How to Build A Small Budget Recording Studio From Scratch

Overview

Main description

* 12 proven designs for building inexpensive, yet effective, audio studios
* Covers basic acoustic theory, construction materials, and applied design
* New chapters on blueprint reading and electrical wiring and grounding methods, expanded coverage of materials and construction methods

Table of contents

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: My Studio--How Big and What Shape? Chapter 2: Elements Common to All Studios Chapter 3: Audiovisual Budget Recording Studio Chapter 4: Studio Built in a Residence Chapter 5: A Small Studio for AVs and Radio Jingles Chapter 6: Small Ad Agency Studio for AVs and Radio Jingles Chapter 7: Multitrack in a Two-Car Garage Chapter 8: Building a Studio from Scratch for Radio Program Production Chapter 9: Studios for a Commercial Radio Station Chapter 10: One Control Room for Two Studios Chapter 11: A Video Mini-Studio Chapter 12: A Video and Multitrack Studio Chapter 13: A Screening Facility for Film and Video Chapter 14: Multiple Studios Chapter 15: Diffusion Confusion Chapter 16: Bits and Pieces of Acoustical Lore Chapter 17: Acoustic Equations Chapter 18: Acoustic Materials Chapter 19: Electronics and Acoustics Chapter 20: Reading Blueprints Appendix A: Absorption Coefficients for General Building Materials and Furnishings Appendix B: Absorption Coefficients for Owens-Corning 703 and Allied Materials Appendix C: Absorption Coefficients for Tectum Appendix D: A Comprehensive Listing of Manufacturers of Acoustical Materials References Index

Author comments

MIKE SHEA has been involved with professional audio since the 1960s when he opened his own recording studio in Massachusetts. He relocated to New York in the 1970s and began a successful independent contracting career building rehearsal and recording studios. Throughout his career he has taught graduate courses at the Institute of Audio Research, served as the technical editor of RECORDING WORLD magazine, and written extensively about all aspects of professional audio.