Acoustics / Studio Design

The SOS team travel to the big smoke to deal with some tricky acoustics in a media composer’s writing studio.

The SOS team travel to a Stourbridge community centre to solve some low-end problems and build some speaker stands.

The choice of materials for acoustic treatment is paramount. We find out what different types of absorber can and can’t achieve.

I’m looking to get some acoustic panels of the rigid fibreglass/Rockwool type for my bedroom studio.

This neat modular system slots together in no time at all, and is surprisingly effective.

I have double glazing but it's quite old, and I notice that other people's double glazing seems to cut out more sound...

As I've been researching how to convert my garage into a studio, I keep seeing mentions of something called Green Glue, which...

Can ordinary carpet be useful as a form of acoustic treatment in either my recording space or my control room. If so, is any...

This month, we travel all the way to Amsterdam to help last year's SOS Awards prize winner set up his brand-new, £14,000$20,000 studio!

If I have a live room with diffusion on one wall what is the best way to...

Not many companies can claim responsibility for creating an entirely new market sector, but that is certainly an accolade that is due to Argosy Consoles.

If you’re looking to build a studio, there’s masses of information out there — but no substitutes for professional advice and experience.

I have a modest bedroom studio with way too many room reflections. I really don't want to apply any treatment to the walls,...

Acoustic treatment is one of the best investments you can make for your studio, and there are plenty of companies offering pre-made products to solve a variety of problems at a range of prices. Here’s just a selection of what’s available.

This month, we optimise speaker placement, tame some early reflections, and get our hands dirty with a problematic mix.

Various companies have followed the Reflexion Filter's lead, either with outright imitations or with their own, slightly different takes on the same theme. Primacoustic's Vox Guard falls into the latter category...

I'd like to use some Rockwool in my studio to improve the acoustics, but this is the first time I'll have used it, so I could...

The diagram to the right shows my room, which serves as my studio. The dimensions seem to be bad for low frequencies and there...

Having just purchased my first house, I've found myself living on a busier road than I would have liked. My studio is at the...

What do you get when you cross a recording musician with a photographer? A nice-looking studio that serves a dual purpose, thats what...