idiot pom asks about the shape of recording studios

Hi, and thanks for a cracking web site. There is probably a very good answer to this question about recording rooms (not mixing rooms).... Why not make a circular recording room and focus efforts on absorbing the very predictable resonant frequency (s)? Next question.. Am I a doofus? Cheers Dan

I would say, if anything that its not very practical in the environments that people have for there studios. I believe that many designs are a balance between having something with the usable space, sound transmission loss for what you plan to use the space for, and the rooms acoustical potential rather than a "Works better on paper" type design. my two pence :D

David Moulton has built oval shaped control rooms and has a whole theory on using very high dispersion speakers. http://www.moultonlabs.com/more/brave_n ... om_design/