recording studios post-production rooms home cinema podcast rooms broadcasting facilities
integrated design
What is meant by integrated design? Acoustic spaces require a comprehensive construction methodology. For example, HVAC vent placement matters- a poor HVAC layout can wreak havoc with sound isolation and can ruin a mix. Vent placement, in turn, affects how and where ceiling acoustical treatments are placed, and this affects where task lighting can be located. Electrical outlets need to be placed in accordance with current (and future) gear requirements and placement and must not conflict with technical wiring or the most logical mic tie-line panel locations, etc, etc, etc. All building systems, including the sound isolation, sound treatment, gear placement, technical wiring, have to be coordinated with the traditional building trades: framing, electrical, lighting, mechanical, masonry, sheetrock, etc. In other words, all of the trade guys you have on your job site need to be on the same page. This is what the construction documents we produce do.
June Audio, Provo, Utah
multi-faceted rooms
Multi-faceted rooms are hard-working rooms. A control room is for mixing one day, the next day it’s a vocal booth, a listening or screening room, or even a podcast room. A tracking room might record basic tracks with guitars, bass, and drums on Monday, and Tuesday night it’s a sound stage for a web simulcast performance or music video for a classical quartet. You will get the most out of your space when it is purposely designed as a versatile space that can respond to changing needs, changing technology, and changing market realities. This is what is required in A/V industry in our time. Hard-working, dynamic spaces are one of the keys to our approach. (Left: TRS Studios, Beirut, Lebanon)
do your best work
A recording studio (or post-production room, etc.) is just a tool. It needs to work properly on many levels so that good work can be accomplished there. A good studio design addresses, of course, sound isolation and sound treatment, but also should address aesthetics and vibe, functional versatility, and must also anticipate the kind of space you are going to want and need 5 or 10 years from now, so that it can evolve with you and your craft or business. A good designer creates a plan to remove the limitations that poor acoustics, constricted functionality, and mediocre construction methodologies can impose on your space that can interfere with you doing your best work. Creating a space that allows and inspires everyone to do their best work is the goal and the source of our satisfaction. (Right: June Audio, Provo, Utah)