Working

How Does a Recording Studio Designer Do His Job?

Meet Tim Crossley, partner and lead designer at Crossley Acoustics.

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This week, Jordan returns to talk nerdy with Tim Crossley, partner and lead designer at Crossley Acoustics. Tim’s company designs and builds recording studios for the music, film, and (of course) podcasting industries—in fact, as it turns out, he built Slate’s own studio! Tim and Jordan get into all the detailed work and planning that goes into making a room sound “good,” from using acoustic modeling software to building and rebuilding custom resonators.

You can email us at working@slate.com.

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.