We understand wedding venues because we understand weddings.
Conventional acoustic consultants understand buildings and noise regulation. Event production companies understand sound systems. Very few people work across both — and a wedding venue needs both, on the same evening, in the same building.
One venue, a dozen different acoustic problems
Ceremonies
Cocktail receptions
Background music
Dinner
Speeches
Live bands
DJs
Dancing
Outdoor events
Late-night parties
Simultaneous event areas
Indoor & outdoor systems
Temporary production
Guests & neighbours
Noise restrictions
Seasonal rural operation
Both sides of the same problem
An acoustic recommendation that ruins the party is not a good recommendation. Nor is a sound system that delights a hundred guests and antagonises the hamlet three hundred metres away. Our work sits deliberately between the two: creating an exceptional guest experience while protecting the long-term viability of the venue.
Historic buildings with stone walls, timber roofs and no acoustic separation
Outdoor dance floors, courtyards, cellars, barns and glass-fronted spaces
Poolside and terrace events with no envelope at all
Rural properties where background sound levels fall very low after midnight
Visiting DJs and bands arriving with their own systems each weekend
Owners who live on site, and neighbours who do too
Each zone has its own brief.
Ceremony asks for intelligibility, dinner for conversation, the party for full-range energy. A design that treats the venue as one room will fail at least one of them.
Five environments, one property, twelve hours
Illustrative zoning only. Zones and timings are established for each venue during an audit.
Venue-specific acoustic expertise.
Tell us about your venue. We will assess the information and advise you on the most appropriate next step.