Control Room

Studio 87's control room has carefully and professionally designed acoustics and equipment suitable for control, production, mixing, and mastering

Control, Sound Engineering, and Production Area

The control room, with wall thickness reaching 90 cm in places, has isolation, acoustic character, and equipment ready to deliver music honestly. There are no modern/plastic, ported speakers offering 'fancy' coloration, nor a room acoustic designed to provide a 'pleasant' reverb. Three pairs of closed-cabinet wooden speakers with old-school clarity operate in a neutral acoustic environment. The control room is designed completely symmetrically to deliver the stereo experience with true accuracy. With approximately 24 square meters of space and professional, silent ventilation/air conditioning, the control room can comfortably accommodate 7–8 people.

RECORDING ROOM ENVIRONMENT EQUIPMENT

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS

HVAC NOISE LEVEL:

Low Mode: NR 10 - 15 dB(A)
Medium Mode: NR 13 - 18 dB(A)
High Mode: NR 16 - 21 dB(A)

SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS LEVEL (SOUND ISOLATION):

Dnt,w > 60 dB (ISO 16283-1) (Walls)
Dnt,w > 62 dB (ISO 16283-1) (Ceiling)

REVERBERATION TIME:

T20, avg: 0.17 seconds (ISO 3382-1)
T30 avg: 0.18 seconds (ISO 3382-1)

Equipment List Used in Acoustic Measurements:

Rion NL-52 Sound Level Meter and Frequency Analyzer, Engineering Class 1 – Integrated Sound Level Measurement Device / Frequency Analyzer
Calibrator ND9 (IEC 942 Class 1), (94dB @ 1kHz), Serial No: N584467
NTEK OMNI 5 — 12-faced omnidirectional sound source
NTEK AMG MINI — Power Amplifier — pink & white noise generator

Windshield was not used during measurements. The Rion NL-52 Sound Level Meter was calibrated before and after measurements, and no significant variation was detected.

Arda YAVUZ
M.Arch. / Acoustics Specialist