CURTAIN ADVICE
Choosing the right studio curtains ↗
Choose studio curtains by room use, acoustic evidence, light control, measurements and track requirements.
STUDIO CURTAINS
Curtain advice & articles
Practical advice on choosing, measuring, using and maintaining studio curtains, alongside our technical fabric articles.
Curtain essentials.
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Soundproofing secrets: what acoustic curtains can actually do ↗
Understand the difference between reducing room reflections and stopping sound travelling to another room.
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Five studio curtain mistakes—and how to avoid them ↗
Avoid confusing absorption with soundproofing, measuring the wrong width, ignoring folds, overlooking light gaps and underspecifying tracks.
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Studio curtains for the home ↗
Plan acoustic and blackout curtains for a home office, recording room or cinema without confusing room treatment with sound insulation.
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Do studio curtains really work? ↗
What acoustic and blackout curtains can achieve, how to read the evidence and how to assess a room trial.
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Who needs studio curtains? ↗
Explore where acoustic, blackout and masking curtains help—from studios and schools to cinemas and shared workspaces.
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The perfect studio curtains: control light, sound and style ↗
Balance absorption, daylight control, fabric appearance and track design in a made-to-measure curtain specification.
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When should studio curtains be repaired or replaced? ↗
Inspect curtain fabric, operation, light coverage and documentation before deciding whether to repair or replace an installation.
Room & installation guides.
PROJECT GUIDANCE
Turn a spare room into a podcast studio with curtains ↗
Plan a podcast room around microphone technique, useful curtain locations, repeatable recordings and light control.
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Improve room acoustics with curtains instead of foam panels ↗
Compare movable curtains with other room treatments and plan coverage, air gaps and evidence for a useful acoustic change.
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Ceiling-mounted curtain tracks for high ceilings ↗
Plan high-level curtain tracks around structural support, complete loads, access, heading compatibility and operation.
Technical fabric journal.
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Acoustic curtains vs soundproof curtains: what changes? ↗
Understand absorption, sound insulation and transparent masking before specifying curtains for an echoing or noisy room.
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What does 100% curtain fullness mean? ↗
See how 0%, 50% and 100% fullness change cloth width, folds and the way acoustic test results should be compared.
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Why the air gap behind an acoustic curtain matters ↗
Compare published Wool Serge 800 results at 100 mm and 350 mm wall cavities, with practical space-planning advice.
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Wool Serge 800 vs Acoustic Molton: a fair comparison ↗
Compare width, weight and published absorption at matching fullness and wall spacing before choosing a curtain fabric.
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Wool Serge 420, 565 or 800: compare the evidence ↗
A matched-condition comparison of three wool serge weights, their published absorption and practical handling considerations.
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How to read an acoustic curtain test report ↗
Find the fabric, test assembly, frequency bands and single-number ratings that make an acoustic report useful for specification.
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Why frequency matters when choosing acoustic curtains ↗
Explore Acoustic Molton’s published practical absorption coefficients from 125 Hz to 4 kHz and understand their limits.
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Blackout vs dimout curtains: fabric and fitting both count ↗
Compare manufacturer light-control descriptions and learn why curtain edges, overlaps and recesses matter as much as the cloth.
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How many metres of fabric do curtains need? ↗
Follow a worked cutting example from track coverage and finished drop to whole-metre fabric ordering.
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How much do acoustic curtains weigh? ↗
Turn fabric gsm and cutting area into a cloth-mass estimate, then understand what a track specification still needs.
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Choosing a curtain lining: width, quantity and performance ↗
See why face cloth and lining need separate cutting plans, and what adding a lining means for acoustic evidence.
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150 cm vs 300 cm curtain fabric: joins and ordering ↗
Learn why wide fabric can change seam counts and linear metre quantities, with a worked 150 cm versus 300 cm example.
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Estimating room reverberation with acoustic curtains ↗
A transparent worked Sabine estimate using documented 500 Hz fabric data, with assumptions and limits explained.
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Acoustic curtains for podcast rooms: plan a useful treatment ↗
Plan curtain coverage around recording positions, interpret published frequency data and compare the room before and after.
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Acoustically transparent fabric: when sound should pass through ↗
Understand the difference between speaker masking and sound-absorbing curtains, with a technical fabric example.