Acoustic treatment for music practice rooms and academies

With the lockdown finally coming to an end and social distancing restrictions being consigned to the bin of history, a lot of practice rooms and music academies are dusting off the cobwebs and giving their spaces a “summer clean” as they get ready to welcome back students for face-to-face lessons.

We know the last 16 or so months have been extremely difficult for venue owners and people like yourselves who run practice room facilities, which is why we are reaching out to offer you an exclusive trade discount on all our products. We hope this will go some way to helping your get back on your feet as you open up your venue to live users once more.

Pro-coustix is the UK’s most comprehensive range of acoustic treatment products with products ranging from acoustic treatment panels in various patterns, speaker isolation pads for improving monitor speaker response, through to mounting solutions and spray adhesive for mounting acoustic tiles on walls and ceilings. We pride ourselves in offering a one stop brand for quality products backed by unrivalled expertise in the acoustic treatment sector.

Our journey with you doesn’t end with you purchasing our great products, but ensuring you make the most of the products you purchase. Our friendly technical team is available to help you with treatment recommendations, product options and we will provide placement diagrams to ensure you get the best out of our products.

If you are looking for to refresh your acoustic treatment or looking for exciting, high performing acoustic treatment to make your space both better acoustically and enticing aesthetically, then you have come to the right place. Check out our store and browse through our exclusive pattern designs.

We are a manufacturer not a reseller or retailer, all our products are manufactured at our factory in Hemel Hempstead. We run a modern and very lean operation allowing us offer high quality uncompressed foam products at very competitive prices.

Why not speak to us today!

We are now on 100% renewable energy

We are very excited to become one of the first acoustic treatment manufacturers in the UK to produce acoustic foam in a factory that is run on 100% renewable energy.

We have always been keen to ensure that as we grow we keep our fingers on the pulse of sustainability because it is what we believe in. We scoured the market for renewable energy suppliers and were only too pleased to take on our supply ocntract with Opus.

You can now rest assured that the foam in your studio, music room or home cinema was produced sustainbly and you are helping to contribute towards a  greener world.

In addition to renewable energy all our handling equipment is electric and we’ve had our warehouse and office lighting  upgraded to  LED lights. This means we are not only using renewable energy but using it sparingly.

We are in the final stages of sourcing a recycling partner for our foam and have reduced our polythene bag usage by 98% in the last year!

If you are looking for acoustic treatment that doesn’t cost the earth you are in the right place.

Hello European Union!

We are delighted to announce that due to the change in VAT regulations and requirements for sellers on online market places we have turned on our key listings on Amazon in the following countries;

Customers from these countries wishing to purchase items from us that are less that 150 Euros can do so straigh away of the relative websites will be able to receive their goods  without having to pay additional duty and VAT.

We hope to be able to offer the service direct from our website however are still in the process of setting up all the legal requirements.

We welcome back our customers from mainland Europe, we missed you!

Win an Ultraflex Studio Pack

We are adding to the footbally frenzy by giving two lucky followers a chance to wina  studio pack each.

All you need to do for a chance to win is 

  • Head over to our instagram page @procoustix
  • Make sure you are following us
  • Comment with you rprediction for the wednesday game of England Vs Denmark 07/07/2021
  • Tag two friends to your comment.

That’s it! All correct predictions will be ientered into a  raw for th estudio packs after the match on Wednesday.

This competition is only open to followers in the UK due to postage costs. Shipping to non mainland UK destinations may incur a shipping charge.

Good luck!

Consult your crystal globe and get predicting.

Why is UK manufactured acoustic foam not black?

Having operated in the acoustic foam sector for over 10 years this is something we get quite a lot of questions about.

Unfortunately in recent years the UK market has been flooded with vaccum packed black, compressed foam from China and the far east which is sold under different brands. 

Acoustic Foam in UK and Europe is manufactured by a handful of manfacturers who have to comply with very strict fire and material safety standards. The foam that is used in acoustic treatment has to be combustion modified to at least Crib V in the UK or UL94 HF1 in the US.

This fire rating means the foams will not catch fire if exposed to a burning match, something that would be catastrophic for the end user were it to occur.

In order to make foams fire retardant, a significant amount of fire retardant is applied to the foam mixture which creates a combustion modified foam.

The fire retardants however, also react with the pigments creating variations in colour. Most notably any black pigment used to colour foam blocks will become grey or dark grey depending on the grade due to the reaction of the pigments and the foam. This is the reason why there is no European or UK manufacturer able to produce and supply black acoustic grade foam.

Further more, foam in the European markets, unless for bespoke applications is visually graded using colour. This helps converters and manufacturers identify simply by looking what grade a particular foam block is. Grey has become the accepted colour for  acoustic foam with darker greys reflecting higher density. Black foam can be produced in sheets by impregnating carbon into the foam this makes his fireproof. This specialist foam has a very strong chemical smell and isn’t designed for panels that are visible but rather hidden behind machinery parts and car hoods. This foam also isn’t available in blocks to be cut into acoustic panels using CNC machinery.

It is possible however, to get black “acoustic” foam from the far east being sold on ebay and amazon market. However, user feedback has shown that these are of lower density, have very strong toxic smell and are not tested to UK/EU fire and safety guidlines.

Don’t put your life and those of your loved ones at risk. Buy foam manufactured and tested in Britain for peace of mind.

Pro-coustix Upgrades Its CNC cutting capability

We are pleased to announce that after quite a lot of testing and preparation our brand new CNC  horizontal contour cutting machine is now fully operational.

This is one of the most advanced CNC machines in the UK enabling us deliver some of the most complex and accurate cuts in the industry.

Unlike furniture and matteress manufacturers who rely on high through put and use continuous blade machines our machine uses a reciprocrating blade with a fine pitch and witdth. This blade enables us to cut with a high level of accuracy which is unachievable with continuous blade machines.

Our capability now allows us to develop shapes that were once the preserve of a few and introduce to customers the exclusive patterns and designs that we have become well known for.

If you are looking for mass produced acoustic treatment products look no further we can help you produce any quantity you require. 

 

Say hello to Amazon Pay

As part of our drive to ensure a seamless and effortless shopping experience we are pleased to welcome Amazon pay to our payment options.

Amazon pay means that amazon customers can shop from our website and pay securely using your payment details stored on Amazon. By shopping directly with us you are able to benefit for our express next day delivery service for orders received before 2pm and get first pick access to any web exclusive offers we run.

To pay with Amazon pay please complete your shopping as normal and when you get to the check out choose Amazon pay from the payment options available.

If you get stuck or need any help do not hesitate to chat with us or contact us on  01442 889 294.

UK Cardboard and Packaging shortage

As if the global shortage of critical ingredients used in the making of foam wasn’t bad enough we have over the last few months been grappling with a shortage of cardboard used to make our boxes. 

Unfortunately this has meant boxes that were on a 5 day lead time suddently increased to 12 weeks leaving us completely exposed with no branded packaging. This has meant we have had to use unbranded boxes  to supply our much loved acoustic tiles to meet existing demand.

We have been working around the clock to ensure we have some form of branding on our boxes and hope to be in position to ship out new orders in our packaging starting this week.

Thank you for bearing with us whilst we work to overcome the challenges this has presented us with.

 

Global Shortage of Foam Ingredients

The global foam supply chain is currently facing unprecedented shortages in a number of key ingredients that are used to make foam used in a number of sectors.

Unfortunately the Ultraflex grade of foam has also been affected and faced with with price rises of over 30% in foam ingredients during the last six weeks, we are left with no choice but to cease production of our polyurethane acoustic panels for the short term.

We hope the supply situation will improve over the coming weeks where we will be able to to start production again however until then we ask all our customers to bear with us.

These are difficult times to say the least and we know how important our products are in enabling our customers improve their sound quality both at home and office and are working round the clock to ensure we have suitable high performing alternatives available for your use.

We can only apologise for any inconvenience this may cause however are reminded that these are very uncertain times. Thank you again for understanding

About Us

Hi there and welcome to the most exciting brand of sound control and acoustic treatment solutions to launch in the UK. Pro-coustix is a professional brand of high quality acoustic treatment products and solutions designed to deliver great results. Unlike other providers we are dedicated to developing products that deal with acoustic challenges at home and in your workplace backed by our extensive knowledge on acoustic treatment and sound control. Our range of products includes acoustic treatment panels, bass traps as well as mounting accessories. We also uniquely provide sound control solutions and are able to work with you to determine your exact requirements to help address any issues you have.

We pride ourselves in supplying solutions that meet the stringent fire and acoustic treatment standards in the UK and are happy to suggest which products are best suited to your installation environment. We are also able to supply a range of bespoke products including combustion modified Class ‘0’ foams.

We are based in sunny Hemel Hempstead not far from London and are able to offer site visits to help understand how our products can best help you achieve your sound control goals.

Should you wish to speak to us about any aspect of our services and products or if you would simply like to chat and get friendly helpful acoustic treatment advice please do not hesitate to contact us on +44 1442 899 294

Thank you for your interest in our products