| An Introduction to Recording Studio Design When you | | | | Radio studios have to deal with a broad range of |
| think about Recording Studios, the first thing that | | | | material. Small studios tend to be used for voice |
| comes to mind is a state-of-the-art, private, recording | | | | material such as interviews and drama; slightly larger |
| studio featuring some of the best gear, ranging from | | | | ones can also deal with small-scale music recording. |
| the vintage classics to the latest technology, set in a | | | | Speech and drama studios are optimized in terms of |
| friendly and creative environment. | | | | acoustics and equipment for speech recording. There |
| There are loads of different types of recording studios, | | | | were once two main categories of pre-production |
| all designed for specific purposes. Speech and drama | | | | studio - MIDI based and 'track-laying' studios, though |
| studios are optimized in terms of acoustics and | | | | they now are merging into an indistinguishable whole. |
| equipment for speech recording. The acoustics of a | | | | Sampling-oriented studios are now common place, in |
| recording studio or listening room are arguably more | | | | fact almost all chart-oriented work includes some |
| important than almost anything else! | | | | sampling. All of these studios can be constructed on a |
| The room dimensions are specifically calculated for | | | | small or large scale, depending on the intended market |
| acoustics, which makes it a bit like the chicken and the | | | | and budget. For example, many studios are located for |
| egg, you find out which dimensions work before you | | | | easy access by local clients - local meaning, for |
| say how big the recording studio is going to be. The | | | | example, the same city. Some studios are located in |
| Highest Industry Ratio for a Successful Facilities include: | | | | the country for a quieter working ambience, or higher |
| - acoustics, recording studio, design, acoustics, | | | | pretentiousness factor. |
| installations, recording, studio, construction, acoustics, | | | | Many larger commercial facilities have several |
| contractors, contracting, construction management, | | | | separate studios within them rather like a cinema |
| acoustical, design, installation, wiring, and even the air | | | | complex, offering sometimes-overlapping spaces for |
| conditioning. Technical Advice is a professional and | | | | different types of work. Studios normally require |
| reliable service offering interior design, custom designs, | | | | twenty-four hour access for arriving and departing |
| and acoustics. | | | | clients. Planning or development permissions Studios |
| Technical Advice offers professional custom design | | | | usually require local planning/zoning permission, and |
| and consulting in architecture, acoustics and sound | | | | specific permissions may be granted only on various |
| proofing, interior design, and custom designed | | | | conditions. Cutting studios specifically deal with transfer |
| furnishings. This involves two different aspects of | | | | of material from tape source to master discs, with |
| sound, sound proofing and acoustics. The cost of | | | | appropriate 'final tuning' for best results. |
| low-end professional-quality equipment has dropped, so | | | | The expertise of the mastering engineers in getting the |
| the output-quality distinctions between studios are less | | | | best possible result in the final processing is just as |
| clear-cut nowadays. A lot of high-performance | | | | relevant to making a CD, so now they cut CD pressing |
| economical equipment is available now to enable the | | | | masters instead! |
| creation of release-quality material in home studios. | | | | |