Does anyone know about these type of rooms?

I think the picture is from Rca Nashville studio A. What i find interesting is the different areas. 1. Dead below waist 2. Curved down facing panel for dispersion and feedback to musicians? 3. Above that, another damped area, up against the ceiling. 4. Were another curved panel, covering the whole wall- ceiling, gives another dispersion, downward reflective area. It seems very clever indeed to me. What are these type of rooms called ? Seems to have been around 1950-1960:s? Any input welcome! /Thanks /Toby

i think its called "designed by professionals and built by craftsman to be well balanced and versatile" :wink:

Good one, Gulfo... :thu:

haaaaaa haaaa! you guys.

You don´t see theses designs around anymore, we´re they that bad??... or has everybody only copied design after design until the original thoughts are missing? Any one actually knows anything about it? Or are the designer´s thought gone forever? /Thanks / Toby

mattssons wrote:

You don´t see theses designs around anymore, we´re they that bad??... or has everybody only copied design after design until the original thoughts are missing? Any one actually knows anything about it? Or are the designer´s thought gone forever?

Studio design and use has evolved. When that studio was designed, EVERYTHING was recorded in one take. the rooms were ambient enough to give the performers a sense of ensemble and give a base sound to the track. Tracks if stereo. The basic ingredients are all still there: absorption, reflection and diffusion and heavy absorption on the ceiling to avoid comb filtering from early reflections. Why studios work well has become common knowledge so it is no longer a black art. Andre

That's a tracking room correct ? The dead ceiling could be due to the height of the room. I think the diffusers might be added after the construction.