Recording Studio
A recording studio is a room equipped to make sound recordings, mainly of music. Professional recording studios include:
The studio itself, should have a very good acoustics to capture the sound recording (with microphones)
The cabin is equipped with tape recorders (or digital recording systems), one or more mixers (or the console or control surface), speakers (or control) to return the records, and devices for treating various ins audio or plug-ins or devices, which now include a lot of hardware. The sound engineer handled, stored and mixing sounds.
History of Recording Studios
The first studies were designed to capture the live sound, where singers and musicians played at the same time. There was no separation between the musicians who sought to consolidate their place of sound. With the advent of multitrack recording in the 1960s it was possible to separately record different instruments on separate tracks, and at different times. Therefore, it was necessary to accommodate the different segments of study in soundproof booths, so that sounds do not become pollution (noise interference) each.
Until the 1990s, recordings were generally made on analog tape recorders to tape format 1 / 4 "or 1 / 2" and 1 ". During the 1960s, the number of tracks available rose from 2 (commonly used in mono or stereo) 8. Since the 1970s, teams were utilisar 16 tracks and 24, 32 and 48 in 2 formats.
Since the advent of digital recording linear and nonlinear DAW, has significantly expanded the possibilities of sound processing, and studies have taken advantage, sometimes to excess: it is indeed possible to correct a singer who sings out of tune (software auto-tune, Melodyne) or a battery that is in rhythm.
The modern productions make extensive use of these technologies. Computers are increasingly present, which was a specialized software such as Pro Logic, Cubase, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Sonar.
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