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LISTENING TO ARCHITECTURE
The Russ Berger Interview
Interview by Paul Vnuk Jr.
Photo: Kirk Franklin's Fo Yo Soul studio
featuring a pArtScience SpaceInerator electronic
architecture system that can provide a variable
ambient decay of up to seven seconds
When talking studio design, Russ Berger
is one of the most knowledgeable people
there is. With over 40 years of experience,
Russ Berger Design Group has crafted
thousands of acoustically designed spaces,
from high-end multi-room facilities to home
studios big and small. Let's kick back and
let Russ drop some wisdom on us.
Photo: Radiobu, a personal production studio
in Malibu built in a detached garage
Photo: Whitney Houston's private studio featuring
one of the first SSL 9J consoles in the US
How did you get your start in studio design?
I studied physics and electrical engineering at school while
making a meager living as a professional musician. I was never
a great talent, but I loved music and engineering and I loved
to learn. Some of my first session work was on K-Tel records
" fabulous hits by the original artists " products. Of course, that
was the name of the house band-The Original Artists. This
was also my first experience with marketing speak. So, back
in the early 70s, some bandmates and I built a studio. We
sourced some used equipment, had some success and built a
larger studio in an old church we purchased and relocated to
a ranch. Sound was always just something I was passionate
about. I was fascinated by the electronics and especially the
acoustical aspects of how and why things sounded the way
they did-listening to the architecture.
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What's different about the
acoustics field now vs. then?
During my early career, people knew a lot more about large
room acoustics-concert halls, performing arts centers, and
large spaces, than small room acoustics. It's not that physics
changes as a room gets smaller, but our perception of how
sound behaves in a smaller room changes.
As sound metrics evolved, we first measured only amplitude-how
much a dB 'weighed'. [laughs] Next, we were measuring
amplitude at a given frequency. Once Dick Heyser from
Jet Propulsion Lab developed a measurement technique called
time delay spectrometry, [TDS] we also could know the when
of sound-we had magnitude, frequency and phase. It was
the first time we were able to measure a speaker's anechoic
response in a reverberant field.

Recording March 2022

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recording March 2022

Fade In
Fast Forward
Focal Alpha 80 Evo & Alpha 50 Evo
Living in Atmos Country: An interview with Jeff Balding
Sennheiser: HD 400 PRO Open-Back Studio Headphones
Plugin Outlet: Eventide Audio SplitEQ
A Family of Microphones Compared: The Royer Labs R-Series
GIK Acoustics DecoShapes Hexagon Acoustic Panels
Listening to Architecture: The Russ Berger Interview
Plugin Outlet: KIT Plugins BB N105 V2 Channel Strip
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: Studio Profile: Matt Boggs, Ramblin’ Rose Studio
Maestro: The Maestro Original Collection
Dear Reality: dearVR MIX
Session Log: Transfrontera at Abbey Road
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: A Monitoring Primer for DAW Users
Avantone: Planar Reference Grade Open Back Headphones
Once Over: Callus & Co. Three-Tier Keyboard Stand
Once Over: OWC 16X Mercury Pro Optical Drive
Reviewed and Revisited: PreSonus Eris E5 XT 2-Way Active
Readers' Tracks
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: A Monitoring Primer for DAW Users
Which comes first, room treatment or monitors?
Recording March 2022 - Intro
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Recording March 2022 - Fast Forward
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Recording March 2022 - Focal Alpha 80 Evo & Alpha 50 Evo
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Recording March 2022 - Living in Atmos Country: An interview with Jeff Balding
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Recording March 2022 - Sennheiser: HD 400 PRO Open-Back Studio Headphones
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Recording March 2022 - Plugin Outlet: Eventide Audio SplitEQ
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Recording March 2022 - A Family of Microphones Compared: The Royer Labs R-Series
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Recording March 2022 - GIK Acoustics DecoShapes Hexagon Acoustic Panels
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Recording March 2022 - Listening to Architecture: The Russ Berger Interview
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Recording March 2022 - Plugin Outlet: KIT Plugins BB N105 V2 Channel Strip
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Recording March 2022 - Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: Studio Profile: Matt Boggs, Ramblin’ Rose Studio
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Recording March 2022 - Maestro: The Maestro Original Collection
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Recording March 2022 - Dear Reality: dearVR MIX
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Recording March 2022 - Inside the Box with Joe Albano: A Monitoring Primer for DAW Users
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Recording March 2022 - Avantone: Planar Reference Grade Open Back Headphones
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Recording March 2022 - Once Over: OWC 16X Mercury Pro Optical Drive
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Recording March 2022 - Reviewed and Revisited: PreSonus Eris E5 XT 2-Way Active
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Recording March 2022 - Readers' Tracks
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Recording March 2022 - Inside the Box with Joe Albano: A Monitoring Primer for DAW Users
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Recording March 2022 - Which comes first, room treatment or monitors?
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