Recording Studio

A recording studio is a space where musicians and vocalists play instruments or sing. It is usually a soundproofed complex with a live room (for instrument playing and singing) and a control room for capturing, editing, mixing and mastering the recordings made in the live and vocal rooms.

Recording studios are generally carefully designed by acousticians to achieve acoustic properties that are favorable for recording audio. This often involves room treatment (using absorption and diffusion materials on the surfaces of the rooms) as well as the use of specially designed spaces such as echo chambers.

During the heyday of the major studios in the 1950s and 1960s, the unique sonic characteristics of these facilities imparted a special character to many of the most famous popular records of that period. For example, the distinctive rasping tone of saxophones on Beatles records was achieved by positioning microphones close to the mouths of the players.

In the modern era, digital technology has changed the way studios work. A sizeable portion of both professional and home studios run PC-based multitrack audio software; if no mixing console is used, the process is typically referred to as “mixing in the box”. Many of the same common signal processing tools that once required large, expensive hardware devices are now available as built-in software modules on the computer.

The type of equipment in a recording studio will depend on the styles of music it specializes in. For example, a studio that records heavy metal music may have a variety of large and powerful amps. Conversely, a studio that records 1970s-style funk might have a selection of smaller, vintage combo amplifiers.

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