Email subject: Comparing SPB63 and SPB63-2 for Opera vocal practice. Message body: Hi! I am looking for a sound booth for operatic vocal practice, mainly to help contain the sound to protect other people in the house. Just wondering if the SPB63 booth would be useful for this, and if
To create good sound insulation, one must utilize the following general principles: Mass — use heavy materials Air-tightness — cover the whole enclosure airtight Flexibility — keep it limp, better to overlap, than stretch tight Isolation — separate (decouple) from surrounding structure
The Sound Transmission Class (STC) is a single-number rating of a material’s or an assembly’s ability to resist airborne sound transfer at the frequencies 125-4000 Hz. In general, a barrier with higher STC rating blocks more noise from transmitting through a partition. The STC ratings allow accurate ‘apple to apple’
When building your home recording studio one of the important factors you have to deal with is the sound transmission. To determine their soundproofing quality materials are tested for sound transmission loss values, that can be measured, and rated in a single-number rating system – Sound Transmission Class (STC). The
Many people who are starting to set up their home recording studio often get confused on what is soundproofing, and what is acoustic treatment. The materials and techniques used in soundproofing are very different from what needs to be used for acoustic room treatment. And, when you are preparing to
When building a home recording studio or a vocal booth, it is important to understand the different approaches one needs to take when tackling soundproofing and acoustic room treatment of the recording space. The first thing people do when they get into the audio recording business is purchase recording equipment.
