I am just about ready to start building out my basement, half of which is going to be a small studio space.
I have a huge mixing board, a 40 ch DDA QII british console, which will be in a control room and a small recording space for when I add acoustic guitar, individual instruments and vocals. Also in the control room will be a Otari MTR12 4-track, 3 racks of equipment and a small producer's couch.
The live space will contain guitars/amps, my Yamaha S90XS keyboard, a large modular synth (home built), and my Moog Subsequent 37.
One question I am trying to figure out is what to do with the ceiling. Since it is a basement the ceiling is only 8 ft high. How should I finish it? Drywall, then acoustic diffusers and foam absorbers? Do I skip the drywall and build it/acoustic tile etc without?
Right now the whole room is bare framing and lower half is concrete block. Do I build out framing beyond the concrete or what? Suggestions?
I am not looking to completely soundproof the room, just improve acoustics. I like the LEDE (Live End/Dead End) technique so far.
In the end it is going to look a bit like a vintage gentleman's parlor (antique looking), comfortable and a bit dark.
Recording live is probably 25% of my time in studio; the rest is direct to tape and/or through the DDA and then to a focusrite A/D to a Mac running Cubase. Monitors are JBL LS308s and Eris E5s. I also have a pair of Bagnatti (?) Planar speakers and a subwoofer but not sure if I will use them for playback in the live room or just stick them in my living room.
Thoughts??
Regards
Rory
MackDaddy Studio
I have a huge mixing board, a 40 ch DDA QII british console, which will be in a control room and a small recording space for when I add acoustic guitar, individual instruments and vocals. Also in the control room will be a Otari MTR12 4-track, 3 racks of equipment and a small producer's couch.
The live space will contain guitars/amps, my Yamaha S90XS keyboard, a large modular synth (home built), and my Moog Subsequent 37.
One question I am trying to figure out is what to do with the ceiling. Since it is a basement the ceiling is only 8 ft high. How should I finish it? Drywall, then acoustic diffusers and foam absorbers? Do I skip the drywall and build it/acoustic tile etc without?
Right now the whole room is bare framing and lower half is concrete block. Do I build out framing beyond the concrete or what? Suggestions?
I am not looking to completely soundproof the room, just improve acoustics. I like the LEDE (Live End/Dead End) technique so far.
In the end it is going to look a bit like a vintage gentleman's parlor (antique looking), comfortable and a bit dark.
Recording live is probably 25% of my time in studio; the rest is direct to tape and/or through the DDA and then to a focusrite A/D to a Mac running Cubase. Monitors are JBL LS308s and Eris E5s. I also have a pair of Bagnatti (?) Planar speakers and a subwoofer but not sure if I will use them for playback in the live room or just stick them in my living room.
Thoughts??
Regards
Rory
MackDaddy Studio