Future Studio Plans

[Sexy Heather]

At present, I live in a two bedroom apartment with 24 guitars, 5 amps (3 of them half stacks), a slew of effects, mics and outboard gear, four Tascam recorders: DP-01FX/CD, 688, 564 and 424 and nearly 40 (mostly Apple Macintosh) computers. To say it's a bit tight would be an understatement. My band rents a 10 x 20 rehearsal room at a local rehearsal complex and it works really well. The thing is, in about a year, I plan to buy a small three bedroom house. One of the rooms will be exclusively for recording, and I suspect that it will be comparable in size to my band's present rehearsal room. I'd like to set up a small project studio for myself, which will also double as my band's rehearsal room. Given this limited amount of space, I am open to any suggestions regarding setting up a small studio. My gear will remain as it is, although I'm sure I'll add some items over the next year. A concern I have is soundproofing. I'd also like to set up baffles or partitions. Obviously more room would help, but ultimately what I am after is a place where I cam leave things set up, have some better control over the sound and also have things well organized. I want to minimize cable clutter, however, I know from experience that will be a challenge. I want to set up several workstations using my different recorders and at least one of my Power Macs for mastering and CD burning. Any input and suggestions is welcomed.

[mikemorgan]

Sell a few amps and guitars. Learn to sleep standing up. Hang stuff from the ceiling. Use the bathroom as a vocal booth.

[mikemorgan]

Seriously, picture what it should look like when it's done. Decide what peices of gear absolutely must be in that space and why, don't forget why. You may want to start asking yourself why a lot more. "Why do I need 40 Apple computers? Could I get by with 38?" That kind of thing, you know?

[guitar junkie]

heh heh.....

why 40? I have two and I am getting more done than you

But of course I do need to get a mobile rig set up, and I am thinking sometime a laptop will have to come out of gig money...

Really though you need to decide how much you want to get done in there, and what you are wanting to record.... drums? just guitars and vocals? using amps or pods? how quiet does the room need to be?