Interesting idea from a NPR article.

[Turtleface]

Here's the article, lots of cheap space for rent in my area, as long as you don't want something right on top of downtown.

In Through The Out Door: Turning Abandoned Buildings Into Recording Studios : The Record : NPR

 

[stevieb]

I heard about that NPR feature, but missed it on broadcast. Thanks for posting it here.

 

[Kotedjuga]

There is a great recording studio, Analogue Productions, in Salinas, KS that is in an old church. They make amazing audiophile recordings that are "simply" mic'd and recorded, which makes the most of the ambience of the space. Most of what they do is archival--they seek out and bring in old blues players and just have them play.

 

[Capriccio]

Large tracking rooms such as church buildings have entirely different sounds to the average bedroom because of their size. Generally, HomeRecording people asking for advice have small spaces and so the approach to acoustic treatment and use of the space will be relevant to the room under consideration.

 

[Kotedjuga]

Chad Kasem, the owner of Blue Heaven Studios (that publishes on the Analogue Productions label) in Salina (not Salinas--my bad), Kansas moved beyond home recording a long time ago. I just brought it up as another example of the possibilities of vacant space given the resources and will.

In the immortal words of Emily Latella "Never mind"