Handbook of Sound Studio Construction: Rooms for Recording and Listening

By Ken Pohlmann and Ken C Pohlmann

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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 designReflecting, absorbing, and diffusing materialsRoom geometry, modes, and treatmentAcoustic isolation, site selection, and HVAC designWall, floor, and ceiling constructionWindow and door design considerationsReverberation times, early reflections, and psychoacousticsObjective and subjective room evaluationPlans and specifications for 10 recording and listening rooms

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007177274X
• ISBN13: 9780071772747
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: McGraw Hill Tab
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.0"