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About Us »
Company History |
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Our
history in sound
control began with a
curiosity about why
recording studios
and performance
venues had their
unique sounds, both
good and bad, and
the causes of
inconsistencies
among them. We
listened and
learned.
In the seventies,
the principals of
Acoustics First
founded a large
scale professional
recording studio to
service both the
recording artist and
the commercial audio
producer. With
limited information
and lack of
off-the-shelf
acoustical
materials, we built
our own
diffuser-bass traps,
resilient clips,
fabric covered
fiberglass absorbers
and high-mass
barrier walls. |
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| Hand building diffuser – bass traps and constructing floating floors |
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Noel (Paul)
Stookey of
Peter, Paul
and Mary,
listens to
the quiet in
our booth at
AES New
York, Fall
1979 |
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As
the eighties were
about to start, we
discovered an
anechoic wedge
acoustical foam in
an industrial
magazine and
realized it was a
quick fix to a
common problem for
both recording and
broadcast rooms. The
material was
introduced to the
audio world at the
Audio Engineering
Society’s convention
in New York as a new
product, with us as
the only acoustical
supplier there.
The
following
decade saw
increased
awareness of
acoustics
and our
product
appeared
throughout
the world.
This was
aided by our
three
distribution
warehouses
and
computerized,
networked
sales
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As the new
millennium
approached,
Acoustics
First was
born, with
its sole
emphasis on
acoustical
material
design,
manufacture
and
distribution.
The company
now holds
several
patents in
acoustics
and supplies
facilities
of all sizes
and
functions
worldwide. |
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