The Sound Advice Blog
Many people find the world of acoustical treatments to be confusing and overwhelming. Here on the Acoustical Solutions Sound Advice Blog, we will concentrate on presenting solutions to typical acoustical problems and discuss relevant topics on the subject.
The posts here will be related general sound and noise control topics like blocking sound, absorbing sound, or diffusing sound. We will also provide information on how acoustical materials can be used or applied to specific applications.
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Understanding Floor Soundproofing to Meet Florida Building Code Requirements
I love soundproofing because it provides an incredible, immediate result for so many important aspects of life. It makes offices more efficient, is the reason why music, podcast, and radio production is able to create our most vibrant entertainment, and allows us peace in our homes. I work with so many clients to achieve their […] Read More »
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The 7 Best Sound Absorbing Materials
Sound absorption is a powerful solution to the often unrecognized issue of sound murkiness. Every room we are in – whether the living room at home, the office, sanctuary, or movie theater – has certain acoustics that determine how we perceive sound. From ceiling height, to the types of materials chosen for walls, ceilings, and […] Read More »
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Office Sound Masking 101: Solutions for Busy Work Spaces
Modern office design is laser-focused on one thing: optimizing set and setting for an improved community feel to maximize worker efficiency. The obvious solution is large, open spaces where office employees feel more together. After all, we are communal creatures and thrive when surrounded by others rather than when alone. Surely being free from […] Read More »
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The Difference Between Types of Noise Colors
I’ve found customers have increasingly been calling in seeking to learn more about noise and how they can best utilize it for therapeutic effects. This is amusing as an expert in acoustics where I spend much of my time figuring out how to eliminate noise via soundproofing and sound control solutions. That said, “noise” does […] Read More »
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Sound Masking: What It Is and How It Works
There is a current hot trend in commercial offices to design open floor plans to instigate more community and therefore increased positivity to breed more efficient work. The thinking is if you allow employees to see and interact with each other more – rather than confined to cubicles, like prison cells – they will enjoy […] Read More »
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Understanding Industrial Noise Control and How to Limit it for Efficiency Boost and Worker Safety
The industrial space is the beating heart of every great economy, combining some of the largest and most complex machinery and control systems ever built with a precisely diligent workforce to see factories maintained and effective. While the wonder of industrial plants never ceases to amaze, the intensity of sound created by them is […] Read More »
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How to Block Sound Between Rooms with Effective Soundproofing
Perhaps the most asked question I receive from customers is how to block sound between rooms. Whether for a home theater, podcasting studio, conference room in the office, or even just a bathroom wall to hide the sounds of the toilet, room-to-room sounds can be annoying at best and disturbing to important activities at worst. […] Read More »
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Transform Your Space with Glue-On Acoustic Ceiling Tiles
When customers call to inquire about sound absorption options for ceilings, I love to hear their reaction when I say that ceiling tiles are making a big comeback. It’s fair that we tend to have a negative opinion about ceiling tiles; everyone remembers the shoddy, often stained and/or cracked ceiling tiles found covering drop ceilings […] Read More »
