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The Capitol Studios complex opened in the Capitol Records Building, a futuristic new building in the heart of Hollywood, in 1956. It has since hosted some of the most treasured recording artists in music history, from Frank Sinatra to the Beastie Boys. It is owned by Capitol Records whose parent company is Universal Music Group. Paula Salvatore has been the studio manager for over 20 years. An additional studio by Capitol Records was built in New York City. ==Capitol Records Building== (詳細はHollywood, Los Angeles, California landmark. The building was designed by Welton Becket, noted architect. The building is 13 stories tall and 150' high and is a modern, striking, earthquake-resistant reinforced-concrete structure. The ground floor, the only rectangular part of the building, is actually a separate structure which surrounds the tower and was joined to it after the entire tower was completed. It houses the Recording Department offices, two mastering rooms, three recording studios which were designed by Vincent Van Huff, Jeff Cooper, and Jack Edwards, plus six production/edit rooms. The studio A and studio B can be used together to make space for 75 musicians to record orchestral and soundtrack music. Studio A, 60'x45'x25' large, was used mostly for acoustic recordings especially of classical artists. In 1979 that studio was equipped with digital recording equipment, consisting of a Neve 24-channel table and a JVC BP-90 recorder, and later with a Sony PCM 1610. Studio B had a 48-channel table and was used mostly for rock and popular music. The smaller Studio C was typically used as a mixing room. To prevent the hum of fluorescent lighting, the fixtures' ballasts were mounted outside the studios. The heating and air conditioning system used "decoupled ducts, sound traps and soundproofed vents."〔''Journal of the Audio Engineering Society'', 1957, Issue 04〕 The exterior walls are 10-inch-thick concrete. A one-inch air gap separates the outer wall from the studios' inner wall, which in turn stands on a floor which "floats on a rubber-tiled, 3-inch concrete slab. This upper slab floats on a layer of cork, which rests on the 6-inch concrete foundation slab."〔 The studios' interior walls were built with shutter-like baffles. One side is birch wood, which creates a hard sound, and the other is fiberglass, which has a softer sound. Ceilings are suspended beneath thick rock-wool soundproof insulation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capitol Studios」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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