Foreword- PART I BASICS - 1. Introduction2. Studio Planning3. Sound Insulation4. Reverberation5. Air-Conditioning System Noise Limits6. Sound-Retardant Windows and Doors7. Instrument Isolation for Multiple Track Recording8. Studio Testing9. Plumbing Noise Control10. Vibration Isolation11. Suspended Acoustic Ceiling12. Elevators13. Interior Decor of Studios14. Sound Power Versus Sound PressurePART II STUDIOS - 15. Control Rooms16. ADR Studios17. Re-Recording Studios18. Reverberation Chambers19. Motion Picture and TV Stages20. Music Recording Studios21. Review Rooms22. Future Sound-Recording Studios23. Canopied AmphitheatersPART III ELECTROACOUSTICS - 24. Microphone Properties25. Loudspeaker Sensitivity26. Electronic Light Dimmers - IndexSound 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.

Book Information
ISBN 9780820603766
Author Anne Goudvis
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Chemical Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.
Publisher Chemical Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.