[ OUR SERVICES ]
Acoustics for Professionals
Recording Studios
We design recording studios ranging from single-room setups to large multi-room commercial facilities. Our designs cover the entire plan from isolation to system integration, and everything in between.
Integrated Control rooms based on our DRS® model work on a virtually infinite ISD gap principle, making them compatible with live tracking spaces of any size (or long decay times), ruling out any possibility of compromised monitoring.
Mastering Studios
Every mastering/ mixing studio we design is built on our proprietary DRS® framework, ensuring a controlled, accurate, and yet perceptually natural environment.
Trusted by well-regarded engineers for transparent room response and accurate translation of mixes from the get-go.
Other Pro Audio Spaces
We also provide design solutions for rehearsal spaces, broadcast studios, acoustic laboratories, or any other pro audio facility.
Our scope covers all aspects of the project- acoustics, MEP, structural modifications, furnishing, etc. Each space is engineered for its intended application, ensuring technical reliability and long-term performance.
WHAT IS DRS?
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[ DRS MODEL ]
Dynamic Reference Stage® (DRS®) is a patented acoustic design model developed for modern critical listening environments such as mastering suites, mixing rooms, and high-end control rooms. It establishes a standardised framework where room response is engineered to meet pre-determined measurable acoustic and psychoacoustic targets.
What makes DRS® groundbreaking is the play between translation and perception. These rooms are highly controlled environments designed to deliver mixes that remain consistent across playback systems, with spatial cues engineered to feel natural yet non-intrusive. Thanks to the practically 'dynamic response', adaptation is immediate. Engineers work confidently from the first listen, without extended familiarisation or the 'car-checks'!
Every DRS® room is certified against strict performance benchmarks that exceed global standards for noise, isolation, and the room's tonal and time response. Engineers and musicians describe working in these rooms as an unparalleled immersive experience with accelerated workflow, reduced errors, no ear fatigue and immensely enhanced efficiency.
Offering immediate translation and quick turnarounds, DRS® represents an investment in reliability and long-term return.
[ DESIGN PROCESS ]
Journey till certification
We follow an elaborate protocol to design every facility, which takes at least 4-6 months minimum for even the smallest projects. The timeline involves a variable waiting period (generally 2 months), which is utilized as a "buffer phase" often spent with clients in touring around different studios, having listening sessions, visiting construction sites to give them a hands-on feel of what they're getting.
Discovery
Early meetings involve us understanding your targets, and making sure our services align with your vision.
Prospects
Phase 2 of pre-liminary discussions involve:
1) Projecting prospects: Scope of work, timelines, estimated budget.
2) Paperwork & Scheduling
3) Pre-design consultation: Fun time hanging around studios, listening sessions, etc!
Conceptualization
In this phase, we try to decide and finalise the entire fundamentals. Decisions on budget allocation, acoustic response, aesthetic appeal, project management, service compliance are all finalised in this phase.
Design & Enginerring
The longest phase, involving near 0 communication with client.
We develop design, model acoustic functions, run calculations, collaborate with partnering engineers and designers (MEP, HVAC, structural, local building inspectors, interior decor, etc).
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All projects are developed on BIM-architecture, require extreme attention to detail as these studios are extremely complex designs and are very expensive and difficult to re-do once designed.
Allocation
By the end of design phase, we deliver a report, set of plans, required documents, and a set of renders to the client electronically. A few weeks are spent explaining the design and plans to clients before Bidding and ordering starts.
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Along, a checklist of certification parameters is shared with clients, which basically is a prediction of acoustic performance of finished rooms - which we back with a money-back guarantee. We know this system inside-out, and make sure it is fail-proof.
Build Phase
While we do not build our designs, we are very much involved throughout the entire 10-15 months long journey to assist the building team. On-site visits for acoustic measurements, speaker install, and system calibration are already planned. Regular supervision, even though is flexible - either remote, or physical, but necessary to ensure the accuracy in build is maintained.
Certification
By the end of construction, before everything is wrapped up in fabric, we make one last visit to install speakers (in-wall), tune decoupling systems, and fine-match drivers to calibrate at 0.5dB (preferably 0.1). No EQ correction or DSP compensation is used in any of our rooms. Occasionally, only slight shelving in the speaker's drivers is made to meet the engineer's preferences if required.
Finally, acoustic measurements are used to match with the predicted performance, and rooms are officially certified to DRS standards.
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