This course is designed for AV professionals familiar with sound masking systems. It compares sound masking and soundscaping as related but distinct approaches to sound in shared environments. Participants will explore how project objectives and architectural intent shape the choice of solution, including when sound masking hardware may be suitable for soundscaping deployments and how soundscaping requirements inform the system design requirements.

The intended audiences for this course are AV integrators and systems designers involved in sound masking projects, AV sales engineers and project managers involved in sound masking projects, and CTS and CTS-D holders.

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• Identify the requirements in a project brief that affect whether sound masking, soundscaping, or a combined approach is appropriate.
• Develop a high-level project scope that connects audio technology to real estate and architectural/interior design objectives such as privacy, flexibility, wellbeing, neuroinclusion, and architectural intent.
• Create a conceptual soundscaping system design that considers zoning, speaker requirements, responsiveness and control, and assesses the suitability of sound masking deployment hardware.

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