[Richard Webb]

To: Teddy D'Bear
Hi Ted,

Teddy D'Bear wrote:
My weak area is the physical design of the rooms. Acoustic
treatments, materials, sizes and angles of rooms, floor design, etc.
I would like to not only see some designs and get some ideas, but
learn how to apply construction techniques for the best results.
Mr. Newell's book appears to be the most professional book I've seen
so far. However, any tips on web sites, books, or publications
would be welcomed.


there was some brief overview type discussions, such as "live end dead end" and
other stuff on Malcolm CHisholm's site, including some bibliography there. I
think it's no longer around though. IF somebody happened to archive those web
pages they might give you a good start. Seems to me with a little reading of
his discussion and the books you've looked at you've already got a grasp of the
necessary concepts. Double walls separated by air space; cut slab between
control room; etc.


Regards,
Richard
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[Steve King]

"Richard Webb" -4vf-this wrote in message
...
| To: Teddy D'Bear
| Hi Ted,
|
| Teddy D'Bear wrote:
| My weak area is the physical design of the rooms. Acoustic
| treatments, materials, sizes and angles of rooms, floor design, etc.
| I would like to not only see some designs and get some ideas, but
| learn how to apply construction techniques for the best results.
| Mr. Newell's book appears to be the most professional book I've seen
| so far. However, any tips on web sites, books, or publications
| would be welcomed.
|
|
| there was some brief overview type discussions, such as "live end dead
end" and
| other stuff on Malcolm CHisholm's site, including some bibliography there.
I
| think it's no longer around though. IF somebody happened to archive those
web
| pages they might give you a good start. Seems to me with a little reading
of
| his discussion and the books you've looked at you've already got a grasp
of the
| necessary concepts. Double walls separated by air space; cut slab between
| control room; etc.
|
|
| Regards,
| Richard

This came up in Google: http://malcolm.bignoisybug.com/

Malcolm and I worked together at Chicago Sound Studios in 1964, where
Malcom's designs were used to create two music rooms. Both used
live-wall/dead-wall construction. The live walls consisted of metal lath
suspended on clips plus plaster scratch and finish coats. The lath
suspension allowed the whole wall to move a bit. The dead walls used 6" of
fiberglass batting between 2x6's. The 2x6's were backed by 3/4 inch plaster
board and were isolated from the outer wall by a 1 inch air space. The
outer walls were 8 inch concrete block with spaces filled with sand. The
live wall/dead wall construction probably cannot be supported with theory,
but these two studios worked incredibly well. Studio A was about 40 x 25x15
foot ceilings. Studio B was around 30 x 18 x 15. Dimensions are
approximate. After a bit of trial and error, with a few gobos we could
achieve great isolation. We usually tracked full rythm section, piano,
horns and percussion at the same time. For jingles with full orhestra we
often put strings in studio B and recorded with everyone else. Musicians
loved the rooms, because they could hear themselves so well. Later Malcolm
and I worked together at Paragon, where similar construction techniques were
used.

Steve King

Steve King