Major Acceptance Milestone! Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Music Technology Center Laboratory Officially Opens, Empowering Bay Area Innovation with Professional Excellence

Recently, the acoustic decoration renovation project of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Music Technology Center Laboratory successfully passed acceptance and was officially put into use! As a core platform supporting the national first-class major in Recording Arts and the provincial first-class major in Art and Technology (Music Technology) of Xinghai Conservatory of Music, while closely aligning with doctoral program and discipline development needs, this laboratory takes "technology leadership, acoustic excellence, and aesthetic integration" as its core, creating a new highland for music technology that integrates scientific research, teaching, creation, and exchange functions.

• Project Core Positioning: Building a Full-Chain Music Technology Ecosystem

The laboratory aims for "integrated innovation, technology leadership, and artistic creation," focusing on three core directions—the Music and Brain Science Laboratory, the Digital Music Intelligent Education Laboratory, and the Metaverse Sound Laboratory—forming a full-chain innovation ecosystem covering "music technology R&D, music design and production, talent cultivation and training, and cultural exchange and display." The project simultaneously completed supporting upgrades including acoustic decoration, electrical lighting, air conditioning systems, and intelligent systems, fully meeting the dual needs of teaching equipment integration and enhancement and scientific research practice, injecting strong momentum into the development of music technology and cultural prosperity in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

• Hardcore Technical Highlights: Acoustic Design Meets International Professional Standards

As the core competitiveness of the project, the acoustic design strictly follows Dolby Atmos technical requirements, specifically addressing acoustic challenges in three core spaces to create high-level sound laboratories certified by Dolby globally:

- Precise Noise Control: Targeting multi-source interference including outdoor traffic noise, internal building interference, and equipment operation noise, ultra-low background noise is achieved in each space through multiple measures including professional soundproof doors, enclosure structure sound insulation design, air conditioning system noise reduction treatment, and pipeline penetration sealing—Metaverse Mixing Studio (Control Room) NR-20, Music Artificial Intelligence and Brain Science Laboratory NR-25, Digital Music Intelligent Education Laboratory NR-40, far exceeding industry standards.

- Reverberation Time Optimization: According to different space functional requirements, reverberation time is precisely controlled (e.g., Metaverse Mixing Studio controlled at 0.26±10% S). Through targeted high, medium, and low frequency absorption treatment, echoes, flutter echoes, and other acoustic defects are suppressed, balancing speech intelligibility and sound fullness to meet professional requirements for sound pickup and mixing.

- Scientific Spatial Layout: Equidistant or orthogonal layout design is adopted, with mixing positions precisely matching ITU-R BS.2051 standards and Dolby certification requirements. Combined with optimized speaker layout, audio-visual multi-space collaboration is achieved, providing a stable and precise acoustic environment for Dolby Atmos mixing.

- Strict International Alignment: All acoustic indicators comply with Dolby Atmos standards. RT60 reverberation decay time meets requirements across the full frequency band of 125Hz-8kHz, with noise floor levels controlled within NR30, completely eliminating discrete noise and strong reflection interference.

• Aesthetic Decoration Integration: Function and Appearance Both Online

The decoration design takes "natural forms, mountain-water culture" as its concept, breaking the traditional segmented image of laboratories:

- Smooth lines with slight curves, concise and modern style, ensuring acoustic effects while conveying artistic atmosphere through visual design;

- Balancing practicality and aesthetic expression, with decorative styling consistent with architectural design concepts, achieving the triple unity of "acoustic compliance, visual comfort, and functional adaptation," providing high-quality spatial experiences for teaching, research, and creative exchange.

• Future Value: Industry-University-Research-Application Integration Empowering Development

The laboratory will take innovation as its driving force, technology as its support, and talent as its core, continuously promoting music technology integration and innovation:

- Providing hardware support for first-class major construction and doctoral program development, optimizing talent cultivation systems;

- Focusing on frontier fields such as music and brain science, digital music intelligent education, and metaverse sound, conducting high-level scientific research;

- Building regional cultural exchange platforms, promoting music technology industry upgrading and cultural prosperity in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

• Core Advantages Summary:

✅ Dolby global certification + full frequency band acoustic optimization, creating top-tier sound environment

✅ Three core laboratories + four functional sectors, covering full-chain innovation needs

✅ Integrated acoustic and aesthetic design, balancing professional performance and spatial experience

✅ Adapted to first-class major and doctoral program construction, empowering integrated industry-university-research-application development