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 roomdesign experience 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
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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful. Best Book for Changing Your Self Image!By Christine CarraThis book changed my life! I never write reviews but felt inspired to write one for this book. It was recommended to me by Bob Proctor and another one of his coaches. I kept asking for a way to change my self-image so that I could lose the extra 10 pounds I wanted to get rid of and they highly recommended this book.After reading the first 5 chapters I was so amazed. The most important thing I learned was that I could use my imagination to act as my ideal self and therefore create it.I imagine all the time being a fabulous; stylish; slender Queen as well as everything around me. I imagine wearing the stylish clothes; eating slowly and with delicate; fancy silverware on gold lined royal plates with high-quality; artfully designed foods. I sit like a Queen; I walk like a Queen; I even drive my car like a Queen. Just totally elegant; confident; beautiful and like I am so important and lucky. And its so fun!As silly as it sounds mdash; it totally works! I barely have food cravings or overeat. I feel so much more confident in myself. I feel like I honor and respect myself more. And definitely a whole lot happier :)Highly recommend this book not just for acting but if you want to change the way you think about yourself. And to change negative habits; thoughts; and self-sabotaging behavior.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful and epic; but maybe too much so at times.By MatthewThe Art of Acting is a great book on the subject of acting written by one of the premier acting teachers of the 20th century. Adlers book is inspirational; powerful; and profound. She explains; in great detail; various actions the actor may be called upon to perform on stage and leads her students through various exercises meant to connect the actor with the imagination and train themselves to realistically behave within the context of their characters background; costume; environment; social status; and culture. The only reason I gave this book four stars instead of five is that I feel it is not as use-able as some other acting books. Adler sometimes goes on (and on and on) describing the nature of some kind of action ("to reminiscence") or something and...what am I supposed to DO with that? It feels a lot like her interpretation (read opinion) of the nature of those things and how they should be played. Again; it just seemed to wax philosophical more than useful from time to time. There was also the advice "the actress does not sneeze on stage" to which I wanted to shout "COME ON Stella!"...my point is; again; if you want something really practical you should take a class while reading the book so its easier to see how to use this information; and/or pick a different book. With all that said; she makes a lot of good points and is very powerful. The dignity she brings to acting is extraordinary and her emphasis on imagination is fascinating. I recommend this book to actors; directors; and anyone interested in theatre and acting. Its a beautiful book; and I intend to re-read it eventually. Hopefully Ill find more utility in a second reading.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. "Awake and Sing!" with the brilliant Stella AdlerBy BSTIMELESSTo say that this book is life-changing would be an understatement. The first time I read it; I was shattered. Her voice is so powerful it galvanizes the artist inside you. Ive owned it for a number of years; and whenever I run dry or need to return to the grand basics; I re-read sections of it and I am instantly clear-minded and fired up. Her brilliance; artistry; and clarity is almost overwhelming. I only wish that I had the chance to study with her personally... hearing and seeing Stella Adler teach/perform is the ultimate for any theatre individual. This book (along with her other published works) is the next best thing. Its easy to see why shes so revered to this day. If you were to read just one book on the performing arts; this is the only one worth reading in my opinion. If you are open as an artist; it is transformative. If you have Stella Adler; you have gold. Marvelous!