Recording Studio Design, 4th Edition

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Preface

When this book was originally being discussed with the publisher, in 2001, a limit of about 80,000 words was proposed. However, once the work began, it soon became apparent that in order to deal with the concepts to a depth which most previous books on the subject had not achieved, the original estimate for the size had been greatly misjudged. The book grew and grew, up to a point where the then commissioning editor had to decide whether the original marketing proposals would still be valid, and whether a book of such a size was still viable. Fortunately, she kept her faith in the idea, but a halt was called when the word count was approaching 200,000. Once the First Edition of the book was released, in 2003, it was generally ...