Recording Studio

A recording studio is a space designed for the purpose of creating audio recordings. This can include a room in which musical artists perform to record vocals, instrumental musicians such as guitarists and pianists, voice-over artists for advertising or dialogue replacement in film, television or animation, Foley artists who create sound effects in films and other media productions, or any combination of these. A studio can also be used for post-production services such as mastering, which is the process of preparing the final recorded material for mass distribution.

A typical recording studio consists of two rooms: a main “studio” room equipped with microphones and music stands, and a control room where the audio engineers work. In the control room, the engineers will operate a professional audio mixing console or computers with specialized software suites to mix and manipulate (e.g., adjusting equalization and adding effects) the recorded material.

Other rooms in a studio may be dedicated to specific instruments, such as drums, electric guitar or bass, or to provide smaller “isolation booths” for quieter acoustic instruments and vocals. These small rooms can be shaped to improve their acoustic properties by using a variety of materials for acoustical treatment. For example, a large drum kit can be partially surrounded by acrylic glass see-through gobo panels to deflect the drums’ sounds from reaching other microphones in the studio room.

While a recording studio can be built for a reasonable amount of money, most do not have the resources to outfit an entire facility that matches the quality of a top-of-the-line analog studio. However, digital technology has revolutionized the business of recording studios: many of the same tasks that would have required multiple racks of analog equipment now fit on a single computer and are operated by turning a mouse rather than physically handling gear.

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