean, architectural appearance and keeps the room visually consistent. Instead of looking like acoustic materials were added afterward, the treatment feels like part of the studio’s original design.
The frames also make the installation more flexible. Individual sections can be moved, repositioned, or adjusted when the room layout changes. This is particularly valuable in a small studio, where even a minor change in speaker placement, equipment, or furniture may require a different acoustic configuration.
It also means the treatment is not necessarily tied permanently to the building. Should the studio ever move to another location, much of the system could potentially move with it.
Acoustic Treatment That Looks Professional
Acoustic performance is naturally the first priority in a recording studio, but appearance still matters – especially in a space used by clients, artists, producers, and collaborators.
Sound Around Studio demonstrates that practical acoustic materials do not have to make a room feel temporary or unfinished. The soft gray felt panels, natural wooden frames, darker blankets, and light-colored curtains work together to create a warm and comfortable environment.
The studio contains a full production desk, several monitoring speakers, multiple displays, and seating for two people without appearing overcrowded. Every available surface has been used thoughtfully.
This is an excellent example of designing around the limitations of a room rather than fighting against them.
The Next Step: Treating the Door
The studio is now preparing to test another VocalBoothToGo product: Door Buddy, our sound-treatment solution designed specifically for doors.
Doors are often one of the weakest parts of a room. Even after the walls, windows, and ceiling have been treated, a lightweight or hollow door can remain a major path for sound transmission and reflection.
Door Buddy provides a convenient way to add treatment to this difficult area without rebuilding the entire doorway. It should be a natural addition to Sound Around Studio’s existing modular approach, and we are looking forward to seeing how it performs in the space.
Small Studio, Smart Design
Sound Around Studio proves that a professional workspace does not need to occupy an enormous room. With thoughtful placement, flexible materials, and a little creativity, even 18 square meters can become a serious audio-production environment.
We are especially impressed by the framed felt-panel installation. It is attractive, practical, movable, and remarkably well suited to a compact studio.
Thank you to our client in Berlin for choosing VocalBoothToGo products and for showing how Producer’s Choice blankets, acoustic curtains, and felt panels can be combined in such an inventive way.
We look forward to the next chapter – and to seeing Door Buddy become part of this beautifully designed studio!