Acoustic Foam

Acoustic Foam Placement

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:19:28 +0000

Comfortex Acoustics quality acoustic foam from the manufacturer supplied direct from the factory. One of the basic mistakes that one makes while trying to achieve a good sound recording location is looking for a way to make the room soundproof. Soundproofing a room is one aspect the other is making the room a good environment for recording this is where using acoustic foam can help in the treating of your room in order to achieve great sound quality. The key to the problem resides in knowing the difference between soundproofing and sound absorption.

Improving sound doesn’t mean keeping it inside the room. Improving the sound is what really matters and that is directly related to sound absorption. (acoustic enhancement is the term used by professionals to define sound improvement with the help of sound absorption.) Acoustic panels or acoustic foam can be used as sound absorption materials. However, simply having these materials inside your designated room will not do the trick.

Acoustic foam placement has a major importance in achieving acoustic enhancement. If soundproofing foam placement is simple, placing acoustic foam in order to get a proper sound absorption may be tricky. The main idea is to decide which of the areas in the room need less foam and which of them need a lot of it. Deciding this is a matter of testing the duration of the echo in certain areas. You can create any sound (clapping is often used) and see which of the areas have a longer echo. The longer the echo the more foam you will need.

One way to try different foam arrangements without having to ruin the walls nor wasting lots of foam is to place the foam on movable panels which can be moved around the room. achiving the desired sound will come with patience moving the foam around and adding more if needed. While acoustic foam tiles are best at dealing with the higher frequencies thicker tiles will deal with mid frequencies better and bass traps will tackle low end build up in the corners of the room.

Acoustic Foam not Soundproofing Foam

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:10:35 +0000

Acoustic foam or Soundproofing foam as it is often called which is not a good description as it will not soundproof a room it may help with soundproofing slightly but will not make any significant difference, it is however an essential tool for any serious musician looking to improve the sound of his or her studio. The foams primary roll is to improve the sound within a room mainly because of its ability to reduce the echo within the room. These echoes are caused by sound reflecting off hard flat surfaces. The echoes can range from short slap echoes that echo a sound sharply and flutter echoes that respond to noise with a series of echoes. Acoustic foam reduces these echoes by absorbing sound. Acoustic foam can be used in non-musical environments, such as a gym or factory warehouse to reduce echo and make it easier to communicate.

The density of soundproofing foam is specially designed for echo reduction and for this reason the quality cannot be duplicated with the use of standard foam such as the type used in a typical mattress or furniture foam.

Acoustic foam provides a higher quality sound by reducing the echo and reverberation feedback. The foam can be measured and cut to specific sizes to fit the needs of any room. Acoustic foam can be used to reduce echo from anywhere, whether in a musician’s studio or a large airport terminal. The style and density of the foam will vary according to the needs to the room.

Acoustic foam can’t be replicated by any flat foam. Each piece has unique wave patterns on its surface, which ensures its sound absorbing quality. There are several different shapes of acoustic foam. The sound absorbing quality of the foam and the echo reduction it provides makes acoustic foam an essential tool in music rooms or large rooms where echoes are produced. Prices of foam and installation costs will vary according to the quality and amount of the foam requested and the size of the room. Depending on these factors. Soundproofing professionals should be involved in the process of soundproofing foam installation, since they will be able to determine the appropriate amount and type of acoustic foam for any room.

Acoustic Foam Applications

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Acoustic foam materials are used in acoustics applications and to a much lesser degree in soundproofing. Acoustic foam is commonly used in recording studios and music rehersal and practice rooma it is often also used in other large interior spaces such as cafeterias, gyms, function halls, where sounds tend to be amplified and magnified, resulting in din of washed out, fuzzy and undefined sound. Acoustic foam is also known as acoustic foam room treatment, studio foam or soundproofing foam, and works by dealing with two principle problems, noise accumulation and sound reverberation.

Noise accumulation occurs when sounds from multiple sources build up on one another in enclosed spaces, leading to a constant background buzz that obscures the sounds a person right next to you could be making. This makes having a simple conversation difficult as you try to pick out and isolate only the sounds that are relevant to your conversation, whilst trying to ignore all other sounds. Sound reverberation occurs when sounds travel around and reflect off surfaces such as ceilings, walls, partitions or any other non-absorbent surfaces. This leads to a steady build-up of sound consisting of conversations, music, noises and so on resulting in a loud cacophony of sound.

In some extreme instances the build-up of decibels can be very loud, and even painful to those with sensitive ears. To alleviate all these problems, you need to treat your walls, ceilings and hard surfaces with sound-absorbing materials such as acoustic, studio or soundproofing foam. They work by reducing the amount of sound and specific sound frequency ranges being ricocheted off the surfaces. In order to compare and contrast different products on the market, experts have devised and tested using industry standard measurements such as the Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC), the Absorption Coefficient (a), the Sound Transmission Class (STC), and the Sound Transmission Loss (STL or TL). Without getting into too much technical detail, all of these measurements aim to measure how much sound is absorbed by an acoustic material in a defined sound frequency range or band. Knowing these measurements you will be able to compare and select from a myriad of different acoustic foam, soundproofing form or studio foam products available on the market with different specifications.

The actual composition of acoustic foam materials may differ widely. Materials range from lightweight vinyl used for sound damping, through to open cell polyether or polyurethane foam, and composite acoustic foam / fibreglass materials. On the high end materials extreme care has been taken in the design and shaping of the material, and although we tend to call them “foam” there are very dramatic differences in cell structure and density between different types of products on the market.

Why Use Acoustic Foam

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Acoustic Foam Treatment Tiles

One crucial component needed for a good recording studio is the acoustic treatment of the room. Acoustic foam being the most common medium used for this purpose.

Whether your studio is a home recording room or a professional studio, the acoustic foam treatment of the area will have a large effect on the final recorded results. You may have the best monitoring and recording equipment money can buy, however unless the room is acoustically treated you will never get the optimum results from your equipment. Very rarely are rooms ever made with acoustics in mind, this makes the need of acoustic foam treatment even more relevant.

Every room will have its own sound characteristics. Common acoustic problems encountered by sound moving around a room are reverberation, reflections, flutter echo, slap echo, standing waves, and modal and frequency response problems. Sound waves will encounter the effects of various objects and surfaces along with coming into contact with other sound wave, which may also be traveling around the room. Because of all these conditions the initial sound can change dramatically and so being detrimental to the recording.

Over recent years the use of acoustic foam has been steadily growing. Many people, however still consider acoustic foam as an unnecessary expense in a studio. This is not the case. If used correctly it can make a significant difference to the acoustics of a room thus allowing your equipment and instruments to realize their real potential on the recorded output.

In addition to the quality of the recording, acoustic treatment will also make the working environment more efficient. If the room is not adequately treated reverberation can have a negative effect on not only the recording but also practice sessions. Mixing will be difficult to master. When recording and monitoring, the room itself needs to be a controlled environment. If the room is not controlled, then the room itself tells you what you are hearing and thus affect what you record and monitor. Ideally the room should enhance the recording and never detract from the final results. Being in control of this will help tremendously, giving you the options to allow some ‘liveness’ where and when it is needed by adding or removing treatment in the room.

A totally untreated room will probably be very reflective. The absence of any surfaces in the room where sound waves are absorbed will lead to poor recording results as the room is uncontrolled. The addition of acoustic foam tiles and bass traps will enable you to alter the ‘liveness’ of the room giving you control of how the sound responds within the room. The good use of acoustic treatment will enable you to tell if what you are recording, mixing, editing or monitoring is what you want. You can create the room response you want, by the use of the acoustic treatment. You will be able to record and monitor with more accuracy, adapting the room to the sound you want and adjusting the liveness or keeping the sound dead depending on your needs.

Working in an acoustically treated environment is much more fulfilling by elevating problems you may have struggled with. Being at ease and comfortable within your recording studio as in all workplaces will in turn encourage you to work better, hopefully enhancing your creativity and productivity along the way.

The most cost effective way of acoustically treating your room is to use acoustic foam. It is an easy to use and effective way of treating a room taking control of the room frequency response whilst recording giving a cleaner and more defined result to recording and monitoring. Take away any unwanted results that an untreated room will cause. Record what you want to hear rather than making the best from what you have.

Although acoustic foam tiles primarily deal with the problems of high and mid frequencies, low frequencies can also can be absorbed and tightened up. Lower end frequencies are harder to deal with than mid and high frequencies. Dealing with them is done more by diffusers which are expensive. Low end build up in the corners of a room is a typical problem. With the installation of acoustic foam corner bass traps this build up of low frequencies can be reduced. Allowing a more controlled bass response in the room and again enhancing the end recordings

Acoustic Panels

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:50:15 +0000

Acoustic Foam Panels

Now avaliable from Comfortex Acoustics acoustic foam panels www.acousticpanel.co.uk Manufacturers of Acoustic foam tiles and bass traps

Comfortex Acoustics

Comfortex Ltd acoustic foam division are manufacturers of acoustic foam treatment products in the UK , and have supplied acoustic foam tiles and bass traps to hundreds of recording studios and thousands of individuals. The acoustic foam division was started in 2004 when comfortex were comissioned to convert acoustic foam for a number of recording studios throughout the UK, after this due to the number of individuals asking for the same tiles and bass traps, the decision was made to offer the same products direct from the factory to the general public. Year on year the department has grown to the extent in 2008 a new CNC contour cutting machine was added to the plant soley for the manufacture of acoustic foam treatment products. To buy either contact the acoustic foam sales on 0845 004 4914 or visit the website www.acoustic-foam.co.uk the acoustic room treatment tiles are also avaliable in the UK online on the ebay and amazon marketplaces.

Advanced Acoustics From www.acoustic-foam.co.uk

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:23:49 +0000

Comfortex Acoustics UK Manufacturers and Supplers of Acoustic Foam Treatment Products

Buy Acoustic Treatment Factory Direct from Comfortex Acoustics

How To Buy

Online at www.acoustic-foam.co.uk or telephone the factory on 0845 004 4914

Factory Shop opening hours

Monday 8.30am to 4.00pm
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 8.30am to 4.00pm
Thursday 8.30am to 4.00pm
Friday 8.30am to 4.00pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

Comfortex Acoustics suppliers of advanced acoustic foam sound treatment products www.acoustic-foam.co.uk

Hyped Up Acoustic Foam Prices

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:20:42 +0000

Avoid Paying Hyped Up Acoustic Foam Prices

Comfortex Acoustic foam is manufactured and supplied factory direct to the general public from one of the UK’s largest independent specialist engineered foam conversion companies, by buying direct you can save on all the added on costs from middlemen and resellers cutting out their margin and avoiding paying hyped up acoustic foam prices. Tel 0845 004 4914 or visit www.acoustic-foam.co.uk to buy acoustic foam direct from the factory that makes it.