About Tony Woolf

I specialise in the fields of (1) studio and control room design, and (2) hearing protection,especially for performers and those using headphones or loudspeakers. I also do general acoustic consultancy and undertake unusual projects.

After being an acoustic engineer with the BBC for 14 years, I became an independent consultant in 1996.

BBC Broadcasting House While in the BBC I was a contributor to their Guide to Acoustic Practice (1990) and for some years was secretary of the BBC's Acoustic Committee.

As well as many major BBC projects, I worked on numerous small facilities such as editing and post-production rooms. I'm used to fitting technical rooms into existing buildings, often with major constraints of floor loading and inter-slab height, projecting beams and other practical difficulties. While acoustic perfection may not be possible in such buildings, it's often possible to achieve a design that's adequate for the purpose while also being cost-effective.

I have a particular interest in achieving high quality loudspeaker monitoring and stereo imaging, and in solving speaker monitoring problems. If required, I will design for minimum early reflections and check the results with time-response measurements. But this may not be either appropriate or necessary for your application. I will not try to impose a "one size fits all" solution but will try to achieve the best solution for your own needs and budget.

Parliament

As an independent consultant I have worked on large and small projects - the pictures show some of the buildings. Here is a short list to show the variety:

  • Radio training studios for the University of Navarre (Pamplona, Spain)

  • Radio training studios,surround sound recording/mixing suite, and music practice rooms for Canterbury Christ Church University

  • Acoustic consultant for sound reinforcement and broadcast systems in the House of Lords, the House of Commons, the new Parliament building in Westminster (Portcullis House), and the Greater London Assembly Building

  • City Hall London

    Hearing protection consultancy for BBC, BSkyB, Capital Radio and others

  • Providing precise levels and patterns of sound for sleep laboratories at the University of Surrey Clinical Research Centre

  • Earphone and sound level limiter measurements for Canford Audio and others

  • London studio for CBC

  • Ground vibration measurements and prediction of underground train noise for various recording and dubbing studio projects.

  • Transmission studios for BBC Radio 2 and Radio 6 Music

  • Film dubbing studios for BBC Pacific Quay building in Glasgow. BBC Pacific Quay

I have an MSc with Distinction from Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, in Acoustics, Vibration and Noise Control, and I am a member of the Institute of Acoustics (MOIA).

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