Acoustics / Studio Design

From mono optical recordings to multi-terabtye software instruments, legendary composer AR Rahman has always embraced new technology, and his latest venture is a futuristic recording space in Dubai’s Expo City.

It’s essential to every studio, but acoustic treatment can also affect our health — and that of the planet.

One of the most in‑demand studio designers in the world explains why there’s more to building a studio than getting the acoustics right. Much, much more...

Sound On Sound's Editor In Chief, Sam Inglis, explains a neat way to put together a versatile acoustic panel for your studio.

[VIDEO] If you want a better drum sound, you can change the drummer, or the mics, or the drum kit... but what about the room?

Getting good results in a small space isn't easy — but it is possible. And if you're the Technical Editor of Sound On Sound, it's also essential!

More photos and information of SOS Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns' home studio workspace that we were unable to publish in the print magazine. Enjoy!

A DIY approach to control room acoustics can go a long way, but sometimes it pays to get the professionals involved.

The advice of professional acousticians can be hard to evaluate on paper — but what if you could actually hear the results of their work before building starts?

Follow one SOS reader on his quest to transform a box room into a studio worthy of the name!

This month’s Studio SOS challenge was to help a college music department get a better recorded drum sound.

Small rooms are often the trickiest to get right, as our visit to a TV and film composer’s new home studio proved!

This month, Studio SOS takes on a unique challenge: modifying a motorhome for use as a mobile recording studio!

As well as tackling monitoring issues, this month’s Studio SOS visit sees the team making extensive modifications to a leaky vocal booth.

A reader’s home-studio monitoring suffers from a lack of low end and poor stereo imaging. Can the Studio SOS team track down the cause?

When misfortune befell one of our contributors, we sent the SOS team to help him get his studio back up and running.

A home studio visit sees the SOS team tackle some stubborn synth and DAW gremlins.

The SOS team travel to the big smoke to deal with some tricky acoustics in a media composer’s writing studio.

The SOS team travel to a Stourbridge community centre to solve some low-end problems and build some speaker stands.

This month, we travel all the way to Amsterdam to help last year's SOS Awards prize winner set up his brand-new, £14,000$20,000 studio!

Not many companies can claim responsibility for creating an entirely new market sector, but that is certainly an accolade that is due to Argosy Consoles.