ABSTRACT
Although the function of almost all sound studio control rooms is to produce recordings (or live broadcasts) which will ultimately be heard in domestic rooms, there are other demands made of the monitoring systems and acoustics that lead to some very different solutions than the use of hi-fi loudspeakers in ‘standard’ listening rooms. Control room monitoring usually needs to be capable of a degree of resolution that will show up any errors in the proceedings to such an extent that the recording personnel will always be onestep ahead of the consumers. Control rooms must also be practical working environments. Several people may need to be able to work in different places in the rooms whilst listening to substantially the same musical and tonal balances. This implies that position-dependent differences within the working area should be minimised.
