Sound Blocking
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How Is Mass Loaded Vinyl Used in Soundproofing?
Introduction If you search ‘soundproofing’ in your preferred internet browser, you will likely run across a material called mass loaded vinyl (MLV), or several brand names for it. For instance, ours happens to be AudioSeal Sound Barrier. Many of my prospective customers calling about mass loaded vinyl mention that they would like to staple MLV […] Read More »
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What is Impact Insulation Class (IIC)?
Introduction Floor soundproofing underlayments can help to structurally isolate the top layer of the floor from the rest of the components. This essentially ‘short circuits’ the sound and vibration, keeping it from passing through the completed assembly. These materials are used to build what is commonly referred to a ‘floating floor.’ Floor soundproofing underlayments can be […] Read More »
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Reduce Outdoor Noise
As it gets warmer and people emerge from their winter hibernation into the summer sun, noise always becomes an issue. This is especially true when it comes to backyard noise in residential neighborhoods. To solve this problem, you can reduce outdoor noise with a sound blocking fence. The source of the noise can be cookouts, […] Read More »
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Soundproofing a Waterfall
When we hear ‘environmental noise control’, we tend to think of sound blocking barriers like soundproof walls or enclosures that are meant to keep sound from transmitting into unwanted areas. However, sometimes the noise control issue doesn’t require keeping noise from leaving one area and entering another, but keeping reverberation and noise levels down inside […] Read More »
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How to Soundproof a Rooftop Ventilation System
We recently received a question about how to soundproof a rooftop ventilation system. There is no stock solution, unfortunately. It’s impractical for any company to stock soundproofing enclosures for every piece of noisy equipment. The differences in ventilation requirements, size, and ease of access make this impossible. These soundproof enclosures can, however, be made custom […] Read More »
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Interview Room Sound Transmission and Reverberation Issues
From privacy to sound quality, sound and noise issues in an interview room are very important. Privacy issues arise when sound transfers between two spaces. Poor quality recordings are a result of echo and reverberation in the room. Below we’ll tell you how to effectively fight these soundproofing and noise control issues. Blocking sound transmission […] Read More »
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2012 Olympics: A Study in Reducing Structure-Borne Noise
Today marks the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Preparations for this event spanned years and required an enormous amount of money, but a few of the structures built specially for the games still required some last-minute acoustical problem solving. Noise control issues are commonly overlooked in the design and construction of […] Read More »
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Noisy Restaurants: Diners Notice, and it Can be Fixed
I’m going to be honest… before coming to Acoustical Solutions, I paid very little attention to acoustics. I understood what soundproofing meant, but I had no idea there were so many products dedicated to manipulating the way sound behaves in a given space. Now that I have been in the industry for a while, constantly […] Read More »
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Studio Acoustics: Treat Recording and Live Rooms
Studio acoustics is probably one of the most complicated subjects for any article covering acoustics. The reason for this is that there are so many different points to consider, such as: Room size and shape Need for sound isolation Dual purpose rooms requiring variable acoustics Personal preferences Budget constraints And on and on it goes. […] Read More »
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How to Soundproof (Sound Blocking)
FOAM DOES NOT STOP SOUND FROM GOING THROUGH WALLS. To tackle the topic of “how to soundproof”, I thought I should just go ahead and get that out of the way. It is used to stop echoes in a room. The reason you see it in soundproof recording studios is because they have already done […] Read More »
