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    The Building of MixMagix

    The reason behind the treatment The reason the bass trapping is the way it is, is because when I worked out the logistics of the treatment with Auralex. I told them I was not only going to mix in the room but I would also be doing some recording in the same space. We decided to go with...
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    Where is your studio located?

    Mine ended up in the basement, gutted the basement, took a third of it and created the studio. See my thread in this section...The Building of Mixmagix.
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    Mic Cables

    God cabling is a must I agree with DintyMoore..... Mogami, Canare, and Neutrik are the only way to go and make them yourself it's not that hard. Just pay attention to the phasing. I get my stuff from PacRad, (Pacific Radio) Google them. Cheap cables will cost you in your overall sound quality.
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    The Building of MixMagix

    Mixmagix Pics Finished These are obviously from the drum room, it's pretty tough to take good pics in there cause I can't get back far enough from the kit......should have built a bigger drum room....go figure ! !
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    The Building of MixMagix

    Mixmagix Pics Cont. Here are a few more pictures of the control room and the wall outside the studio as you enter in. "The Cave" is a nickname by my girlfriend for the studio, "The Boom Boom Room" and "Moonbeams" are a couple jokes between some friends of mine. Besides...have ya ever seen a...
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    The Building of MixMagix

    Oops Sorry Chili.... I'm new to this posting thing. You may have one more to merge ! ! LOL But I think I got it together now.
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    The Building of MixMagix

    The Building of MixMagix Finished After numerous years, an X wife, a couple of girlfriends, lots of E-Bay shopping and sheer determination I finally completed my little slice of auditory heaven.... Mixmagix. Hope you all enjoy the pictures and remember.......Don't ever accept the "Nay Sayers"...
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    The Building of MixMagix

    The Building of Mixmagix cont. In the hunt to build the best studio I could (since I'd never done this before) I read a lot of books from the local college about how sound travels, acoustic principals, soundproofing, and even toured a couple recording studios a couple hours away from home and...
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    The Building of MixMagix

    I have always liked looking at pictures of other people's home studios to see there creativeness on building a place to work on their music projects. I bought my house about 22 years ago and immediately gutted the finished basement to create my own "little cave" to hide out and try to create the...
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    Proper use of "drain wire"

    Drain wire That's interesting, I'm also using Mogami 2936 24-chan. right now. So if I understand you correctly you just include the drain wire into the solder connection WITH the shield at both ends ? ? I had it in my head for some reason that one end of the drain was left disconnected for...
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    what should I charge.

    How much to charge ? ? I'm new to this site also and this whole topic and it's responces have me gasping for air laughing ! ! But in all seriousness Trax......... LISTEN TO RICHARD ! ! ! I myself have been working on my studio and it's arsenal for 15 years and am still at the "gathering...
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    room isolation

    Drum soundproofing You have two options: 1) Invite the neighbors over and teach 'em how to play drums. They'll have visions of being the next John Bonham, go buy drums themselves and think your cool ! ! 2) The thing about soundproofing is that it's done with "density" and or "dead air space"...
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    Proper use of "drain wire"

    I'm presently wiring up a +4 console in my studio with some Mogami snakes and I can't remember what the correct hook-up procedure is for the "drain wire". Anyone remember ? ?
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