Top 5 Books On Studio Acoustics And Design

Constructing a personal recording studio is a cost-effective solution to producing music. However, building a home studio is a challenge and there’s a lot to learn before starting one. 

In this article, I am sharing the Top 5 Books For Recording Studio Design and Acoustics. Read these books on studio design to learn from the experts.

 

Top 5 Books For Studio Design

Here is a list of Top 5 Books For Recording Studio Acoustics and Design Enthusiasts:

1. Master Handbooks of Acoustics — by F. Alton Everest
2. Home Recording Studio: Build It Like the Pros — by Rod Gervais 
3. The Studio Builder's Handbook: How to Improve the Sound of Your Studio on Any Budget — by Bobby Owsinski
4. Recording Studio Design — by Philip Newell 
5. How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch — by Mike Shea 

Master Handbooks of Acoustics

Master Handbooks of Acoustics — by F. Alton Everest, provides an excellent overview of the major concepts involved with studio and listening space design.

F. Alton Everest was an American acoustical engineer with great knowledge of studio acoustics.

Why Do I Recommend This Book?

In this book, F. Alton provides a thorough course on the fundamentals of acoustics and room designs. He shares his knowledge on how to control and utilize sound reflections, absorption, diffraction, and diffusion. 

Reading this will help you discover how to choose construction materials and perform acoustical measurements. This book will get you ready to design and construct home studios, control rooms, recording studios and other acoustically sensitive spaces.

It’s a thorough and practical approach to help you understand not only the studio acoustics and design but also our perception of hearing.

Who Is This Book For?

A must-read for professional studio engineers as well as home studio enthusiasts. This book proves that studio build is 20% construction and 80% planning.

If you are planning to build your own studio space or are interested in growing your knowledge about studio acoustics and design. This is the book for you.

Home Recording Studio: Build It Like the Pros

Home Recording Studio: Build It Like the Pros — by Rod Gervais, is a step-by-step guidebook to help you construct your home recording studio. 

Why Do I Recommend This Book?

In this book, Rod provides essential tools for designing and constructing home recording studios. He shares information on how to treat the room, plan wiring, and understand your room to build a professional home studio without spending a lot of money.

This book contains professional tips, methods, visual aids to illustrate the underlying concepts and examples from actual studios. It covers the critically important details of design, acoustic treatment, site selection, electrical considerations, HVAC, structural designs issues, special needs and more.

Reading this book will help you obtain the best possible isolation using floating walls, floors and ceiling in your small space recording studio.

Who Is This Book For?

This is a must-read for anyone planning to make a professional recording space in their home. It gives you an easy-to-follow approach to designing and building a home studio.

The Studio Builder's Handbook

The Studio Builder's Handbook: How to Improve the Sound of Your Studio on Any Budget – by Bobby Owsinski, is the bible of the home studio building.

Read this book to learn the secrets of the pros to build a great-sounding studio, on the smallest budget possible.

Why Do I Recommend This Book?

This book shares what goes behind the construction of a personal and professional studio. Bobby reveals secrets of how to improve the sound of any size room with a limited budget.

In this book, he covers the fundamentals of acoustics, studio design, isolation techniques, construction materials, speaker setup, gear selection and the studio business.

This book also features interviews with pro studio designers, engineers and producers that will give you examples from their own studio experiences.

Read this book to learn the tips to enhance the sound of your studio and save a ton of money.

Who Is This Book For?

If you’re looking to build a well-sounding studio from scratch or simply want to enhance the sound quality of your personal studio without spending a lot. Well, this is the book for you.

Recording Studio Design

Recording Studio Design – by Philip Newell, explains the fundamental principles of a well-built recording studio. Philip Newell is an acoustic consultant and a bestselling studio design author.

Why Do I Recommend This Book?

In this book, Philip provides the basic principles of acoustics, psychoacoustics, electro-acoustics and their application to studio design. He provides general requirements and solutions to common errors to help improve the success rate of any studio.

This book is a must-read to understand the essential process involved in building, maintaining and renovating recording studios. The success of constructing a well-built recording studio is very important. Reading this book will help you achieve that without wasting any time and money.

Who Is This Book For?

Anyone who wants to build a studio or even a single directing or recording room can hardly invest their money more meaningfully than in this book.

How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch 

How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch – by Mike Shea, gives excellent coverage on building a recording studio in several different environments that include required materials and their uses.

Why Do I Recommend This Book?

This book gives an insight into: practical and theoretical acoustics, real-time analysis on noise generators, vibrations and the control room monitor system etc. Mike shares his knowledge on the elements common to all studios. He shares the remedies to common acoustic problems and pre-manufactured acoustics.

The author provides expert recommendations on construction materials and equipment. He shares plans for purpose-specific studios like residential, commercial, and instructional.

Reading this book will guide you to start from scratch with techniques and practical advice. You will learn how to construct a recording studio, everything from floor to ceiling and wall to wall. 

Who Is This Book For?

Anyone who wants to build a recording studio from scratch.