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Real World Studios

Real World Studios is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Real World Studios rather than just read about it. In short: Real World Studios is a residential recording studio complex founded by Peter Gabriel and situated in the old Box Mill building in the village of Box, Wiltshire, England, near to the city of Bath. It is closely associated with the Real World Records record label, Real World Publishing, and the WOMAD Festival, whose offices are also based at the complex.

Key takeaways

Real World Studios belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Real World Studios to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Real World Studios from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Real World Studios is a residential recording studio complex founded by Peter Gabriel and situated in the old Box Mill building in the village of Box, Wiltshire, England, near to the city of Bath. It is closely associated with the Real World Records record label, Real World Publishing, and the WOMAD Festival, whose offices are also based at the complex.

History

In 1986, following the success of his album So, Peter Gabriel decided to pursue a permanent recording facility. Knowing that he wanted to remain in the same area as the Ashcombe House that he had been renting, and that he wanted the new location to be close to running water, Gabriel looked at several sites, mostly old mills, near Bath. A 13-acre site in the village of Box featured the By Brook and several existing buildings, including Box Mill, a 200-year-old water mill that had been converted to offices in the 1950s. Gabriel purchased the site and its buildings from Spafax in 1987. Gabriel's vision for the new studio was a unified space where everyone could work together, where musicians aren't separated from the engineer or producer. Additionally, he wanted these creative spaces to have elements of light, air, and water. Working with architectural design firm FCBStudios, the existing buildings were converted and a new building ('The Big Room') was added. The new complex provided both recording studio facilities and residential accommodations.

Facility The largest recording space, appropriately referred to as the Big Room, is a 2,000 square foot combination live room and control room with a custom wraparound 72-channel SSL 9000 XL K Series mixing console at its centre, with large windows offering expansive views of the adjacent millpond and gardens. Although the Big Room has a separate machine room and two isolation booths, it is designed as one large collaborative recording space with no dividing walls. Alternately, the Big Room also functions as a Dolby Surround 7.1-certified film mixing room. Adjoining the Big Room and within the former mill building is the Wood Room. This room utilizes a 24-channel SSL AWS 924 console, and features a more lively acoustic character, mezzanine floor and movable acoustic screens, as well as its own isolation booth. The Big Room and The Wood Room can be booked together for a larger recording space, or individually for smaller or lower-budget projects. Also available is the Rehearsal Room—a 49 foot by 16 foot space for rehearsals or pre-production. The Red Room is a dedicated mixing and production room well-suited for post-production, ADR recording, and mixing for television and film. A Foley stage is also present in the room. The studio also has the Writing Room and the Workroom, which are Gabriel's own private workspaces. The Workroom, which is equipped with a talkback system, multitrack recording capabilities, and MIDI/video connection to other rooms in the facility, has also been made available for other clients to rent in the past; one of Gabriel's managers said in a 1992 interview with EQ magazine that "when we get a booking we just kick him out".

Clients Notable clients of Real World Studios include A-ha, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé, Björk, Black Grape, Blue October, Bonnie Raitt, Chris de Burgh, Coldplay, Daniel Lanois, Deep Purple, Foals, Goldfrapp, Harry Styles, Idles, Indigo Girls, James, James Morrison, Jay-Z, Joseph Arthur, Kanye West, Kasabian, Katie Melua, King Crimson, Kylie Minogue, Laura Marling, Lola Young, Loreena McKennitt, Maggie Rogers, Marillion, Melanie C, Mumford & Sons, Natalie Duncan, New Order, Paloma Faith, Paolo Nutini, Papa Wemba, Paul Simon, Periphery, Pixies, Placebo, The Pretenders, Rag'n'Bone Man, Reef, Robert Plant, Roger Waters, Sade, Seal, Sia, Squid, Stereophonics, Suzi Quatro, Take That, Therapy?, Tom Jones, Toto, Ultravox, Van Morrison, The Vamps, Wet Wet Wet, and The 1975. Real World Studios has been host to film and TV projects including Quantum of Solace, The Golden Compass, Green Zone, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and The Odyssey

References

External links

Official website (retrieved on 25 March 2023) Real World Records (retrieved on 25 March 2023) Video Feature: SOS visits Real World Studios (retrieved on 25 March 2023) FeildenCleggBradleyStudios – Real World Studios (retrieved on 25 March 2023)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Real World Studios

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Real World Studios claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Real World Studios before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Real World Studios ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Real World Studios

In research: Real World Studios appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Real World Studios in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Real World Studios is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1989 establishments in England, Box, Wiltshire, Companies based in Wiltshire, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Real World Studios outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Real World Studios in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Real World Studios means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Real World Studios out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Real World Studios in simple terms?

Why does Real World Studios matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Real World Studios?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Real World Studios.