Acoustical Consulting and Studio Designs

Delivering Exceptional Sound Design for Music, Broadcast, Hotels and Residential Spaces

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Designing Music & Broadcast Studios With Expert Acoustics

Chips Davis Designs has worked for over 45 years and offers specialized live sound engineering and consulting services in acoustical analysis and the design of critical listening spaces. The founder, Chips Davis, covers many areas, including music and broadcast studios, room acoustics, worship spaces, lounges/showrooms, high-end home theaters, and noise control for plumbing and HVAC systems.

Exceptional Designs and Consulting

He has a proven track record of delivering exceptional sound design and acoustical consulting services. Whether for music production, broadcast, worship, or high-end residential spaces, his portfolio is filled with successful achievements and an example of his expertise.

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Exceptional Designs and Consulting

He has a proven track record of delivering exceptional sound design and acoustical consulting services. Whether for music production, broadcast, worship, or high-end residential spaces, his portfolio is filled with successful achievements and an example of his expertise.

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Chips Davis

Acoustical Engineer - Acoustical consulting, studio designs, noise control, sound isolation, and acoustical designs for entertainment venues.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AWARDS

Chips Davis was awarded the Audio Engineering Fellowship Award for his lifetime work in Acoustics. His work is documented in "The Master Handbook of Acoustics", "Sound System Engineering," and "The Handbook for Sound Engineers. Chips Davis Designs has participated in the acoustical design of many Las Vegas & Native American hotels/casinos, high-end condominium projects, television/radio broadcast facilities, houses of worship, showrooms/theaters, high-end homes, and home theaters.

  • CDD's experience includes large corporations such as Apple, ABC, NBC, CBS, NFL Network, NPR & local PBS stations, Disney ABC7, Facebook, Intuit, YouTube, Sony labs, and AEG (Staples Center, Home Depot Center, L.A. Live, 7000 seat Microsoft Theater & Club (Nokia); schools and universities such as Carondelet High School and University of California-Berkeley.
  • Chips has been awarded MIX Magazine's 1987 award for Technical Excellence and Creativity Award for Acoustics / Studio Design; The TEF Heyser Award 2004- Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Electro-Acoustical Measurements; Audio Engineering Society - 2014 History of Studio Design- Chips was considered one of the five people who influenced the recording industries acoustical designs for studios and was three-time Session Chairmen for acoustical papers. He has published many papers and magazine articles and has lectured classes on acoustics, acoustical measurements, documentation, and sound system equalization at several universities and trade organizations.
  • He recently was asked to commission the new "Immersive Surround" exhibit for the Grammy's Museum at LA Live.
  • Chips designed studios for major artists such as Green Day, Journey, Narada Michael Walden, etc. He was the owner of Las Vegas Recording, where he conducted research in studio acoustics that led to changes in studio control room designs. He also traveled with major Las Vegas and Hollywood stars as a sound designer and mixer.
  • Chips was one of the people commissioned to produce guidelines and recommendations for the ACRP (Airport Cooperative Research Program), a division of the Transportation Research Board & FAA for public address systems evaluation, design, and commissioning for mass evacuation and understanding of general announcements. This will become the national code for all US airports. Chips has evaluated, commissioned, and provided acoustical design guidelines for over 14 airports & train stations in the United States, Canada, Columbia, and Brazil. Chips presented a paper on "Side Diffusion" to the Acoustical Society of America in November 2018. This paper presents the findings of new research for control room acoustics with the use of diffusion.
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QUALIFICATIONS

Chips Davis

  • Currently working on PGA Tour Broadcast Center
  • Has over 35 years of direct, practical experience in recording, television, and sound mixing
  • Has designed over 50 recordings, radio and television studios, including 7000-seat theaters
  • NFPA-72 CDD expertise extends to the design and verification of new and existing facilities for “Mass Evacuation” to meet the new NFPA-72 regulations.This extends to airports, malls, hotels, etc.
  • Has provided technical direction, sound engineering and/or audio consultation for scores of nationally known entertainers working in Las Vegas and Hollywood
  • Has participated in the production of numerous nationally broadcast television specials
  • Among our Hotel Clients:
    • Bellagio Hotel
    • Caesar's Palace
    • Luxor Hotel
    • MGM Grand Hotel
    • Mirage Hotel
    • NY Hotel
    • Paris Hotel
    • Hard Rock
    • Green Valley Ranch
    • Wynn Hotel
    • Ritz-Carlton at Lake Las Vegas
    • Harrah’s Atlantic City
    • Harrah’s Tahoe
    • Las Vegas Hilton
    • Venetian Theater Macao China
    • MGM Detroit
    • Sahara Hotel
  • Among our Condominium Projects:
    • Queensridge Place
    • Trump International Towers
    • MGM Residences
    • C-2 Lofts
    • Newport Lofts Las Vegas
    • MacDonald Highlands
    • Madison Condominiums
    • SoHo Lofts Las Vegas
    • Green Valley Ranch
    • Several high-profile “Time Share” projects
  • Received the Richard C. Heyser 2004 TEF Award for “Outstanding Contribution To The Field Of Electro-Acoustical Measurement”
  • Was the recipient of the 1987 Mix Magazine's TEC Award for "Technical Excellence and Creativity in Acoustics and Studio Design"
  • Originated and introduced LEDE (Live End Dead End) acoustical design technology, which revolutionized the studio/control room design field
  • Is considered a Leading Authority on TEF (Time Energy Frequency) measurements and acoustic energy control in recording, broadcast and post production audio environments
  • Was an instructor in the first two Time Delay Spectrometry and Time Energy Frequency seminars in 1978-1979
  • Has been a guest lecturer at Syracuse and San Francisco State universities
  • Had made significant contributions to acoustical engineering as documented in Audio Cyclopedia, Handbook for Sound Engineers, Sound System Engineering and the Master Handbook of Acoustics
  • Has served as session chairman on "Recording Technology" for two AES conventions
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