Our studio design and build team have years of experience with a diverse range of skills including acoustic treatments that have been applied across various industries from theatres, cinemas, live performance venues and sound stages. Today we cater specifically for the film and television industry to establish fit for purpose production spaces from concept to completion and everything in-between. Images below offer examples of small royalty free studio spaces designed and built from standard industrial units. The list of works include a full and complete internal fit out, external overcladding roof system, Silent Roof material, acoustic sound slab walls, suspended ceiling, sound partition with acoustic roller shutter, quilted ABS fabric for improved acoustic performance, truss system, floor levelling, painting and decorating, HVAC, drapes, mezzanine floor, green room, fully fitted kitchen, MUA rooms, changing rooms and bathrooms, parking spaces and more. You can view more information on these and similar projects in case studies.
Acoustic Performance
A standard sound wall can offer good performance when it comes to sound penetrating from one studio to another, however we have our own mix of metal frame studwork, acoustic sound slab, acoustic rubber, robust sound board and our quilted acoustic barrier system to remove echo with approximately 64dB reduction from noise penetration.
The structure of the fibres in Rockwool RW slabs make them ideal for use as a sound absorber. Rockwool stone wool products work in two distinct ways to reduce noise, either by impeding the transmission of sound through an element of the structure or by absorption of sound at the surface. ROCKWOOL products also help to improve the fire rating of a partition by limiting the transfer of heat across the cavity.
Stats & charts
Typical Twin light steel frame construction with two separate steel frame walls constructed with a minimum 60mm RWA45 slabs, slotted into the cavity between the two steel frames and butt jointed. (Actual thickness of insulation will be determined by the as built cavity width between each frame).
Fully fill the depth of the frame on both sides with 75mm RWA45 slabs, (or thickness to suit stud depth) with no gaps between the insulation slabs. As a wall lining we recommend two layers of 12mm sound board (or 15mm) each side of the party wall, with all joints staggered, to provide a total nominal mass per unit area of 22kg/m2 both sides. A minimum width of 200mm is required between the inner faces of plasterboard lining and finished with all joints sealed in the outer leaf with joint tape or caulk sealant.
CLICK HERE for a handy absorption coefficients chart to assist with frequency Hz in all material types.