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Originally Posted by ruanddu  Just curious how long acoustic treatment such as absorption and diffusion have been common in recording studios? For instance, I often watch video clips of the Beatles in Abbey Road studio and noticed there is little absorption in the studio other than partitions. This got me curious how long acoustic treatment has been important in studio construction and sound design? Are there good books out on this subject? |
There is a lot of absorption in Abbey Road, you just do not recognize it. Similarly there is diffusion, but not much in any form that would be built today. Abbey Road studios has been around since the thirties. The big boom, there is a joke in there, in studo acoustics started in the twenties with the advent of popular radio. By the thirties the
(in)famous high end dead/low end boomy acoustic was at its peak in studios. Modern large room acoustics started with Sabine at the turn of the last century.
Sorry, I do not know of any books about historical studio design.
Andre