Hi,
I'm new here so I hope this info isn't elsewhere!
I'd like some advice on studio setup. I have the option of two floors, but have only ever worked as the producer/musician in one room (my own home set-ups).
My fiance and I are buying our first house, which has a two-floor annex in the garden which will be the studio. I have a desk, synth rack, baby grand piano, full size keyboard + other assorted instruments and want to squeeze in a drum kit also.
The bottom floor is 4.24m x 3.71 and second floor is smaller due to a bathroom and built-in cabinets.
I was going to put the whole lot on the ground floor if it fits however it seems a waste to leave the top floor, particularly because my band would also use the space to rehearse and that would be a squeeze downstairs only (where the kit would be! and a baby grand)
Someone suggested putting the musicians downstairs and the production desk upstairs, but that wouldn't work well when I play/record/produce on my own. Running up and down the stairs to mic up etc is not practical - unless anyone can suggest a way around this that is sensible? Even with a remote DAW it seems impractical (how do you check if the signal is peaking and all those things? Would you have to buy the longest cables on the planet and run them down the stairs to mic up?).
My final thought is to have upstairs as the practice space with the PA and drum kit and on the odd occasion I need to record the drum kit, run cables up the stairs for that one reason.
What do you guys think? Any other advice would be great.
Jen x
I'm new here so I hope this info isn't elsewhere!
I'd like some advice on studio setup. I have the option of two floors, but have only ever worked as the producer/musician in one room (my own home set-ups).
My fiance and I are buying our first house, which has a two-floor annex in the garden which will be the studio. I have a desk, synth rack, baby grand piano, full size keyboard + other assorted instruments and want to squeeze in a drum kit also.
The bottom floor is 4.24m x 3.71 and second floor is smaller due to a bathroom and built-in cabinets.
I was going to put the whole lot on the ground floor if it fits however it seems a waste to leave the top floor, particularly because my band would also use the space to rehearse and that would be a squeeze downstairs only (where the kit would be! and a baby grand)
Someone suggested putting the musicians downstairs and the production desk upstairs, but that wouldn't work well when I play/record/produce on my own. Running up and down the stairs to mic up etc is not practical - unless anyone can suggest a way around this that is sensible? Even with a remote DAW it seems impractical (how do you check if the signal is peaking and all those things? Would you have to buy the longest cables on the planet and run them down the stairs to mic up?).
My final thought is to have upstairs as the practice space with the PA and drum kit and on the odd occasion I need to record the drum kit, run cables up the stairs for that one reason.
What do you guys think? Any other advice would be great.
Jen x