CHAPTER 13Building a Studio from Scratch for Radio Program Production

Many small studio projects must be warped around to fit into space in an existing building. This means compromises, compromises, and more compromises. When this particular client said that the studio building was to be built from the ground up, the news was received with delight. That was the good news. Then came the bad news: The new building was to be jammed between existing buildings on two sides and a brick wall on the third side. But even this means a certain amount of shielding from exterior noise by these masonry structures.

The space available was 18 × 6 meters (the site is in a foreign country) or about 59 feet 0 inches × 19 feet 8 inches. This was taken as the outside ...

Get How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch 4/E, 4th Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.