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Author Newell, Philip

Title Recording Studio Design
Edition 4th ed
Published Independence : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (881 pages)
Series Audio Engineering Society Presents
Audio Engineering Society presents
Contents Recording Studio Design- Front Cover; Recording Studio Design; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: General Requirements and Common Errors; 1.1 The General Requirements; 1.2 Sound Isolation and Background Noise Levels; 1.3 Confidence in the System; 1.4 The Complete System; 1.5 Very Common Mistakes; 1.6 Summary; Chapter 2: Sound, Decibels and Hearing; 2.1 Perception of Sound; 2.2 Sound Itself; 2.3 The Decibel: Sound Power, Sound Pressure and Sound Intensity; 2.4 Human Hearing; 2.5 Summary; References; Bibliography
Chapter 3: Sound Isolation3.1 Vibrational Behaviour; 3.2 Basic Isolation Concepts; 3.3 Practical Floors; 3.4 Ceiling Isolation; 3.5 Summing the Results; 3.6 Wall Isolation; 3.7 Lighter Weight Isolation Systems; 3.8 Reciprocity and Impact Noises; 3.9 The Distance Option; 3.10 Discussion and Analysis; 3.11 Summary; Reference; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Room Acoustics and Means of Control; 4.1 Internal Expansion; 4.2 Modes; 4.3 Flutter Echoes and Transient Phenomena; 4.4 Reverberation; 4.5 Absorption; 4.6 Q and Damping; 4.7 Diffusion; 4.8 Diffraction; 4.9 Refraction; 4.10 Review; 4.11 Summary
6.4 Design Considerations6.5 Driving and Collecting the Rooms; 6.6 Evolution of Stone Rooms; 6.7 Live versus Electronic Reverberation; 6.8 The 20% Rule; 6.9 Reverberant Rooms and Bright Rooms -- Reflexion and Diffusion; 6.10 Low Frequency Considerations in Live Rooms; 6.11 General Comments on Live Rooms; 6.12 Orchestral Rooms; 6.13 RT Considerations; 6.14 Fixed Studio Environments; 6.15 Psychoacoustic Considerations and Spacial Awareness; 6.16 Dead Rooms; 6.17 Foley Rooms; 6.18 Summary; References; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Variable Acoustics ; 7.1 The Geometry of Change
7.2 Small Room Considerations7.3 Summary; Chapter 8: Room Combinations and Operational Considerations; 8.1 Options and Influences; 8.2 Layout of Rooms; 8.3 Isolation Considerations -- Doors and Windows; 8.4 The Geddes Approach; 8.5 Recording Techniques for Limited Acoustics; 8.6 Compact Studios in Larger Spaces; 8.7 Review; 8.8 Typical Isolation Door Construction; 8.9 Rectangular Room Shells; 8.10 Summary; References; Chapter 9: The Studio Environment; 9.1 Some Human Needs; 9.2 Ventilation and Air-Conditioning; 9.3 Headphone Foldback; 9.4 Colours and General Decoration; 9.5 AC Mains Supplies
Bibliography ReferencesBibliography; Chapter 5: Designing Neutral Rooms ; 5.1 Background; 5.2 Large Neutral Rooms; 5.3 Practical Realisation of a Neutral Room; 5.4 What is Parallel?; 5.5 Reflexions, Reverberation and Diffusion Requirements; 5.6 Floor and Ceiling Considerations; 5.7 Wall Treatments; 5.8 Small and Neutral; 5.9 Trims; 5.10 The Degree of Neutrality-An Overview; 5.11 Dialogue Recording Rooms; 5.12 Summary; References; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Rooms with Characteristic Acoustics; 6.1 Definitions; 6.2 A Brief History of Idiosyncrasy; 6.3 Drawbacks of the Containment Shells
Notes 9.6 Summary
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Subject Sound studios -- Design and construction
Sound studios -- Design and construction
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317381952
1317381955