Frying Pan Studios
Frying Pan Studios is a state-of-the-art recording studio that features the original REDD.17 mixing desk from Abbey Road Studios. The iconic console has been used to mix many renowned artists such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The White Stripes, and Tame Impala. It is housed within a large collection of both vintage and modern recording equipment. It is the first in-house recording studio to be located inside a museum in Australia and features a control room, live room, green room, and isolation booth.
CLIENT
Museum of Old and New Art
LOCATION
Hobart, TAS
COMPLETED
2022
Photos
Courtesy of Museum of Old and New Art
Our Scope
Marshall Day Acoustics provided comprehensive design advice for all four spaces, including room acoustics design, internal and external sound insulation, acoustic finishes specification, and mechanical services noise control.
Challenges
The project presented several challenges due to working within the constraints of existing spaces with unique geometry. The control room was asymmetrical, requiring careful handling of reflections and sound absorption; the existing ceiling slopes in the opposite direction compared to what would be expected in a typical design from scratch. The existing layout of the space also provided limited options for creating a viewing window between the public areas outside the studio and the space.
The walls and ceiling in the studio feature a randomised timber slat and exposed absorption pattern providing reverberation control as well as diffusion in the space. Due to the angled walls and splayed design, calculating the necessary geometries for the walls and ceiling was a complex task. The carpentry team expertly tacked this challenging design. Available floor space was a constraint that led to nominating high-rated single swing doors as well as back-to-back framed glass doors between spaces which were customised to provide very high sound insulation performance.
“It was incredible to work with a team that has such broad experience in everything related to recording studios and sound attenuation. This was a tricky job placing a recording studio 1 metre from a library, and in an art gallery. When any issue arose, the Marshall Day team had staff with experience to problem solve and get the results needed.”
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