Chapter 7
Speech balance
Some of the following suggestions may seem almost trivial, but they all help to make a studio (often, here, a radio studio) run smoothly and produce good, clean sound recordings or broadcasts.
Speech balance depends on four factors: the voice, the microphone, and the surrounding acoustic conditions and competing sounds. In a good balance the voice should be clear and sound natural, perhaps reinforced and brightened a little by the acoustics of the room that is used as a studio. There should be no distracting noise, no sound that is not an appropriate and integral part of the acoustic scenery.
A studio designed mainly for speech and discussion may be about the size of a fairly large living room, with carpet on ...
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