New Music Practice Rooms

The University of Southampton engaged AGS Noise Control to supply and install two new soundproof music practice rooms / performing arts studios. Each of the rooms designed to enable up to 15 people to practice instruments. Including drums, brass, pianos and electric instruments. This required a high level of sound reduction to prevent disturbance to adjoining teaching spaces. Located both next to and above the practice rooms.

Acoustic considerations within these spaces are critical, providing a space that isolates noise produced within the space to the external rooms.

Both music practice rooms include 2no single leaf double acting doors and an internal lobby. The outer door include a euro profile lock. The studio doors comprised of a polyester powder coated leaf and frame with acoustic compression seals.

The construction of fully isolated ‘room in a room’ construction where a structurally isolating floor is installed with AGS’s high performance steel acoustic panels to construct the walls and roof of the rooms achieved this. High acoustic performance studio doors with soft closing magnetic seals installed to form a lobby. This provided access to the rooms whilst students continued practice without interrupting nearby classes.

The walls were finished with stretch fabric to the client’s preferred colour and an electrical dado trunking around the room to ensure sufficient power outlets and electrical infrastructure was included in the room.

AGS Noise Control installed acoustic ventilation systems to the rooms in the form of air intake and extract attenuators. Alongside new floor finishes, suspended ceilings and fabric wall finishes completed the project. Post installation acoustic testing confirmed the soundproof music rooms achieved the required levels of sound attenuation.

AGS site installation engineers installed the rooms within the host space and the project ran without a hitch.

We can also provide lower spec rooms with a single or combination of floating floors, acoustic treatment or acoustic doors.

Our highest specification music rooms are similar to that of our high medical grade audiology rooms.