Recording studio

A recording studio is a facility for sound recording.

Design and equipment

Recording studios generally consist of at least two rooms: the studio itself, where the sound for the recording is created, and the control room, where the sound from the studio is recorded and manipulated. Recording studios are carefully designed so that they have good acoustics and that there is good isolation between the rooms.

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Equipment found in a recording studio commonly includes:

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• Mixing console
• Multitrack recorder
• Microphones
• Reference monitors, which are loudspeakers with a flat frequency response

And may also include:

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• Digital Audio Workstation
• Music workstation
• Outboard Effects, such as compressors, reverbs, or equalizers