rob aylestone
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I've got a bit of a problem. I work from home in studios built onto my home - dating from 2004 when we moved in. The building was converting from a garage (UK small style) that was trebled in length and had 1m added to the height. Divided into separate working areas. Works well, sounds fine. However - the roof is flat and sprung a pretty bad leak in two separate places getting through to the control room plaster ceiling. This I fixed in January and it appeared to be water tight and it dried out fine internally. The room next door flooded very badly in March, water pouring in and when I went up to fix it, discovered the previous leak had damaged the board surface and everything was sagging. The new roof is being fitted next week - but the roofing people have told me that almost certainly when they open it up the inside ceiling of my studio will be very wet, and while not through to the inner surface, will need removing - and possibly the timber removing too. While bad, it also gives me opportunity to adds some much needed ventilation, but this will mean changes to the surfaces - Something I can probably live with - BUT, and here's the question. I have no idea how much impact this will have on the three or four projects I'm currently working on. Has anyone experienced room changes, maybe by changing studios mid project? In 16 years I have got to know the sound of the room very well and how things mixed in it will sound elsewhere. I'm concerned that some of the tracks we're producing will sound 'wrong', or that we'll be able to pick them out afterwards? No recording issues, this is purely a mix situation. If the opinion is that I shouldn't;t do it, I'll put back exactly what was damaged and live with the occasional door opening for fresh air from time to time. If, however, people think the change is manageable or even not critical, then I'll take the opportunity to make a few changes. It's not clever space - basically a slightly non 90 degree rectangle, but with a parallel ceiling to floor - with some treatment to mop up some reflections.