The Study of Whether Home Recordings Can be Recorded and Mixed to the Same Quality of a Professional Recording.

 

This project was an investigation into the study of whether the acoustical properties of recording studios affected the final quality of a commercial recording. It looked into two separate environments, one being a recording studio at Staffordshire University and the other being a front room in a house. The acoustics of these rooms were studied, analysed and compared before recording a full band in both rooms. The song was the same for both recordings performed by the same band. Recording techniques were studied and researched so that the recording was of high quality to remove the variable of different equipment making a difference to the final product. Once the two songs were recorded, mixed and mastered they were analysed to see if the acoustics affected the final product. Conducting a blind test where people participated in a questionnaire and were asked a series of questions comparing both recordings and mixes did this. The final result showed that the acoustics did in fact not make much of a difference and that the effects and processes used within the audio processing software made the substantial difference. It was concluded that acoustics do not make a dramatic difference to a song recording, but more the equipment used and abilities of the engineers and producers.

 

 

The full report can be found at the following link:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/da8ytmc7d4v5as9/David%20Longden%20dissertation.docx?dl=0

 

Please listen to the final mixes of both the studio and home recording below

 

 

 

                                                         Studio Recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                    Home Recording