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Recording studio acoustics and soundproofing in Medina
Two jobs that must not be confused: keeping the building out, and making the room honest inside. The first is mass and decoupling and has to be built first. The second is absorption and diffusion and can be tuned later. Media and content production is growing quickly, and rooms are being built inside existing commercial shells with no isolation plan. The background noise floor is usually the first problem to solve.
- Isolation
- A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought.
- Low frequency
- Corner and boundary absorption with real depth, not surface foam.
- Early reflections
- Controlled at the mix position, and only there.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / The material
What this is, and what it changes in a Medina room
Two jobs that must not be confused: keeping the building out, and making the room honest inside. The first is mass and decoupling and has to be built first. The second is absorption and diffusion and can be tuned later.
Media and content production is growing quickly, and rooms are being built inside existing commercial shells with no isolation plan. The background noise floor is usually the first problem to solve.
Work reaching us from Medina is mostly new hotels, residential towers, assembly and function halls, offices, clinics, schools.
- Decisions still on paper On a new build the isolation layer costs a fraction of what it costs to retrofit. Send the drawings early and we will mark where the build-up will fail before it is built.
- Large halls, long reverberation Big assembly spaces in concrete and stone hold sound for a long time. Absorption has to be placed where it recovers intelligibility, not spread evenly to hit a number.
- Long programmes need consistent stock A tower fitted out over many months needs the last delivery to match the first. We hold batch consistency and tell you if a colour is changing.
- Isolation A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for studio soundproofing are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Medina.
02 / The build-up
The stack, in the order it is installed
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Layer 1
Acoustic foam and BassBloc
Open cell foam shapes for high frequency control, and BassBloc, a high density absorber built for the low mid range where ordinary foam does nothing. In Medina, cooling runs year round at high load, so chillers, AHUs and large duct runs are constant sources. Plant room lining and duct attenuation carry most of the result.
Corner loading. Low frequency energy collects in corners, so absorber in the corners does more than the same area spread across a wall.
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Layer 2
Acoustic panels
The full absorber range rather than one product: plain PET felt, printed felt, grooved panels and fabric finishes, chosen by how the room is used and how it has to look. In Medina, mosques, conference halls and hotel ballrooms are tall hard volumes where intelligibility over a long reverberation tail is the whole brief.
Wall array. Panels placed at first reflection points rather than spread evenly. Fewer panels, better result.
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Layer 3
Soundproof curtains
A layered curtain with a mass loaded vinyl core, used where an opening has to stay an opening. In Medina, new school and university buildings are large, hard and highly glazed. Lecture theatres and sports halls are the spaces that fail first, and ceiling absorption is the practical fix.
Full height with return. Curtain taken floor to soffit with a side return and an overlap, because the gap is what leaks, not the fabric.
For a Medina practice, the useful thing is a detail you can put in a drawing set, not a brochure. See how we support architects.
03 / In this market
The Medina conditions that change the answer
- Decisions still on paper
On a new build the isolation layer costs a fraction of what it costs to retrofit. Send the drawings early and we will mark where the build-up will fail before it is built.
- Large halls, long reverberation
Big assembly spaces in concrete and stone hold sound for a long time. Absorption has to be placed where it recovers intelligibility, not spread evenly to hit a number.
- Long programmes need consistent stock
A tower fitted out over many months needs the last delivery to match the first. We hold batch consistency and tell you if a colour is changing.
- Quiet city, loud buildings
The noise that reaches guests here is rarely from the street. It is the corridor, the next room and the plant, which is a detailing problem rather than a facade problem.
- The housing stock
Villas and apartment blocks are concrete and block with hard stone or tile throughout. Mass is there, but every room is live and impact noise between floors is untreated.
- The studio and content scene
Media and content production is growing quickly, and rooms are being built inside existing commercial shells with no isolation plan. The background noise floor is usually the first problem to solve.
04 / Room by room
Room by room, on a typical Medina job
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Isolation
A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought. On a new build the isolation layer costs a fraction of what it costs to retrofit. Send the drawings early and we will mark where the build-up will fail before it is built.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, 2100 kg per cubic metre
- Acoustic panels, 1800 x 900 mm, image printed into the felt rather than onto a facing
- Soundproof curtains, 5.5 kg per sq m
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Low frequency
Corner and boundary absorption with real depth, not surface foam. Big assembly spaces in concrete and stone hold sound for a long time. Absorption has to be placed where it recovers intelligibility, not spread evenly to hit a number.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
- Acoustic panels, Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
- Soundproof curtains, Up to 30 dB
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Early reflections
Controlled at the mix position, and only there. A tower fitted out over many months needs the last delivery to match the first. We hold batch consistency and tell you if a colour is changing.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
- Soundproof curtains, 30
For a Medina interior where the finish leads, we will say plainly what each option costs you acoustically. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Climate
The Medina climate decides the material list
Medina is hot and dry for most of the year, with dust and high daytime surface temperatures, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
Dust is the enemy of open-cell products. PET felt does not shed, does not hold dust in the way fabric-wrapped glass wool does, and wipes down. Timber needs a stable indoor RH or it moves.
The failure we design against here is dust ingress and thermal movement in long runs.
On a Medina job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Worth knowing
Where this kind of project usually fails
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Buying foam to solve an isolation problem
It sounds like a small detail until the room is finished and the complaint arrives.
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Treating the room before the shell is isolated
This is the one that comes back as a second fit-out rather than a snag.
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Killing the room completely and calling it controlled
A room can be over-treated. Past the target it stops sounding controlled and starts sounding dead, and you paid for that.
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Treating it as a generic Medina job
On a new build the isolation layer costs a fraction of what it costs to retrofit. Send the drawings early and we will mark where the build-up will fail before it is built.
05 / Route to site
Getting it to Medina, with real dates
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Jeddah or Yanbu, then road to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Jeddah or Yanbu |
| Support | Drawings, build-ups, BOQ and material that arrives complete |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order.
Sea freight into Jeddah or Yanbu, then road to site. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Medina projects
What makes recording studio acoustics and soundproofing different in Medina?
Media and content production is growing quickly, and rooms are being built inside existing commercial shells with no isolation plan. The background noise floor is usually the first problem to solve. On a new build the isolation layer costs a fraction of what it costs to retrofit. Send the drawings early and we will mark where the build-up will fail before it is built.
Where should the budget go first on a Medina project?
Isolation. A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought. Low frequency. Corner and boundary absorption with real depth, not surface foam.
Do you have an office or installation team in Medina?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Medina. We give you drawings, build-ups, a BOQ and material that arrives complete, and we will tell you plainly when a job needs a local contractor we cannot be.
How does material get to a Medina site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Jeddah or Yanbu, then road to site, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order.
What goes wrong most often on this kind of project?
Buying foam to solve an isolation problem. Treating the room before the shell is isolated.
What do you need from us to quote?
A plan, a section through the critical partition or ceiling, and what the room is for. From that we can give a build-up and a BOQ rather than a price per square foot.
Next step
Tell us the room, we will tell you the build-up
One drawing gets you a proper answer. Build-up, quantities, a delivered date, and an honest note on anything we think is the wrong approach.