Recording Studio Design, 3rd Edition

Preface to Third Edition

Four more years have now passed, and changes in the industry have taken place at an alarming rate. CDs are no longer the general reference, and high fidelity, uncompressed surround formats have almost disappeared. Further comments have also arrived from readers, and the cinema industry is moving from film to digital formats. A considerable number of updates and additions have therefore been made for this Third Edition. More information has been added on floated isolation systems, and the discussion about film studios, in Chapter 21, has been significantly expanded, including a more thorough assessment of the limitations of ‘room’ equalisation, which in fact applies to all rooms. New data has also been included on wide-band ...