A control room is an important component to music production. It is a sequestered room in a recording studio, usually adjacent to the area where the performance is being recorded. The music producer can control the recording process from the control room, directing engineers and musicians while operating and adjusting recording equipment in a remote location.

Inside the control room, one will find various recording equipment, such as a mixing board, multitrack recorder, and microphones to communicate with the musicians who will perform live. We have all seen movies or documentaries where a vocalist performs a song in front of a microphone in the recording studio while a number of music technicians sit behind glass in another room. That other room is known as the control room, and that is where the real art of music recording takes place.

Set apart from the live studio, a control room is used by audio engineers to adjust musician's volume levels and more obviously, for recording purposes. Additionally, a control room is where artists, recording engineers and producers combine their efforts to compile recorded tracks into the final stereo recording, which is dubbed the master.

These days, a control room can be located in a large, professional recording studio or in a private garage or guest bedroom. With the advent of personal recording devices and computers, the act of music production has become an option for almost anyone who has a desire to produce music.

In general, the control room has always been a vital component in the development and production toward the commercial distribution of music.

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