Recording Studio, Naharlagun.
The shape of the deployment.
Structured engineering tagging — deployment archetype, infrastructure complexity, operational class and the named protocols the integration runs on.
- Infrastructure complexity
- Multi Room
- Operational class
- Retail Commercial
- Protocols referenced
- Balanced analog microphone lines (Mogami / Neutrik)Multicore stage-snake tie-linesHeadphone cue distributionNear-field monitor calibration
What we were asked to deliver.
A turnkey recording studio delivered in Naharlagun — a live tracking room and a control room engineered together as one acoustic and monitoring environment. The build pairs purpose-designed room acoustics (broadband wall and ceiling treatment, a timber-slat live wall, wooden flooring over acoustic underlay, and modular diffusion) with a calibrated near-field monitoring chain, multi-touch DAW control and a multi-output cue-monitoring system so several performers can track together. Microphone, multicore and speaker cabling was dressed into conduit as fixed studio infrastructure rather than loose leads.
The studio was engineered as one environment rather than a room full of gear: the acoustic treatment sets the reference conditions, the near-field monitoring is chosen and placed against those conditions, and the DAW control surface and cue-monitoring chain sit on top of a fixed, conduit-run cabling backbone. The result is a control room that gives an honest, cross-checkable picture and a live room that still sounds like a room — with headphone monitoring that lets a full session track at once.
7 frames from the engagement.
Photographs from the completed installation. Commercial documents and BOQ details remain private.
Signal & system architecture.
Systems integrated: 6 disciplines, one contract.
Pro audio
Video wall
Microphone array
Signal distribution
Acoustic treatment
Operator control
- ↳Controlling reverberation and flutter in a compact live room without deadening it — broadband absorption on the base walls was balanced against a timber-slat live wall and modular diffusion so the room keeps a usable live character for drums and acoustic sources instead of going acoustically dead.
- ↳Making mixes translate out of the control room — fabric-wrapped wall treatment plus diffusion at the first-reflection zone tightens the stereo image so the Focal, PreSonus and Equator monitor pairs agree with each other, rather than each pair telling a different story.
- ↳Giving several performers independent monitoring while tracking together — a dedicated headphone-distribution and personal-mixer chain lets each musician set their own cue balance without loading the main monitor path or pulling the engineer away from the take.
- ↳Treating cabling as fixed infrastructure — microphone, multicore and speaker runs were dressed into conduit pathways so both rooms stay tidy and repeatable session to session, instead of relying on loose leads across the floor.
- ·The studio records usable takes in-house without hiring in acoustic treatment or monitoring for each session.
- ·Engineers can cross-reference a mix across multiple monitor pairs and trust that it holds up on other playback systems.
- ·Performers track together on their own headphone cue mixes, shortening setup between sessions.
- ·Fixed conduit cabling keeps both rooms session-ready and reduces fault-finding time.
What the floor told us when work started.
A live room should not be a dead room.
The instinct on a small room is to cover every surface in absorption, which kills the life out of drums and acoustic instruments. The treatment here deliberately pairs broadband absorption with a timber-slat live wall and modular diffusion so the room stays controlled but still breathes.
Cue monitoring is part of the acoustic design, not an afterthought.
A studio is only as usable as its headphone mixes. A dedicated headphone-distribution and personal-mixer chain was built in from the start so a full session can track together, each player on their own balance, without compromising the control-room monitoring path.
What the engagement had to work around.
- ACOUSTIC ENVELOPE
- Constraint —A compact room volume risks a boxy, over-damped sound.
- Design response —Absorption was balanced with a timber-slat live wall and modular diffusion to hold a controlled but live character.
- MONITORING TRANSLATION
- Constraint —Mixes have to translate beyond the room they are made in.
- Design response —Multiple calibrated near-field monitor pairs plus first-reflection treatment give the control room an honest, cross-checkable picture.
- ISO 3382 — room-acoustic parameter and reverberation-time measurement (reference framework)
- Manufacturer monitor-alignment and acoustic-treatment guidance (Focal, PreSonus, Primacoustic, Vicoustic)
- Studio gain-structure and monitoring best practice
- Balanced analog wiring practice for microphone and line-level signal paths
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