Handbook of sound studio construction : rooms for recording and listening
Everest, F. Alton (Frederick Alton), 1909-20052013
Book
Build first-class recording studios and listening spaces Design and build your own audiophile-grade recording and playback environments using proven, cost-effective plans and techniques. Handbook of Sound Studio Construction: Rooms for Recording and Listening explains practical acoustical properties and describes how to engineer acoustically sensitive spaces, including music recording studios, control rooms, voice studios, home project studios, A/V suites, media rooms, and surround-sound home theaters. Learn how to choose room dimensions, select building materials, construct your own custom treatments, maximize isolation, and generate and analyze response curves. This do-it-yourself guide incorporates decades of roomdesignexperience and provides you with the practical knowledge to design and build your own acoustical spaces or improve existing spaces. Coverage includes: An introduction to room acoustics and acoustical design Reflecting, absorbing, and diffusing materials Room geometry, modes, and treatment Acoustic isolation, site selection, and HVAC design Wall, floor, and ceiling construction Window and door design considerations Reverberation times, early reflections, and psychoacoustics Objective and subjective room evaluation Plans and specifications for 10 recording and listening rooms.
Main title:
Handbook of sound studio construction : rooms for recording and listening / F. Alton Everest, Ken C. Pohlmann.
Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
New York : McGraw-Hill ; [London : McGraw-Hill [distributor]], c2013.
Collation:
xiv, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: published as Sound studio construction on a budget. New York; London: McGraw-Hill, 1997.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction to Room Acoustics -- Sound-Reflecting Materials -- Sound-Absorbing Materials and Structures -- Diffusing Materials and Structures -- Room Modes and Room Geometry -- Sound Isolation and Site Selection -- Wall Construction and Performance -- Floor/Ceiling Construction and Performance -- Window and Door Construction and Performance -- Noise Control in HVAC Systems -- Room Performance and Evaluation -- Recording Studio for Pop Music -- Recording Studio for Classical Music -- Voice Studio -- Control Room -- Announce Booth -- Audio/Video/Film Workroom -- Teleconference Room -- Home Studio -- Home Listening and Media Room -- Home Theater.
ISBN:
007177274X (pbk)9780071772747 (pbk)
Dewey class:
621.3893781.49
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
139007
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