I need a studio consultant in Dallas. . .

Hello Forumers, I know I am way over my head being on this site, but hopefully I can appeal to your generosity and glean some information from you. I currently run an audio engineering program at a university in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and we will begin building a recording studio on campus later this year (this is our first time doing so). I have a meeting next week with the university construction manager and an architect, and I feel like I should also bring some sort of studio design consultant. Is this what usually takes place? Having never designed a studio before, I am unsure of how to proceed--do I simply hire a studio design consultant for the few hours that he/she will be needed? What is the normal procedure? And even more specifically, does anybody on this forum know of a good studio design consultant in the Dallas/Fort Worth area? I appreciate any help you all can give, because I clearly need it.

Starspeedr, I wish I could be of more help. I had to study long and hard and design mine myself, with the help of the folks here. It turned out excellent. Mine is about 900 sq/ft. How big of a studio do you think you will be getting built? Tom

starspeedr wrote:

Hello Forumers, I know I am way over my head being on this site, but hopefully I can appeal to your generosity and glean some information from you. I currently run an audio engineering program at a university in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and we will begin building a recording studio on campus later this year (this is our first time doing so). I have a meeting next week with the university construction manager and an architect, and I feel like I should also bring some sort of studio design consultant. Is this what usually takes place? Having never designed a studio before, I am unsure of how to proceed--do I simply hire a studio design consultant for the few hours that he/she will be needed? What is the normal procedure? And even more specifically, does anybody on this forum know of a good studio design consultant in the Dallas/Fort Worth area? I appreciate any help you all can give, because I clearly need it.

There is one in your backyard of world-class credentials: Russ Berger Design Group ( http://www.rbdg.com/home/index.php ). I would imagine Russ or one of his associates could help you in your process without breaking the bank. Kyle

Russ Berger is a great designer for sure.

Thank you all so much for the help. Russ Berger certainly is amazing, but a little out of our price range. We went with Mark Genfan of Acoustic Spaces and thus far have been very pleased.