2/28/2013

The Work Of Different Rooms In Recording Studios

By Johnathan Louis


Recording studios refer to facilities utilized for sound and/or voice recording and mixing. They vary in measurements depending on the amounts of work performed in them each day. They are normally big structures that might be situated close to other businesses on the outskirts or in town centers. They are majorly located far away from companies that produce loud sounds that can mess the quality of recordings produced from the studio room.

Typical studios are made up of three rooms, that is the studio itself, the control room, and the machine room. The studio is where sound for recording is generated. It is often referred to as the live room. Control rooms is where the sound created in the studio room is recorded and manipulated. The machine room holds noisier devices that may tamper with the quality of the sound being recorded.

The facilities are designed under the principles of space acoustics to attain the acoustical properties needed for recording sound with accuracy and precision. This is meant to prevent interference to the sound heard by listeners. The professional who does such acoustics is called an acoustician. Acoustical properties are achieved using diffusion and absorption materials on various surfaces in the room.

The other consideration in achieving acoustical properties is the physical dimensions of the space. Dimensions are chosen carefully so as to make the room produce the desired response to waves. Soundproofing is necessary for sonic isolation among rooms. A studio may have several control rooms and vocal booths used to record voices.

Acoustic panels contain porous surfaces through which sounds can partly penetrate and be trapped inside, rather than being reflected back fully. Full reflection or bouncing of sound deteriorates output quality by destroying coherence and adding some harshness to sounds produced by various devices. This happens before they reach the ear. Installation of acoustic panels prevents this and ensures that sound waves are delivered directly to the listener without any reflection.

Whenever the voice waves are reflected off hard surfaces a small resonance is added, which is delayed by a few seconds. This small time delays are detectable through the way they reach the ear. This makes one able to notice which waves come directly from the speakers and which ones have bounced from the walls, ceilings, objects, or floors. This messes with the entire quality of the recordings and music produced from such facilities.

Recording studios could be used by animation or television producers, foley, musicians, or voice over artists. Performers and produces work in studio rooms whereas sound engineers do their job in control rooms. The facility may be a little costly to set up and maintain.




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