Moulton Laboratories

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Articles

Many of the articles on these pages originally appeared in magazines such as Recording and TV Technology. Out of deference to the publishers involved, works written in the last two years will generally not be shown.

About Comb Filtering, Phase Shift and Polarity Reversal

The phenomena of comb filtering, phase shift and polarity reversal are surrounded in myth and are a bedrock topic for audio engineers.

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• Acoustics • Mixing

August 1993

Design considerations for an idealized domestic surround sound listening space

The ideal surround sound system.

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• Acoustics • ASA Papers • Studio Design

June 2006

Making Loudspeakers And Control Rooms That Make Music “Sound Good”

An unabridged version of an article that originally appeared in Mix Magazine, edited by Moulton.

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• Acoustics • Loudspeakers • Studio Design

January 1999

The Microphone vs. the Ear

Why Recordings Don't Sound Quite Like the Real Thing and Some Things You Can Do About It. An informal introduction to the realities of psychoacoustics.

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• Acoustics • Hearing • Microphones

May 1993

Nick Batzdorf Interviews David Moulton

Regarding Acoustics of Control Rooms and Loudspeakers.

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• Acoustics • davemoulton.com • Studio Design

February 1999

Principles of Multitrack Mixing: the Use of Early Delays

Early delays are those "echos" following the initial onset of a sound (usually room reflections), which effect a great impact on a sound's apparent quality.

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• Acoustics • Mixing

November 1992

Taming the Big Wave

Getting Control of Low Frequencies in the Studio and Control Room

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• Acoustics • Studio Design

January 1997

Acoustics