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 one step 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.
