Bedstone College - 5 Acoustic Pods installed in Music Department

Bedstone College has a vibrant and thriving music music department - In 2010 they approached Amadeus Acoustic Solutions Ltd as they were desperate for some new facilities. The demands upon the music department were such that a recording studio, band practice room, and 3 smaller music teaching rooms were ALL required over and above existing facilities. The college had a small amount of vacant space that they thought would physically accommodate such requirements, but they were under the impression that there was NO way they could happily house such facilities together in the same area without creating a distractingly unproductive environment due to the vast amount of noise that would be created within each room or studio.

We at Amadeus Acoustic Solutions Ltd introduced the College to our BOXY© acoustic pods. We took them to an installation at Stonyhurst College and they were blown away by the product. Amadeus and BOXY© were subsequently employed to design and install 5 separate pods and were able to create a complete new facility that fulfilled the school’s brief; all in under one week!

Lessons can now take place in each room without interfering with what else is happening in the department, and percussion can now sit happily next to piano, violin and singing lessons. 

Above: Video of the Amadeus BOXY pods being used by students at Bedstone College. Just listen to the astonishing sound reduction.

Above: Four separate acoustic pods - each one being used for a very different musical discipline including full band rehearsal, piano lessons, singing lessons and song writing. Despite being literally next door to one another, there is no conflicting sound and all the students work happily within their own pod. 

Above: Private piano lesson within one of the smaller acoustic pods. Pod adorned with acoustic panels, creating wonderfully calm and creative environment

Above: Private piano lesson in one of the smaller acoustic pods. Printed acoustic panels can be seen in front of the piano. 

Above: External shot of one of the smaller acoustic pods

Above: Two pods next to one another. All the students work in harmony without being distracted by what's going on next door. 

Above: Acoustic door open, looking into one of the modular pods. Acoustic panels on walls.

Above: Three students writing music in one of the pods. The environment created within our Amadeus BOXY pods is incredible. 

Above. The Amadeus BOXY pods are perfect for every sort of music. Drummers can play to their hearts content without disturbing surrounding lessons. 

Above: Drummer practices in one of  the pods. Acoustic door wide open showing school logo and pod number frosted on the front. 

Above: 'Control Room' looking into the 'Live Room'

Above: Students practice in the pods, the noise transfer is so small that a budding young song  writer can work on his music right outside without being distracted.

For more information on the Amadeus BOXY pods (Acoustic Modular Rooms), acoustic panels, printed acoustic panels, Acoustic doors, Acoustic Consultancy or any other products or services we can offer, please visit - www.amadeus-equipment.co.uk, or email: info@amadeus-equipment.co.uk. 

We're always happy to hear from you on the phone too - please call 01424 775867 

Glasgow Music Studios

Amadeus were approached by a young female entrepreneur from Glasgow, Lynne Howard, at the end of 2009. She had spotted a niche in the rehearsal space market in Glasgow and decided she wanted to do something about it; she began planning a brand new and exciting rehearsal studio – namely ‘Glasgow Music Studios’. This was her brief:

"Glasgow is a vibrant musical city supporting many live music venues, acts and performers. There is a demand for quality rehearsal and recording facilities across the city. This was where I saw a gap in the market and decided to carry out some research into what musicians wanted? It was concluded that the most important thing to musicians was 'quality of sound.'  

Glasgow Music Studios Ltd. will provide top quality rehearsal studio space for musicians in Glasgow. We will be also using the studios for private tutoring and workshops for young people (Summer 2011 onwards)." 

Having found the Amadeus website she contacted us immediately to talk about our BOXY© Modular Rooms. Having only seen the rooms online, she fell in love with the contemporary style of the studios and the versatility, beauty and state-of-the-art nature of the interior decoration. She was also incredibly keen to find out more about the fact that these rooms are fully modular – i.e. If her business was to grow rapidly and a new premises were to be required, she could simply pack the rooms up and re install them else where.

Despite her initial impression, she obviously needed to see how the rooms performed acoustically, and discover with her own eyes how impressive they were in ‘the flesh’ – Therefore we took her to an installation we had recently completed at Cheadle Hulme School. Lynne was blown away by every aspect of the rooms she saw, she fell in love with the product and her mind was made up.


"We choose the Amadeus BOXY© Rooms as they are state of the art studios (first of their kind in Scotland!). The precision design of the studios will help us attract acts and musicians from all over Glasgow. The Amadeus BOXY© rooms allow us to build a strong brand identity based on quality - we felt the relationship between Glasgow Music Studios Ltd and Amadeus was perfect."  (Lynne Howard)

During the first half of 2010, Lynne found the perfect location for the studios in Glasgow City centre (see early photos below). From that moment we started to plan and design the three studios that would form the very core of Glasgow Music Studios, working with Lynne every step of the way.

Above: The exterior of the property - soon to be the home of Glasgow Music Studios

Above: The interior of the property - before the studios had been installed

Above: The interior of the property - before the studios had been installed

In October 2010, we were set to go and the installation took place. Below are a set of 'snaps' taken throughout the installation that document the process. 

Above: Off loading the lorry

Above: Materials brought into the property

Above: The foundations

 Above: The frames of the studios are up!

 Above: The rooms start to take shape

 Above: First two studios complete

 Above: Panels fitted, floors laid and instruments start to be brought in

 Above: One of the finished studios, with black cladding as chosen by the client. 

 Above: A Scottish band are spotted playing down the road

Above: We invite the bagpiper to come and try the studios out

 Above: As he plays within the studios, Lynne stands outside and is thrilled by the dB reduction we have achieved with the rooms. Evidently they are just as useful for bagpipers as they are for drummers and guitarists!

 Above: Anne Holliday (Amadeus), with the BOXY©
 installation team and the bagpiper

 Above: The keys are handed to Lynne

 Above: Flowers to celebrate a successful installation

Above: Inside the studios - acoustic panels installed to match Glasgow Music Studios brand colours. 

Above: Inside the studios - Upholstered acoustic panels, laminate floors, drum kit, PA System and microphones 

Above: Inside the rooms - acoustic panels have peen flipped round to turn them from absorption panels to reflection panels. 

Above: Inside the rooms 

Lynne is absolutely thrilled with the way the studios have turned out, and Glasgow Music Studios Ltd is now up and running. She gave the following testimonial at the end of the installation:

"Amadeus Acoustic Solutions have been both helpful and professional throughout the process of building our studios. They helped me over come many initial obstacles along the way with setting up the studios, no problem was too big or too small, they always helped in a positive and focused manner. The organisation, fitting and installing of the studios was second to none with everything done to agreed timescales and to an extremely high quality. They had a genuine interest in helping make my project a success. I felt we were part of a team working together to achieve the same goal - creating the perfect sound. I will be using Amadeus and BOXY© for all my future studio installations." (Lynne Howard, Managing Director, Glasgow Music Services)

If you are interested in rehearsing at Glasgow Music Studios, or would like more information please contact info@glasgowmusicstudios.co.uk or call 0141 552 0907.

They are currently running a special offer which entitles users to 2 hours rehearsal time for just £10.00 - an absolute bargain for such a state-of-the-art rehearsal space! 

Amadeus Acoustic Solutions are the exclusive UK distributors for Boxylab SLR and all BOXY© acoustic rooms and products. 

If you would like more information about our BOXY© acoustic rooms, BOXY© modular studios, acoustic panels, printed acoustic panels, BOXY© soundproof rooms or any of the other specialist products or services we offer, please visit our website www.amadeus-equiment.co.uk or email info@amadeus-equipment.co.uk or call + 44 (0) 1424 775867

Amadeus in China - Acoustic Rooms installed in Shanghai.

During early 2007 we were asked to design and install a recording studio into a duplex apartment in Manchester.  Fast forward to 2009; our client now having moved from Manchester to Shanghai, and being sufficiently impressed by our earlier work, approached us to talk about the possibility of a studio installation in China! This installation would include two very large rooms to be used as a control room and a live room – the live room needed to be large enough to cater for small performances as well as recordings.  I’m sure by now it has become apparent that we at Amadeus and our manufacturers ‘Boxylab in Italy, like a challenge and therefore with a high five and big smile we of course said, YES!

Our client owns a highly successful designer fashion brand in China called Mein Grace. See a photo of her Shanghai store below:

The scale of this project was to be at least 20 times larger than the first project in Manchester. Although we have undertaken many installations across the UK that involve a great deal more studios than the proposed installation in Shanghai, the physical size of the individual rooms we were to install in China were far greater than anything we had taken on before. As a result, we took our client to visit variety of large installations in Italy. The ‘Groove Factory’ in Udine, Nr Venice offered the closest template (see photos below). The design process begun…

With Shanghai to become the “EXPO city” for 2010, our client required the Recording Studio and Live Room to be open in the summer.  By January 2010 the general arrangement drawings were completed and signed-off and this +100m2 project went into the manufacturing process.

In April, two 40 foot containers were loaded and set off on what was to be a 10 week journey to the port of Shanghai. On Monday, July 5^th the containers arrived in China. The off load and installation process began.

 


Above: End on Day 1, live room floating floor completed

Above: Day 5, completion of ceiling and room construction

Working in no less than 30° heat, and far higher humidity, the project was completed on July 16^th; just 11 days after commencement. Shanghai can now boast it's largest and most contemporary “state of art” live-room/recording studio. Photos below

Above: The fished live room - adorned with printed acoustic panels, bass traps, mirrors, laminate flooring, studio windows, strip lights and spot lights.

Above: Project manager John Locke (Amadeus) with the Boxy installation team. 
Give it some attitude guys!

Above: Studio acoustic doors - trap the sound between rooms. 

Above: Studio window from control room to live room - and LCD TV screen!

Above: John Locke of Amadeus (left) and Claudio Lamberini of Boxy (right) present the studio keys to  Grace Wang (Mein Grace Fashion) and Simon Wang (Studio manager).
 

For more information on our acoustic rooms, modular rooms, soundproof rooms or any other acoustic related products please visit www.amadeus-equipment.co.uk. Or call 01424 775867