Recording Studio Design 3rd Edition

Whether you are building a studio from the ground up or turning a space into the perfect audio environment, good studio design is essential for recording and producing top quality records. A detailed understanding of acoustics, psychoacoustics and electroacoustics, coupled with their application to studio design, is essential for designing, creating and maintaining a successful studio. The financial ramifications of a poorly planned and badly designed studio can be ruinous on your studios output, reputation and, ultimately, on its successfulness.

Using straight forward language and practical examples, Philip Newell covers the key principles to making a studio triumphant. He gives you the skills you need to avoid disaster, but create an efficient and effective acoustical environment to record and produce amazing audio.

This new edition expands and develops on topics from the previous edition, updating it for the digital age ensuring you have all the information you need to build, adapt or update your recording studio.

*digital signal processing and room correction

*digital audio interfacing

*film and post production studios- multi-channel surround formats

*methods of loudness measurement including digital

*wiring, microphone and machine room techniques

*a step-by-step guide on room adaptation: take a room from terrible to acceptable to excellent

 

Review of 'Project Studios', by the same Author -

'This book is extremely well written and presents even the most technical material in a clear and accessible fashion.'

Sound on Sound magazine

Using straight-forward language and practical examples, Philip Newell covers the key principles of making a successful studio construction. In this third edition of Recording Studio Design, he gives you the skills you need to avoid disaster and create an efficient and effective acoustical environment to record and produce the fineset audio. Learn from Newell's years of experience as he provides great detail on the practical recording application in various acoustic environments, and explores complex issues, providing real-world solutions.

This new edition expands and develops on the topics from the previous editions, updating it for the digital age, so you have all the current information you need to build, adapt or update your recording studio.

This new edition expands and develops on topics from the previous edition, updating it for the digital age ensuring you have all the information you need to build, adapt or update your recording studio.

*digital signal processing and room correction *digital audio interfacing *film and post production studios- multi-channel surround formats *methods of loudness measurement including digital *wiring, microphone and machine room techniques *a step-by-step guide on room adaptation: take a room from terrible to acceptable to excellent

PHILIP NEWELL (Author) International consultant on acoustic design, former technical director of Virgin Records. Has over 30 years experience in the recording industry and has been involved in the design of over 200 studios, including the famous Manor and Townhouse Studios. He is also author of Project Studios, Recording Spaces and Studio Monitoring Design, all published by Focal Press.

is an International consultant on acoustic design, former technical director of Virgin Records. He has over 30 years’ experience in the recording industry and has been involved in the design of over 200 studios, including the famous Manor and Townhouse Studios. He is also author of Project Studios, Recording Spaces and Studio Monitoring Design, all published by Focal Press.

General requirements and common errors; Sound, decibels and hearing; Sound isolation; Room acoustics and means of control; Designing neutral rooms; Rooms with characteristic acoustics; Variable acoustics; Room combinations and operational considerations; The studio environment; Limitations to design predictions; Loudspeakers in rooms; Flattening the room response; Control rooms; The behaviour of multiple loudspeakers in rooms; Studio monitoring: the principal objectives; The non-environment control room; The live-end, dead-end approach; Response disturbances due to mixing consoles and studio furniture; Objective measurement and subjective evaluations; Studio monitoring systems; Surround sound and control rooms; Human factors; A mobile control room; Appendices; Glossary of terms