Studio re-fit article – Brain like a sieve !

[jay_f]

Hi folks I have a quick question. Apologies for the vagueness

Does anyone remember an article in one of the audio magazines (maybe audio technology) About a re-fit of ABC radio (I think) studio’s, and the use of a virtual air lock / virtual acoustic door???? i.e. An open space that's designed to attenuate as much sound possible, between studio and outside world.

It would be really helpful if I could find this info again. But I'm having enough trouble locating it to think I may have imagined it If I didn’t, any details on the article or the studio designer in question would be really helpful.

All the best

James

[Junction]

Dont know about the article, but sounds like you are talking about our (ABC) Radio News Studios in Southbank, Melbourne built around 1994 ... no doors, the floor plan something like a snail shape, works well for the purpose of a news voice studio. There is also what was called a virtual sound lock around each pair of Radio Studios, each studio door I think about 90 degrees or less, apart, with the focal point of the two hitting an acoustic panel designed to abosrb sound as it spews out of an open studio door. The acoustic architect was Peter Brown from Melbourne. If you find the said article, please share it.

[Drumstruck]

I remember reading an article about a "still airspace doorway" - angled and shielded to reduce waves getting in / out - much like a small hallway at an acute angle ...... perhaps similar to a bass reflex spkr design (not a ported one - the internally baffled design)..... suffering the sieve effect too, sorry....

fwiw I've often considered using heavy theatre drapes rather than doors to seal off my passageway (est. a couple of hundred $s)