Recording Studio For A School

Hi Guys, I'm Stevearcade, I've just signed up. I'm based in East Sussex in the UK. Having worked as both a session musician (keys) and producer/engineer, I settled down a couple of years ago into the more stable work of teaching. I teach Music Technology and Music Production. Everywhere I've worked as a teacher has had terrible studios. They take a square room and buy some studio kit. But it's plopped in a square room and that's that :? . No thought of treatment, or insulation. Then they wonder why their stuff never sounds as good as it could/should. Well, next summer the Music Department at the school where I work is moving to a different building and it's a golden opportunity for me to get the students using a proper looking/working studio with sensible acoustics and something that would reflect what they'd use if/when they go out into the real world of music production. Anyway, I'm off to do lots of reading and hatch a plan, and I hopefully pick some brains and get a decent studio plan ready for the builders. :-D By the way, in case anyone's interested, I play the piano (mainly jazz/blues) and my other big interest aside from music is old Video Games Arcade Machines - restoring/collecting. :thu:

Hi Stevearcade, and welcome! Looking forward to your project! Sounds worthwhile, and lets hope you can make an impression. In your quest for info on how to do this right, I'd suggest two books: "Master Handbook of Acoustics" by F. Alton Everest (that's sort of the Bible for acoustics), and "Home Recording Studio: Build it Like the Pros", by Rod Gervais. And of course this forum itself is a rich gold mine of solid, reliable information on isolation and treatment. - Stuart -

And read John Sayers work @ http://johnlsayers.com/Recmanual/index.htm Might be last, but is not least.