RECORDING Remastered – Basic Acoustics: Five Big Problems, Four Excellent Tools

Welcome to RECORDING Remastered.

Over the past four decades, RECORDING has amassed an extensive archive covering the science, art, and craft of making and recording music. With this column, our goal is to revisit standout articles from years past and, when appropriate, update them with fresh insights and context for today’s readers.

This month, we head back eleven years to our March 2015 issue for a discussion by acoustician Bruce Black on room acoustics issues and their solutions.

Get a grip on what your room is doing to your music

Demystifying room acoustics and making sense of all the information flying around out in the world is a daunting quest. Quick hint: it’s not dark arts or magical alchemy, it’s just physics.