Sound Studio Construction on a Budget

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From one of the world's leading acoustics experts, this nuts-and-bolts book offers complete instructions and guidance for building your own inexpensive sound studio. Anyone with a discerning ear and a modicum of electronics skills can follow the clear plans for 10 designs, which include a voice-over recording studio; recording studios for modern, classical, and rock music; a home theater; small announce booth; control room; and music listening room. All projects are fully illustrated and accompanied by complete ...

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Overview

From one of the world's leading acoustics experts, this nuts-and-bolts book offers complete instructions and guidance for building your own inexpensive sound studio. Anyone with a discerning ear and a modicum of electronics skills can follow the clear plans for 10 designs, which include a voice-over recording studio; recording studios for modern, classical, and rock music; a home theater; small announce booth; control room; and music listening room. All projects are fully illustrated and accompanied by complete part lists.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780070213821
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
  • Publication date: 9/1/1996
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 298
  • Sales rank: 640,520
  • Product dimensions: 7.30 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 0.72 (d)

Meet the Author

F. Alton Everest is a legend in the world of sound. The creator of numerous technical innovations, and the author of scores of books and scholarly papers, he has been a leader in television engineering, sound recording, motion pictures, radio, and multimedia. A co-founder and director of the Science Film Production division of the Moody Institute of Science, he was also a section chief of the Subsea Sound Research section of the University of California. An educator who has taught at several leading institutions, he has consulted on acoustics to numerous industries for nearly 30 years. Having touched many of the technical highlights of the 20th century, he celebrated his 90th birthday in 1999. He and his wife live in Santa Barbara, California.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Voice-over recording studio 1
2 Recording studio for modern and classical music 15
3 Recording studio for rock music 27
4 Personal project studio 42
5 Small announce booth 52
6 Control rooms 71
7 Audio/video/film workroom 81
8 Home theater 94
9 The home listening room 105
10 Teleconference room 118
11 Studio site selection 125
12 Diffusion of sound 139
13 Wall construction and performance 167
14 Floor/ceiling construction and performance 187
15 Observation windows 199
16 Sound-absorbing materials and structures 217
17 Silencing the HVAC system 238
18 Room acoustics and psychoacoustics 253
Appendix: Absorption coefficients 270
Glossary 273
References 286
Index 291
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