My new dome studio

TexRoadkill

TexRoadkill

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I recently acquired an underground dome house to use as a studio. My band and I have been in there for the last month working on our album. It's two story, about 2100 sq/ft and has amazing acoustics.

Normally domes are pretty weird when it comes to acoustics but this place has two special characteristics. It's oval, around 30'x40' at the top level perimeter, and has an open turret in the middle so the sound can diffuse. There's around a 4 second diffused reverb and the drums sound huge.

It's still pretty ghetto but here are some pics.
 

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Some more shots
 

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Wow, that place looks great! Btw 57 is the name of a song by Biffy Clyro(band from where I live, now in the charts)... Here's a link
 
ahhh that has got to be one of the coolest places for a recording pad. you sir, are lucky. and the songs sound amazing to boot.
 
Man that's awesome. I LOVE dome houses.

What's it look like from outside? Can you put a pic of that?
 
On 57, if you don't mind me asking, how did you get that vocal effect at 3:40??? I'd greatly appreciate it... sounds Fucking great. Rep points for you.
 
89gtsleeper said:
On 57, if you don't mind me asking, how did you get that vocal effect at 3:40??? I'd greatly appreciate it... sounds Fucking great. Rep points for you.
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He's singing through a Beta 58 through a Boss Blues Driver pedal into a tube Leslie Amp that is cranked up pretty good and mic'd about 8ft away with a ribbon mic then added some delay in the mix :D

Thanks for the compliments. It is an awesome place to jam and record. My realtor sent the listing to me as a joke but I had to have it. I'm still trying to negotiate a purchase but it took six months just to get a rental deal on it. The rent is pretty reasonable but I had to get them down to a 1/4 of their original asking price.
 
...atleast the inside looks good lmfao.

a yo, is that your yard or some jazz? or did you buy a lot?
 
Man that's freakin'awesome. I bet heating and cooling's gonna be very reasonable with it being underground.
Does that lot all come with it?
Man, I'm envious and I don't get that way too often.
They have an above ground dome around the corner from me that I lust for every time I drive by it.

Very cool man.
 
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