Build first‎-class recording studios and listening spaces Design and build your own audiophile‎-grade recording and playback environments using proven‎,‎ cost‎-effective plans and techniques‎.‎ Handbook of Sound Studio Construction‎:‎ Rooms for Recording and Listening explains practical acoustical properties and describes how to engineer acoustically sensitive spaces‎,‎ including music recording studios‎,‎ control rooms‎,‎ voice studios‎,‎ home project studios‎,‎ A/V suites‎,‎ media rooms‎,‎ and surround‎-sound home theaters‎.‎ Learn how to choose room dimensions‎,‎ select building materials‎,‎ construct your own custom treatments‎,‎ maximize isolation‎,‎ and generate and analyze response curves‎.‎ This do‎-it‎-yourself guide incorporates decades of roomdesignexperience and provides you with the practical knowledge to design and build your own acoustical spaces or improve existing spaces‎.‎ Coverage includes‎:‎ An introduction to room acoustics and acoustical design Reflecting‎,‎ absorbing‎,‎ and diffusing materials Room geometry‎,‎ modes‎,‎ and treatment Acoustic isolation‎,‎ site selection‎,‎ and HVAC design Wall‎,‎ floor‎,‎ and ceiling construction Window and door design considerations Reverberation times‎,‎ early reflections‎,‎ and psychoacoustics Objective and subjective room evaluation Plans and specifications for 10 recording and listening rooms