PART II
Brick and Mortar (Drywall and Stud) Studios

CHAPTER 6
My Studio—How Big and What Shape?

Feature:   Understanding the room resonance problem.

CHAPTER 7
Elements Common to All Studios

Features: Sound lock treatment, doors and sealing, combatting air conditioner noise, wall constructions, floor-ceiling constructions, wiring precautions, lighting, observation windows, the permit.

CHAPTER 8
Audiovisual Budget Recording Studio

Features: “Contracarpet” ceiling, standing a room “on end” to get volume, detailed calculation of reverberation time.

CHAPTER 9
Studio Built in a Residence

Features: Polys on the ceiling, HVAC duct layout for minimum noise and crosstalk.

CHAPTER 10
A Small Studio for Instruction and Campus Radio

Features: Window plugs, reversible wall modules, large poly diffuser/absorber, discrepancies between published coefficients and experience.

CHAPTER 11
Small Ad Agency Studio for AVs and Radio Jingles

Feature:   Use of midband absorbers.

CHAPTER 12
Multitrack in a Two-Car Garage

Feature:   Understanding the room resonance problem.

CHAPTER 13
Building a Studio from Scratch for Radio Program Production

Feature:   Adjustable acoustics, service areas, splayed walls.

CHAPTER 14
Studios for a Commercial Radio Station

Feature:   Measurements for trimming acoustics, perils of concrete block walls.

CHAPTER 15
One Control Room for Two Studios

Features: Small modules for treatment, use of cork, semicylindrical elements, room air conditioners.

CHAPTER 16
A Video Mini-Studio

Feature:   Adjustable acoustics, saw-slot low peak resonators.

CHAPTER 17
A Video and Multitrack Studio

Features: Adjustable acoustics, using a small studio as an isolation booth, service boxes for microphones and television equipment.

CHAPTER 18
A Screening Facility for Film and Video

Features: Listening room characteristics, projection facilities, stepped seating area.

CHAPTER 19
Multiple Studios

Features: Splaying of walls, space saving in studio suites, proprietary wall panels, sand for noise insulation, floating floors.

CHAPTER 20
Diffusion Confusion