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An office space is a dynamic
environment where background sound and
noise distractions fluctuate throughout the day.
Office noise is disruptive and
causes dissatisfaction.
Noise from speech builds up, so people talk louder and louder
to be heard, making the problem worse.
And it's not just too much noise
that causes problems.
An over quiet workplace with low background sound
reduces speech privacy and comfort.
When the background noise in the room is too low,
sound can travel unhindered across the office.
Private conversations are
clearly heard by everyone. At your desk,
you are interrupted by chatter from neighbors
Your confidential and private
phone calls are overheard.
You can even hear clearly through a closed door.
As in overly quiet rooms, a dropped pencil
on a hard floor creates distraction.
Casual chatter annoys others.
As distractions increase, concentration
decreases and frustration increases.
Productivity declines.
Fortunately, the problems created by too
much noise and too little background sound
can be corrected with sound masking.
Sound masking is a neutral,
virtually inaudible sound introduced
into the work environment. An optimum low
background sound is produced by speakers,
usually placed in the ceiling plenum.
Distractions are decreased.
Speech privacy is increased. Comfort is enhanced.
Raising the background sound level with
sound masking covers most sound distractions.
Staff are not aware of the sound masking
except for the relief it provides.
In an open-plan environment,
workers can be distracted by
conversations 45 feet away.
Masking reduces the radius of distraction.
The addition of sound masking
will mask the discussion, reduce the
intelligibility of speech and the distractions.
As comfort increases, it becomes
easier to concentrate, so
productivity increases.
In closed offices, sound masking makes it possible
to reduce the cost of construction.
Normally, to achieve confidentiality between
private offices, the walls need to be
built up to the deck which is very expensive
But if the walls extend only to
the suspended ceiling, speech can travel
from one office to the other through the plenum.
With sound masking, it is possible
to have the walls extend only up
to the suspended ceiling and
still achieve confidentiality between
offices, so fitout flexibility is improved.
Some offices do not have a suspended ceilings.
In such cases, the speakers are exposed, but
the sound masking is still equally as effective.
Throughout the day, the noise
environment changes. Background sound and
peak sound levels fluctuate constantly.
To be most effective, the sound masking
must adapt to changes over time.
It must increase during very active periods
and decrease when the environment is calmer.
To address that reality, common sound
masking systems use a timer that needs
to be programmed on the false assumption
that the high disturbing noise will
always occur at the same times every day.
The soft dB SmartSMS-NET system does
not need to be manually programmed.
It adjusts automatically.
Our exclusive adaptive adjustment system
identifies variations in ambient noise in real-time
from signals supplied by sound level
sensors installed in the ceiling of the
targeted area and constantly monitor
the noise in the office space.
Each channel of the SmartSMS-NET controller
is equipped with an independent active volume
control allowing connection of noise sensors
Noise sensors can be installed
in each covered zone where independent
adaptive volume adjustment is desired.
The sensor measures the disturbing noise
and the SmartSMS-NET unit
automatically adjusts the masking volume.
The SmartSMS-NET is the only sound masking system
to integrate real-time adaptive adjustment,
thereby providing an optimum masking level
and unrivaled acoustic comfort
anytime during the day.
Adaptive adjustment provides superior
masking quality and acoustic comfort.
Call us today at 1-866-686-0993 in USA and Canada.
Or from anywhere else in the world at
1-418-686-0993
or write to us at
info@softdb.com
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