For projects in Mysuru
Recording studio acoustics and soundproofing in Mysuru
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. A large content, gaming and post production sector fitting rooms into office floors and independent houses.
- 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 material is and where it earns its place in Mysuru
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.
A large content, gaming and post production sector fitting rooms into office floors and independent houses.
Work reaching us from Mysuru is mostly heritage hotels, colleges and schools, auditoriums, hospitals, offices, restaurants.
- Heritage fabric stays Stone and lime plaster in tall rooms that cannot be altered. Work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible.
- Education at scale A large college sector with lecture rooms and halls where speech fails long before the room is called echoey.
- A mild climate Less aggressive on materials than the coast, which widens the sensible options rather than narrowing them.
- 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 Mysuru.
02 / The build-up
How the layers stack, from the structure inwards
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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 Mysuru, split units, VRF outdoor banks and diesel generator sets sit close to occupied areas, often on the same terrace as a bedroom. Generator enclosure and condenser screening are the recurring jobs.
Behind a fabric frame. Where the room has to look finished, absorber inside a frame rather than foam on show.
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Layer 2
Soundproofing materials
The blocking side of the range taken together: mass loaded vinyl, resilient layers, cavity absorption and the build-ups they belong in. In Mysuru, auditoriums, banquet halls and places of worship are large hard volumes in concrete and stone where speech falls apart long before anyone calls the room echoey.
Floating floor. Resilient layer and deck, to break impact energy before it reaches the structure.
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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 Mysuru, large engineering and school campuses with lecture halls, seminar rooms and hostels repeating the same detail across many blocks.
Track with a seal. Ceiling track plus a floor seal or drape, so the perimeter is closed when it is drawn.
If you are specifying for a Mysuru project, we can give you a section, a BOQ and the honest limits of each layer. See how we support architects.
03 / In this market
What we see driving Mysuru briefs
- Heritage fabric stays
Stone and lime plaster in tall rooms that cannot be altered. Work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible.
- Education at scale
A large college sector with lecture rooms and halls where speech fails long before the room is called echoey.
- A mild climate
Less aggressive on materials than the coast, which widens the sensible options rather than narrowing them.
- Four to five days by road
A long run, confirmed before dispatch, with samples sent ahead of the order.
- The housing stock
RC frame apartments and independent houses with tile and stone floors, in dense neighbourhoods where buildings sit a few feet apart.
- The studio and content scene
A large content, gaming and post production sector fitting rooms into office floors and independent houses.
04 / Room by room
Space by space, for Mysuru briefs
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Isolation
A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought. Stone and lime plaster in tall rooms that cannot be altered. Work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, 2100 kg per cubic metre
- Soundproofing materials, 1800 x 900 x 20 mm, 100 kg per cubic metre, NRC 0.85
- Acoustic panels, Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
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Low frequency
Corner and boundary absorption with real depth, not surface foam. A large college sector with lecture rooms and halls where speech fails long before the room is called echoey.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
- Soundproofing materials, Mass, then decoupling, then cavity absorption, then sealing
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
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Early reflections
Controlled at the mix position, and only there. Less aggressive on materials than the coast, which widens the sensible options rather than narrowing them.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
- Soundproofing materials, ASTM E90 for the barrier, ASTM C423 for the absorber
- Acoustic panels, 9 to 24 mm, 1220 x 2440 mm standard, up to 2440 x 4270 mm, 1200 to 3600 GSM
If the visual is fixed and the room still has to perform, that is a solvable problem and a conversation worth having early. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Climate and durability
Durability in Mysuru, before acoustics is discussed
Mysuru is warm and humid through most of the year, with a long wet season, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
Humidity is the deciding factor. PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which is why it outlasts fabric-wrapped mineral wool in this climate. Wood wool and timber need a ventilated cavity behind them.
The failure we design against here is mould, sagging fabric finishes and swelling in timber.
Consultants get the raw data, not a sales sheet. That is the whole of our side of the job, and it is set out under working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Worth knowing
Six mistakes that turn into a second fit-out
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Buying foam to solve an isolation problem
This is the one that comes back as a second fit-out rather than a snag.
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Treating the room before the shell is isolated
It sounds like a small detail until the room is finished and the complaint arrives.
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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 Mysuru job
Stone and lime plaster in tall rooms that cannot be altered. Work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible.
05 / Getting it there
Supply into Mysuru, start to site
| Made at | Our own plant, Palwal, Haryana |
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| Reaches site in | four to five days |
| Dispatch | 2 to 4 working days |
| To site | four to five days |
| Support | Drawings, build-ups, BOQ and material that arrives complete |
Standard items dispatch in 2 to 4 working days from our plant at Palwal. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
By road from Palwal, roughly twenty two hundred kilometres, normally four to five days on a dedicated truck.
Questions from Mysuru projects
What makes recording studio acoustics and soundproofing different in Mysuru?
A large content, gaming and post production sector fitting rooms into office floors and independent houses. Stone and lime plaster in tall rooms that cannot be altered. Work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible.
Where should the budget go first on a Mysuru 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 Mysuru?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Mysuru. 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 Mysuru site?
made at: Our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, reaches site in: four to five days, dispatch: 2 to 4 working days. Standard items dispatch in 2 to 4 working days from our plant at Palwal. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
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
A plan and a section is enough. We will come back with a build-up, a BOQ and a delivered date, and we will say so if what you are asking for will not work.