Foreword-
PART I BASICS -
1. Introduction
2. Studio Planning
3. Sound Insulation
4. Reverberation
5. Air-Conditioning System Noise Limits
6. Sound-Retardant Windows and Doors
7. Instrument Isolation for Multiple Track Recording
8. Studio Testing
9. Plumbing Noise Control
10. Vibration Isolation
11. Suspended Acoustic Ceiling
12. Elevators
13. Interior Decor of Studios
14. Sound Power Versus Sound Pressure
PART II STUDIOS -
15. Control Rooms
16. ADR Studios
17. Re-Recording Studios
18. Reverberation Chambers
19. Motion Picture and TV Stages
20. Music Recording Studios
21. Review Rooms
22. Future Sound-Recording Studios
23. Canopied Amphitheaters
PART III ELECTROACOUSTICS -
24. Microphone Properties
25. Loudspeaker Sensitivity
26. Electronic Light Dimmers
- Index
Sound recording studios are often built like showcases, either to attract clientele or to provide a distinctive image for the industry. They are, thus, like people, in that no two of them are alike. Yet, all such structures have to have certain common acoustic elements if they are to function to the best artistic and economic advantages.
The enclosures must be sufficiently quiet, exhibit proper reverberatory conditions (often required to be adjustable), be devoid of parallelisms between hard surfaces, have no sound-focusing concave surfaces, be free of vibrations from external and internal sources, etc. It is for the purpose of providing first design principles of sound recording studios that this book has been prepared, so that for any given size structure, satisfactory vocal and instrumental recording conditions can be established therein. All equations involving physical quantities are given both in the English and the MKS system of measurement.
Also, when the description of existing studios includes linear dimensions, their metric equivalents follow in parenthesis, as is also done for such quantities as surface density (mass per unit area) and sound absorption.
- ISBN13 9780820603766
- Publish Date 1 December 1981
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 October 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chemical Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 248
- Language English