A good recording, project room or home theater begins with a good plan. While it is advisable to get some understanding of what STC, NRC, CAC, MTC, et al are in relation to sound and acoustics, no one is asking you to prepare for a Ph.D. Just get the ideas in your head so you can move forward with confidence in your construction.

A lot of detail will go into the framing of your build. This is the place that isolation, or soundproofing, will live or die, so to speak. It isn't your every day garden variety framing job, so get the techniques in your head before you try to get your hands to work.

While the plan develops, it cannot be over emphasized the importance of HVAC and the baffles and plenums required to have an environment that will keep people comfortable, while maintaining the lowest absolute sound level possible. Much attention to how venting, air registers and return air impact your build will get you ahead of the curve and keep you from redesign somewhere down the road because you didn't understand the importance in this part of the recording room or theater construction.

Keeping an eye on Electrical and Grounding is as important and should go hand in hand with HVAC while planning.

Depending on your space, existing room or purpose built structure Specialty Clips, Tracks and isolation hangers may be part of your build requirements. Isolation or sound proofing, is high priority so it is not uncommon to have to use any of a number of different types of de-coupling mechanisms to eliminate vibration and de-couple

Most people, stateside and abroad, find that sheetrock comes in quite handy to determine what kind of wall panel design or which system is best suited for the build you may have in mind. It is also as important an aspect of the build as any as it relates to even sound response and great isolation.

Everywhere you put a wall, you will install Insulation. It's a good thing. Read up on it. When you have a cavity in walls, ceilings and overhead soffit areas that hide ductwork, where-ever really, insulation will most likely be the product that fills the void. Insulation is also a main ingredient for your interior Acoustic Treatments!

Of course no control room is complete without a monitoring/speaker system find the best placement for yours.

Put it all together and Then learn how to test your room acoustics.