Control Room Acoustics for the Home Studio (2020)

As recorded music becomes less costly to make, more aspiring audio engineers are working from their personal home studios. These are often spare bedrooms or basements that are repurposed for recording, monitoring, and mixing. While the inaccuracies of a room’s sound often can be mitigated during recording by using close–micing techniques, the same cannot be said for monitoring. The sound of a room plays an integral part in determining what, and with what accuracy, audio engineers can hear while they mix. This project surveys the academic and industry literature regarding concepts that underpin control-room acoustics. Measurements of an actual largely untreated bedroom-turned-control-room are compared with those of a room that has undergone acoustic treatment. Finally, a plan for improving the bedroom’s acoustical function, and, by extension, the function of similar rooms, is proposed. 

• Student(s): Joseph Small
• Project Mentor(s): Marc Ernesti, Denis Martin
• https://youtu.be/M3m5_fZySAc
• OSRC — L&RF 2020 Poster Home Studio