Reduce reflected voice energy
Use suitable absorptive fabric at selected walls to help control the room contribution to recordings.
Podcast & broadcast rooms / APPLICATION GUIDE
A clearer brief for spoken-word spaces.
Podcast and broadcast rooms often combine hard desks, glazing, cameras and several microphones. Acoustic curtains can form a flexible absorptive backdrop around the conversation area.
LAYOUT STUDY / 02PLAN VIEW · NOT TO SCALE
Illustrative placement study. Curtain coverage, cavity and access are designed for your actual room.
THE ROOM & THE REQUIREMENT
Speech reflections & camera backgrounds.
A room that looks comfortable on camera can still produce audible reflections at a microphone. Treatment should be positioned around the people speaking and the surfaces returning sound, with the recording setup tested before the final coverage is chosen.
Build a repeatable set
A continuous curtain background conceals visual clutter and creates a consistent camera frame.
Control changing daylight
Specify an appropriate light-control layer at windows when exposure needs to stay consistent through a session.
PLACEMENT & SPECIFICATION
Make the detail
fit the room.
Place perimeter curtains behind and beside the speaking area where useful, leaving camera access, ventilation and equipment routes clear.
Performance boundaryAbsorption can reduce room reflections but does not remove microphone noise, direct background noise or transmission through walls and doors.
Review the test evidence ↗What to establish
- Microphones and table
- Record where each speaker sits and which surfaces are close to the microphones.
- Camera field of view
- Check the curtain colour, seams, stack positions and visible track in every camera angle.
- Background noise
- Identify ventilation, computers and outside noise separately from room reverberation.
Confirm the selected material’s certificates, care requirements and the final track and fixing design for your installation.
FABRIC STARTING POINTS
Build your shortlist.
Compare these ranges against the room brief. A suggested range is not a verified performance prediction for your room or selected lining.
Acoustic MoltonA practical starting point for combined masking and acoustic treatment.
Coloured Wool SergeColour options for a branded set, subject to available cut-price colours.
Premier Blackout 3.0mA light-control option to assess where windows affect exposure.
acousticJ&C JOEL · MOL030
Acoustic Molton
Molton, also called Calmuc, combining visual masking with sound absorption.
500 g/m²300 cm wideNDFR
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acousticJ&C JOEL · WS018
Coloured Wool Serge
Coloured wool serge for acoustic perimeter curtains and production drapes.
500 g/m²150 cm wideIFR
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blackoutJ&C JOEL · PB002
Premier Blackout 3.0m
Wide soft fabric for standalone curtains or linings, described by the manufacturer as 99% blackout.
260 g/m²300 cm wideIFR
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Bring the room
into the conversation.
A room plan, seating and microphone layout, camera views, window dimensions and examples of the room sound.
Discuss your project ↗Does a blackout curtain also guarantee good podcast acoustics?
No. Light exclusion and acoustic absorption are different properties. Select the acoustic fabric using its test data and assess any added lining as part of the final assembly.
Evidence & further reading
Published fabric tests & mounting conditions ↗Calculation methods & assumptions ↗Manufacturer data packs & certificates ↗J&C Joel: acoustic drapery principles ↗Application guidance by Studio Curtains. Product properties and test results are sourced separately on each fabric page.
KEEP EXPLORING
Related environments.
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Studios & production
Recording studios
A recording space needs a deliberate balance of absorption and liveliness. Retractable acoustic curtains let you change the exposed surface area around a performance or microphone position.
Reflections & variable acousticsView guide →
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Studios & production
Film & TV studios
Film and television spaces need repeatable lighting, clear working routes and backgrounds that suit the shot. Drapery can provide window light control, perimeter masking and selected acoustic treatment.
Light spill & set maskingView guide →
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Studios & production
Photography studios
Photography studios benefit from the ability to switch between daylight and controlled lighting. Made-to-measure curtains can cover glazed areas, screen storage and change the visible background.
Daylight control & flexible backgroundsView guide →