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How to Acoustically Treat a Podcast Studio

So you and your friends are starting a podcast? Once you have all of your recording equipment in place, it’s time to consider the sound quality of your podcast. You can have all of the most expensive, high-quality equipment, but what happens when excess echo or unwanted sound can be heard in the background of…

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DIY Decorative Acoustic Panels

Acoustic Panels are a must in most restaurants, worship centers, and other entertainment venues. However, they can sometimes be prohibitively expensive – if you don’t have sufficient cash to pay for the panels, then the acoustics in the space can suffer. We’ll show you how to make, and where to place DIY Decorative Acoustic Panels…

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DIY Ideas For Decorating Absorption Panels

Absorption panels are an ideal solution to an acoustic problem in a single-room space such as offices, restaurants, hotel lobbies, recording studios, bedrooms, or classrooms. Made of highly absorptive material, these panels trap and contain sound waves rather than letting them bounce around the room. This minimizes echo and eliminates background noise, while improving speech…

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How to Soundproof Classrooms

Classrooms are subject to a lot of noise that can ultimately hinder a child’s ability to focus and learn. Sound from the hallway, neighboring classrooms, and other children talking in the room can be a huge distraction to students. In many cases, even noisy HVAC/air conditioning noise can make it difficult for students to hear…

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Echo and Reverberation Explained

You may have heard the terms “echo & reverberation” before, and you may even use the two words interchangeably. Echo and reverberation are actually two different things, but both are created by an initial impulse noise such as a clap, conversation, or music. Both echo and reverb can also be reduced using acoustic treatment such…

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