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The live room measures 22'(L) X 12"(W) with 12' ceilings. All walls are soundproofed using alternating layers of drywall, homosote and 4" mineral fill with appropriate air gaps between layers. All doors are sealed with Zero Seals and the front entrance contains two sets of doors for added soundproofing. The floor and ceiling are completely floating structures. They are a sandwich of poured concrete, air, Sheetblok sound isolation barrier, homosote, mineral fill and 3/4" cabinet grade plywood. All studs are floated with Auralex U-boats. The final layer of flooring is bamboo (which happens to have excellent acoustical properties) and the final layer of ceiling is birch.

The live room is climate controlled, kept between 40%-45% humidity all year round. Air purification is handled by Indoor Enviro Solutions, FreshAirLiving 
This is one of the most effective, technologically advanced air purifiers available.

We realize classical musicians and singers prefer to perform in reverberant spaces. However, these spaces are often less than optimal for making an acceptable recording. Many of these spaces are not properly tuned and tend to yield a muddy sound and accentuate unnatural brightness in the voice and instruments. In addition, the lack of sound proofing can be a nightmare in post production. At Gurari Studios, we have created a room that is pleasant to perform in and yields an excellent recording.  We are actually able to control the amount of reverb in the room to suit the needs of the performer/performers by feeding reverb into monitors strategically placed in the room. The room's optimal acoustics are achieved through the predominant use of diffusers rather than absorbent foam. "Diffusion obliterates standing waves and flutter echoes without simply removing acoustic energy from the space or greatly changing the frequency content of the sound." The live room utilizes such products by Auralex as the T’Fusor, MetroFusor, 2" Metro Studiofoam and LENRD bass traps. The limited amount of foam we use has differing heights. This serves to spread the sonic energy out in the time domain and absorb a slightly different slice of the frequency spectrum contributing to the "open" feel.

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