Recording Studio Design, 2nd Edition

Preface to Second Edition

When this book was originally being discussed with the publisher, a book of about 80 000 words was proposed. However, once work began, it soon became apparent that in order to deal with the concepts to a depth which most previous books on the subject had not achieved, the original estimate for the size of the book had been greatly misjudged. The book grew and grew, up to a point where the then commissioning editor had to decide whether the original marketing proposals would still be valid, and whether a book of such a size was still viable. Fortunately, she kept her faith in the idea, but a halt was called when the word count was approaching two hundred thousand.

Once the book was released it was generally very well ...