| A professional recording studio has to provide comfort, great
atmosphere and excellent acoustics and we didn't spare any effort to achieve
these objectives. Fandango Recording's
live (see
photos)
and control rooms were built following acoustic principles; attention was paid
to all the details The live rooms can
be used at the same time, and they provide a great sound for recording (vocal,
drums, any other instrument). There is a closed TV circuit to allow the
communication between the live rooms; as far as the control room goes, there is
a glass separation between each live room and the control room. The acoustics of the studio
are excellent- we take great pride in them! Both the recording and
the control rooms have three out of
four walls covered with wood which provides a very natural sound and they are
both sound insulated. The second live room is alive, and because of the L
shape and the combination of wood, hardwood floor, drywall and glass, it is easy
to achieve and control a great live sound. We are using also acoustical panels to control the
reflections or for a better control of the leakage in the mics, wherever the
case may be. The ceiling is made of professional grade acoustic tiles.
In order to control the standing waves and
the frequency spectrum, we use bass traps, broadband absorbers, bass membranes
and high quality acoustic foam both in the live and control rooms; we also use
Helmholtz resonators and quadratic and poly diffusers in the control room. They were designed and positioned after we performed
many measurements and a computer
simulation of the frequency response of both rooms and analyzed the standing
waves and room modes. As a result, the sound
is extremely balanced (within 10dB from 20 Hz to 20 KHz) with great definition.
 
The studio has a complete separate electric circuit to
maintain the ground noise as low as possible. All the equipment runs on Furman power
conditioners, Monster Power Clean units and back-up power supplies. The rooms are built completely
like a Faraday box against radio waves and radiations. Both rooms have windows
so they have natural light during the day. The studio has
AC/heating/humidifier/dehumidifier. During spring-summer-fall the
quiet and treed backyard can be an ideal place for
reflection and relaxation. The parking is free, and there are a lot of
restaurants and fast food places closed by - either at York Mills and Leslie, or
Lawrence and Don Mills. |
