How to Set Up Your Own Recording Studio The Savvy Studio Owner From smaller, project-style facilities to million-dollar majors, this guide covers all aspects of starting and running a professional sound recording studio. The book combines serious business planning, studio design, and audio engineering as interconnected aspects of starting and running a studio — and includes numerous examples and applications that throw light on such daily workings of a studio as recording, marketing, sales, employee management, and taxes. Recording Studio Design Philip Newell's comprehensive reference work contains pearls of wisdom which anyone involved in sound recording will want to apply to their own studio design. He discusses the fundamentals of good studio acoustics and monitoring in an exhaustive yet accessible manner. "Recording Studio Design" covers the basic principles, their application in practical circumstances, and the reasons for their importance to the daily success of recording studios. All issues are approached from the premise that most readers will be more interested in how these things affect their daily lives rather than wishing to make an in-depth study of pure acoustics. Therefore frequent reference is made to examples of actual studios, their various design problems and solutions. Because of the importance of good acoustics to the success of most studios, and because of the financial burden which failure may impose, getting things right first time is essential. The advice contained in "Recording Studio Design" offers workable ways to improve the success rate of any studio, large or small. Sound Studio Construction on a Budget This one-of-a-kind book from a leading acoustics expert makes it possible for anyone with a modicum of electronics skills to build an inexpensive sound studio from scratch. It contains blueprints for eight complete designs, each accompanied by a comprehensive parts list. Author F. Alton Everest makes diffusion - a critical factor in small-room acoustics - accessible to the masses, offering plans for homemade diffusing elements. Professional audio engineers, sound technicians, bands, and upper-level audiophiles will be intrigued by the possibilities for designing the following audio rooms: voice-over recording studio; modern and classical music recording studio; rock music recording studio; small announce booth; film/video/audio workroom; home theatre; control room; and hi-fidelity listening room. Studio Monitoring Design: A Personal View Whether your path to the recording studio has come from a musical, technical or scientific route, Studio Monitoring Design explains in a language that is accessible to everyone, the principles required to achieve a more practical and creative recording environment. Written by an international studio designer, the book takes you right through the general aims and objectives of studio monitoring designs and their technical and human limitations; to the individual components of the monitor chain and those parts influence overall performance. The final chapter looks at the need for a variety of designs to cope with difficult physical circumstances and the inconsistencies of human perception. Return to Recording Studio Menu Return to Homepage