Tunable Studio Design

[michael green]

Hi Members,

This is my first post here on your forum. I'm an Audo & Studio Designer from way back. I got my start in the business by working with the "70" and "80" star studios and performers. I design tunable acoustical and mechanical designs for Home & Studios. I'm interested in seeing what some of the others are thinking on other forums. Hope you don't mind if I peek around a little.

If you have any Questions for me feel free to ask. I don't know what your rules are as far as designers so I will be laid back. You can always look at my forum if your interested in that. Mainly I'm interested in what others are doing and how far they are in design techniques. Many people have not heard of tunable rooms and are interested in finding out what they do.

Here's one to look at.

http://www.michaelgreenaudio.com/marchads/roomb.jpg

see you for now

[jpw23]

beautiful room! but, don't you get a lot of reflection with all those smooth surfaces?

[michael green]

Hi jpw23,

The way that the tunable room is designed gives you a very controlled sound.You can not only adjust the rooms flavor but also the rooms amount of interaction sonically. The room is designed to go from extremely dead to extremely big sounding depending on what you want. Here is a diagram for the floor standing PZC (Pressure Zone Controller) that you can put inside of this room to get further control. It's like a high tech tunable GoBo.

http://theshowreport.com/tunelandpics/Michael's_sketches/48'%20Floor%20stander%20PZC.jpg

I use these together with the other PZC's, and the tunable walls to create what ever sound I wish. Pressure zone controlling starts at the corners of the room. The Mini Corner Controller and the Mini Echo Controller are designed to pickup the right amount of energy in the average size listening room. It is important not to over dampen or over control any particular area of the room. At the same time you may choose to burn as much of the room up sonically as you wish. This design will go from dry to live and back in seconds. I can record the flavers of any instrument thrown my way in the same room.

http://theshowreport.com/tunelandpics/Michael's_sketches/Pressure%20zone%20controlling.jpg

Once the PZCs are placed in the basic main pressure zone areas, then you can begin to shape and tune the acoustical boundaries to your desired sound. Your room has now become a full range musical reproducer or sound suppresser.

http://theshowreport.com/tunelandpics/Michael's_sketches/mcc,%20mec,%20pzc%20room%20control.jpg

It's amazing to work in one of these rooms.

[dcwave]

Michael, there was a room in Salt Lake City similar to your picture - HardLine Studios - did you have a hand in that?

[michael green]

Hi dcwave,

Yes, Hardline Studios is one of our designs. And yes I agree the world of engineering is all about personal taste. That's what makes it so much fun for me. The world of tunable audio is growing daily. My forum is very new and it is interesting to me that there are already over 10,000 readers a month. I think the reason this is, is because we are diligent in the art form of music. Tunable audio has become a specialty item in the music industry over the last few years. It allows one to go deeper in the performance than does other forms of controlling sound. The reson for this is because it is based on increasing sound instead of removing sound. Feel free to visit our site if you would like to learn more or I would also be happy to go further on this forum.

take care

[pippin]

Greetings
Where's your site?
I'm building a small studio at present and would like some advice on Insolation etc.
My problem is this:
With a Double ply wall with a cavity of 95mm ..What type of materials can I use inside and outside..(The cavity will stay 95cm or 4") for Soundproofing.
Can you suggest any companies that ship internationally?
OR can i do this myself?
Kind Regards

[dcwave]

I loved the sound in Hardline's room - their mixes seemed to translate really well. The last I heard he closed up his studio. I have been trying to get in touch with him for a while but havent been able to figure out where he went - PM me if you know where he moved to.

[michael green]

Hi Guys,

Hope your doing well. The name of my online mag. is TuneLand. I don't know what the rules are here so I don't want to get to self promote-ty. If you click on the www down below you will see my website.

Pippin,

We ship and design all over the world. I'm sure other guys do as well. There are several designs of Isolation that we use. The key, and the most difficult part to this is not the isolation it's the restoration of the sound in the room once it is done. That's my specialty. Our rooms are conciderd amoung the best sounding rooms because of their ability to recreate the natural harmonic paterns of the original sound. This makes the engineers job a lot easier. Engineers are getting a little frustrated with the lack of dynamic range that their getting presently. You see it's not really their fault, but with the demands to compress these days it is more difficult for the playback to restore what's there to start with. That usually when I get a call. We design balance into our studios so that you can experience more of a range on the recording after the compression. There's alot more detail about this on TuneLand, but in a nut shell we "tune in" the harmonics so in play back you hear more of the magic in the performance and less of the loss.

I'll be happy to help you with your design needs. What country are you in?

dcwave,

I haven't talked with Hardline in a while. They visited with me in Ohio maybe 5 years ago. I am now at TuneLand Vegas (one of our listening demo spots) so I don't know where they are, but it's a small world. I'm glad you liked the sound.

take care guys:cool: