Acoustics / Studio Design

Calderdale College in West Yorkshire gets the Studio SOS treatment, as we turn a concrete room into a working studio.

This month we play the role of studio design consultants... and leave the heavy work to the studio owners!

In this episode, the SOS crew sort out monitoring problems and offer some practical mastering tips to another reader.

This month we journey to the Outer Hebrides, where a college teaching Gaelic music has more than a few wires crossed...

The SOS crew go hob-nobbing at a stately home this month, and get to grips with the acoustics of a large and lively room.

The SOS crew visit reader Chris Walker's home studio and help solve amplification problems for his tea-chest bass.

The team take a trip up north to a multi-student household in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

This month, the SOS team visit a student's home studio to help him overcome a few teething troubles with layout and acoustics...

The SOS crew help drummer Darren Williams sort out a better space in which to record drums and operate as a remote session drummer.

Would you let two strange men drill holes in your house? USA-based SOS reader David Crane took the risk enough to let Paul and Hugh at his walls with a drill to solve his cabling issues...

We have a rehearsal room in a large garage that is 22 x 8 x 16 ft (WxHxD). The problem is that we need to build a room...

I record in three untreated rooms and I'm aware that some sort of acoustic treatment would be handy. I recently bought an...

Sorting digital gremlins and rogue reflections is all in a day's work for the Studio SOS team...

I'm trying to get a bass guitar to sit well with a kick drum. I know the idea of shaping the EQ of both so they'll...

Sweetening the mixing environment and sorting out the bass end is this month's task — but there's much more to do than adding a bit of rockwool!

The subject of studio acoustics can seem like black magic — but don't let it scare you off. You can make easy changes, that could vastly improve your recording and mixing environment, with the help of free or cheap PC software utilities, as we discover this month.

This month, the SOS team help out with the acoustics at Ultravox and Band Aid star Midge Ure's personal studio.

The team rearrange Paul Roy's studio to improve the mixing environment and tackle some bass issues.

Recording drums and guitars is the task in this month's studio troubleshooting visit.

This month's task for the SOS crew involves stripping down Simon McEvoy's entire studio to improve the acoustics and ergonomics.

I'm planning to build a shed studio with concrete walls, no windows and a drop-down ceiling. Will it be necessary to build a 'room within a room' to achieve decent soundproofing?