Recording studio design

"Essential for anyone building, renovating or maintaining a recording studio; includes 3 whole new chapters on foldback, electrical supplies and analogue interfacing; new sections on cinema soundtrack mixing rooms and TV voice rooms. Covering acoustics, electro-acoustics and psychoacoustics New...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newell, Philip Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier/Focal Press 2008
Edition:2nd ed
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. General requirements and common errors
  • Ch. 2. Sound, decibels and hearing
  • Ch. 3. Sound isolation
  • Ch. 4. Room acoustics and means of control
  • Ch. 5. Designing neutral rooms
  • Ch. 6. Rooms with characteristic acoustics
  • Ch. 7. Variable acoustics
  • Ch. 8. Room combinations and operational considerations
  • Ch. 9. The studio environment
  • Ch. 10. Limitations to design predictions
  • Ch. 11. Loudspeakers in rooms
  • Ch. 12. Flattening the room response
  • Ch. 13. Control rooms
  • Ch. 14. The behaviour of multiple loudspeakers in rooms
  • Ch. 15. Studio monitoring: the principal objectives
  • Ch. 16. The non-environment control room
  • Ch. 17. The live-end, dead-end approach
  • Ch. 18. Response disturbances due to mixing consoles and studio furniture
  • Ch. 19. Objective measurement and subjective evaluations
  • Ch. 20. Studio monitoring systems
  • Ch. 21. Surround sound and control rooms
  • Ch. 22. Human factors
  • Ch. 23. A mobile control room
  • Ch. 24. Foldback
  • Ch. 25. Main supplies and earthing systems
  • Ch. 26. Analogue audio interfacing
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • 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