I really appreciate all your input Fitz. I printed off your last statement and gave it to my foreman, and we are implementing everything we can that you suggested. At this point, we are:
1.) Putting off the recording booths untill we can afford to do what we need to, which is:
2.) Going to double the drywall like you suggested.
3.) Going to pack drywall in between the studs on the exterior wall (as much as we can afford to do) it may only be 1 layer!
4.) Going to (attempt) add density to the floor with drywall as you suggested inside the booths.
The main thing to remember with me is as I stated before: I needed a building yesterday for my main source of income, which is PC & Network support. Otherwise, I could have really planned this studio thing out, and I would have just known that this was going to cost me $20k or so. I am up to $12k now, and that is about all my little budget can stand! (Ya'll, I am not trying to boast or tell my business, but you need to know what you are getting in to if you decide to embark down the same sort of path- building materials are down, and it is still expensive!) With that said, my PC and network room is of the 16 x 28 area, a very hefty 16 x 8 chunk of it
. Obviously it was important to record in this building, but it also is a multipurpose area as my son is going to call it a bedroom in a couple of years when he turns 16 (don't worry Fitz, he is only going to sleep there), a home theater, a PC and Network shop, and a hangout area for my friends- all 3 of them...
Anyway, this project has been a super learning experience, and if I ever outgrow this thing and recording becomes a form of income that I can count on, I will do EXACTLY what I want in the way of building another unit- you can count on that! At any rate, your input is appreciated, and in no way did I take offense to the apparent ( and not so apparent) downsides you pointed out to me. I will continue to post pics, and I was really just kidding about not posting more pics- I just had not heard from any of you in a while...
I am going to post an mp3 of a song I recorded in a building much like the one I am building, with the exception that this structure was much smaller (12 x 20)- and there was a whole lot of room noise- something I am trying my best to eliminate now. You know, you never can really appreciate something until you've been started out small, like me and most other recording musicians.
Everyone's input is valuable to me. I want, no, I HAVE to learn more in order to better myself. Anything I learn now is going to save me later. I am 33, not 23 and I do not know everything as I once did!
I appreciate all of you! Now give yourselves a big pat on the back, a smack on each other's behinds and let's finish this thing once and for all! Go team go!
