# Acouso > Acouso is acoustic engineering software for Revit users. It brings acoustic analysis directly into the Revit design environment so architects, acoustic engineers, designers, and BIM teams can understand acoustic performance without exporting models, rebuilding geometry, or switching tools. Acouso helps project teams analyse acoustics where design decisions are already being made: inside Autodesk Revit. The product is built around real-time design feedback, in-model acoustic visualisation, and workflows that keep the Revit model as the source of truth. Acouso Pty Ltd is based in Brisbane, Australia. The company was founded in December 2024 by Joshua Winning, an acoustic engineer and software developer focused on making acoustics faster, more accessible, and integrated into building design from day one. ## Overview Traditional acoustic analysis often happens outside the design environment. Teams export geometry, rebuild or simplify models in separate tools, run calculations, then return to Revit to make changes. Every design change can force another round of export, setup, analysis, and coordination. Acouso changes that workflow by running acoustic analysis directly inside Revit. Users can work from their existing model, visualise acoustic results in context, adjust the design, and rerun analysis without starting over. The goal is to reduce setup time, reduce duplicated modelling work, and make acoustic performance easier to consider earlier in the design process. Acouso is a public marketing website and product ecosystem for acoustic engineering software. It includes product pages, Learn articles, public resources, trial access, and contact pathways. It is not a customer portal, SaaS dashboard, or licensing system. ## Products and Offerings - Acouso-ROOM: Detailed room acoustic analysis directly inside Revit. It is designed for architects, engineers, and designers who want to analyse room acoustics without relying on external tools or complex setup. Capabilities include room reverberation analysis, custom occupancy standards, acoustic material database editing, detailed room acoustic analysis with material customisation, full reflection analysis, and detailed exports. Acouso-ROOM is also available on the Autodesk Store. - Acouso-ROOM Free: The free limited access level for Acouso-ROOM. It is not a separate product. It uses the same Acouso-ROOM installer, with limited free access to selected features. It is intended for teams who need visibility into acoustic performance without running full analysis. It includes importing and exporting results, viewing acoustic project results, limited reflection analysis, and free access to core functionality. - Acouso-PLAN: Full-building acoustic analysis inside Revit. It is available through invitation-only early access for selected firms and project teams working at building scale. Capabilities include full floor plan airborne and impact analysis, in-model compliance markups, advanced acoustic material editing, advanced custom standards, tenancy group analysis, advanced source-to-receiver analysis, detailed exports, and client-ready reports. - Acouso Playground: Free browser-based acoustic calculators and room-acoustics tools. The first tool is a six-band reverberation-time calculator with selectable Sabine and Norris–Eyring methods, editable surface materials, treatment comparisons, and an interactive 3D room. Playground results are estimates for early exploration, not measurements, certification, compliance assessment, or a substitute for professional judgement. ## Trial, Download, And Access The primary website path for evaluating Acouso-ROOM is `/download`. Acouso-ROOM currently includes reflection visualisation and source-to-receiver workflows. A separate early-access waitlist at `/acouso-room/acoustic-ray-analysis` covers an upcoming advanced suite with predicted room decay, C50/C80 clarity, sound levels, early reflections, spatial heat maps, predicted STI, and illustrative listening previews. Invitations are released in stages, with professional Revit workflows prioritised first and suitable academic applications considered afterwards. Joining does not guarantee access or establish timing, pricing, or licence terms. The `/download` page starts a 14-day Acouso-ROOM trial: - Full Acouso-ROOM access for 14 days. - No credit card. - No account setup. - Trial eligibility is checked after the form is submitted. - The installer is made available after submission. - For newly created trials, the trial access code is included in the website email with the installer link. Possible trial outcomes include a new trial, an existing active trial, existing paid access, or a prior trial already used for that email. If a user has already used a trial, they can continue with Acouso-ROOM Free, see pricing, or contact Acouso if they need more time for a real project evaluation. Acouso-ROOM Free remains the free limited access level after a trial or without full access. ## Problem Framing Acoustic analysis is often manual, disconnected, and slow to iterate. Consultants and design teams may need to move between Revit and separate analysis tools, rebuild design information, wait for external results, and repeat that process whenever the design changes. This friction means acoustics can be treated as an afterthought, even though acoustic performance affects building quality, compliance, planning outcomes, and occupant experience. Acouso exists to remove that friction by keeping acoustic analysis aligned with the design model and available during design development. With Acouso, teams can: - Run acoustic analysis directly inside Revit. - Use the Revit model as the source of truth. - Visualise results within the design environment. - Adjust and rerun analysis quickly. - Keep acoustic feedback connected to live design decisions. ## Intended Audience - Acoustic engineers: Run analysis without rebuilding models and spend more time on design decisions. - Architects and designers: Understand acoustic performance while designing and make better decisions before layouts are locked in. - BIM and Revit users: Work directly from existing models without exports, duplicate workflows, or context switching. - Project teams and consultants: Evaluate acoustic performance earlier in the building design process and coordinate more effectively. Acouso is for acoustic engineering consultants, architects, designers, BIM managers, project managers, and Revit-based design teams working on building projects such as offices, residential developments, education, healthcare, performing arts, and mixed-use projects. ## Key Links - Home: / - Acouso-ROOM: /acouso-room - Acouso-PLAN: /acouso-plan - Acouso Playground: /playground - Reverberation Time Explorer: /playground/reverberation-time - Learn: /learn - Integrating Acoustics in Revit: Live BIM Data and Acoustic Mark-ups: /learn/integrating-acoustics-in-revit-live-bim-data-markups - Designing with Acoustics, Not After It: /learn/designing-with-acoustics-not-after-it-bim - What Is Reverberation Time and RT60?: /learn/what-is-reverberation-time-rt60 - Sabine vs Norris–Eyring Reverberation Time: /learn/sabine-vs-norris-eyring-reverberation-time - Statistical, Ray-Tracing, and Wave-Based Room Acoustics: /learn/statistical-ray-tracing-wave-room-acoustics - Start Acouso-ROOM trial: /download - Acouso-ROOM on the Autodesk Store: https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=5955237616682354457&appLang=en&os=Win64 - Contact Acouso: /contact - Book a demo: https://cal.com/acouso/introcall - About Acouso: /about - Privacy Policy: /privacy - Terms of Use: /terms - Technical support email: support@acouso.com - General contact email: hello@acouso.com ### Resources - Resources landing page: /resources - Product Overview: /resources/product-overview - Academic Access: /resources/academic-access - Acouso-ROOM User Guide: /resources/acouso-room/user-guide - Acouso-ROOM Tutorials: /resources/acouso-room/tutorials - Acouso-ROOM Changelog: /resources/acouso-room/changelog - Acouso-PLAN Tutorials: /resources/acouso-plan/tutorials - Acouso Playground: /playground ## Learn, Resources, and Support Content The Learn hub at /learn publishes reviewed technical guidance on reverberation time, room-acoustic mathematics, modelling methods, and model-connected workflows. Current public articles include Joshua Winning's Institute of Acoustics presentation on live BIM data and acoustic mark-ups, his INTER-NOISE 2026 presentation on acoustic analysis as a continuous BIM design input, an explanation of RT60 and measurement context, a comparison of Sabine with Norris–Eyring, and a comparison of statistical, ray-tracing, and wave-based room-acoustic methods. Other editorial drafts remain unpublished. The website includes a Resources section at /resources with the following pages: - Product Overview (/resources/product-overview): A client-ready overview of the Acouso workflow, product paths, compatibility, trial options, and project fit. - Academic Access (/resources/academic-access): Information for students, educators, research groups, and universities interested in academic access for Revit-based acoustic analysis workflows. Academic access is considered case by case. - User Guide (/resources/acouso-room/user-guide): A practical reference for Acouso-ROOM covering commands, licence access, step-by-step window guides, and common workflows including project-wide analysis, room refinement, reflection review, standards setup, import/export, backup and restore, and report export. - Tutorials (/resources/acouso-room/tutorials): Embedded video tutorials covering activating a licence, analysing a room, adding and editing materials, creating custom acoustic standards, running a full project analysis, importing and exporting project data, and reflection ray analysis. - Changelog (/resources/acouso-room/changelog): Public release notes for Acouso-ROOM from v1.0.0 onward. Entries are categorised as new features, improvements, or fixes. - Acouso-PLAN Tutorials (/resources/acouso-plan/tutorials): Embedded video walkthroughs covering licence verification, partitions, floor plans, room, floor and group analysis, conditional formatting, structures, materials, underlays, and common troubleshooting. An AI support assistant for Acouso is available at https://chatgpt.com/g/g-69eea34cb0888191bb8a40b576b9312d-acouso-support. It can answer questions about product workflows, user guide content, tutorials, downloads, licensing access, troubleshooting, and where to get help. ## Standards, Compatibility, and Specifications - Platform: Autodesk Revit. - Revit compatibility: Revit 2023 through Revit 2027. - Operating system: Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit. - Recommended system requirements: 8 GB RAM minimum, 16 GB recommended, 500 MB free disk space, 1080p or higher display. - Acoustic standards and compliance: Acouso compliance parameters are configurable to match project specifications, including NCC, AAAC, and project-specific briefs. - Code signing: Acouso installers are code signed with a verified publisher certificate, confirming they are genuinely from Acouso Pty Ltd and have not been tampered with. - Billing: Acouso-ROOM costs AUD $165 when billed monthly or AUD $1,500 when billed annually. Annual access is equivalent to AUD $125 per month and saves 24% compared with 12 monthly payments. Annual access is selected by default. Prices may be displayed in AUD, USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, or NZD for convenience; final billing is processed in AUD and excludes GST. - Subscription checkout: Monthly and annual Acouso-ROOM subscriptions are completed at /acouso-room/subscribe using a secure embedded Stripe Checkout. Team licensing enquiries remain contact-led. - Distribution: Acouso-ROOM trials and Free access are available through the Acouso website. Acouso-ROOM is also available on the Autodesk Store. - Public discovery: The sitemap is available at /sitemap.xml and robots.txt allows crawling of public pages. Account pages are not intended for indexing. ## Feature Comparison | Capability | Acouso-ROOM Free | Acouso-ROOM | Acouso-PLAN | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | View acoustic results | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Import/export results | Yes | Detailed exports | Detailed exports | | Reflection analysis | Limited | Full | Full | | Reverberation analysis | No | Yes | Yes | | Acoustic material editing | No | Yes | Advanced | | Custom standards | No | Yes | Advanced | | Full-plan analysis | No | No | Yes | | Compliance markups | No | No | Yes | | Group or tenancy analysis | No | No | Yes | | Exportable reports | No | No | Yes | ## Credibility and Authority - Company: Acouso Pty Ltd. - Location: Brisbane, Australia. - Founded: December 2024. - Founder and Lead Engineer: Joshua Winning. - Founder background: Mechanical Engineering and Finance degrees from the University of Queensland, BEL Dean's Honour Roll, New Colombo Plan Scholarship, and experience across acoustic engineering, software development, asset management, and trading. - Professional background includes experience at Stantec, Aurecon, and Income Asset Management. - Acouso is part of the Autodesk Developer Network as an authorised developer. - Acouso products are developed independently of Autodesk and are not officially endorsed or sponsored by Autodesk. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Acouso? Acouso is acoustic engineering software that runs acoustic analysis directly inside Autodesk Revit, helping teams understand acoustic performance without exporting models or using disconnected external workflows. ### Who is Acouso for? Acouso is for acoustic engineers, architects, designers, BIM users, Revit users, and project teams that want acoustic feedback earlier in the building design process. ### What is Acouso-ROOM Free? Acouso-ROOM Free is the free limited access level for Acouso-ROOM. It uses the same Acouso-ROOM installer, with limited free access to selected features. It lets users view and import acoustic project results, access limited reflection analysis, and explore core Acouso functionality inside Revit. ### What is Acouso-ROOM? Acouso-ROOM is the room-level analysis product. It supports detailed room acoustic analysis, reverberation analysis, acoustic material editing, custom occupancy standards, full reflection analysis, and detailed exports directly inside Revit. ### What is Acouso-PLAN? Acouso-PLAN is the building-scale analysis product. It extends analysis to full floor plans and entire projects, including airborne and impact analysis, compliance markups, tenancy group analysis, advanced material and standards workflows, advanced source-to-receiver analysis, and client-ready reports. It is available through invitation-only early access for selected firms and project teams. ### What versions of Revit does Acouso support? Acouso supports Revit 2023, Revit 2024, Revit 2025, Revit 2026, and Revit 2027. ### Is Acouso available on the Autodesk App Store? Yes. Acouso-ROOM is live on the Autodesk Store at https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=5955237616682354457&appLang=en&os=Win64. ### Does Acouso require a specific Revit model setup? No. Acouso is designed to integrate into existing Revit workflows without requiring model restructuring. ### Is model data sent outside the user's computer? Analysis is processed through Acouso's secure cloud infrastructure so calculations can use current algorithms. Only parameters required for analysis are transmitted; full model geometry remains local. See the Privacy Policy for details. ### Is Acouso affiliated with Autodesk? Acouso is an authorised developer in the Autodesk Developer Network, but Acouso products are developed independently and are not officially endorsed or sponsored by Autodesk. ### How can someone try Acouso? Users can start a 14-day Acouso-ROOM trial from /download. The trial does not require a credit card or account setup. After the trial, users can continue with Acouso-ROOM Free or buy an Acouso-ROOM licence. ### How can someone contact Acouso? Users can contact Acouso through /contact, email support@acouso.com for technical support, email hello@acouso.com for general enquiries, or book a demo at https://cal.com/acouso/introcall. The contact form supports reason-specific links for common enquiries, including Acouso-PLAN early access, academic access, demo requests, support, pricing, and licensing. Query-string contact URLs should be understood as form prefill paths; the canonical contact page remains /contact.