Several key studios in Nashville, TN served as the focus for the creation of the recorded music experience known as “the Nashville Sound.” Recordings were notable for their songwriting style, musical arrangement, and the nature of the technical processes employed, including the specific recording spaces themselves. Three historically significant studios were selected as representative of this era. This study reviewed the historical background of the studios and investigated whether there may be similarities in these studios’ acoustical properties. Standard acoustic measurements were obtained and analysed in each of these three recording spaces.

Authors: Kaiser, Jim; Ko, Doyuen; Bulla, Wesley
Affiliation: Belmont University, Nashville, TN, USA
AES Convention: 151 (October 2021) Paper Number: 10537
Publication Date: October 13, 2021 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Architectural Acoustics
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