Richard King
New member
My "studio" in a bar last night.
Monkey Allen
Fork and spoon operator
Were those two speakers actually what you used to amplify your performance?
Richard King
New member
I wasn't performing, I was recording a 5 piece band (drums, 2 guitars, bass, sax). I used a total of 15 inputs. I haven't had the time to do a real mix yet. I wasn't given the time to set up properly (they arrived later than I did) and didn't even start recording until the second set because of that. Hopefully something decent will come of it.
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projectk2r4
New member
Studio - about a week from finished
I wanted to post some pics of here and get some feedback. This is my first studio build. It's almost finished. I have a double wall construction live room with two layers of sheetrock on each side of the outside walls with two walls, 3" gap, double insulated with rockwool. The glass isn't in yet but will be two pieces of 1/2" tempered glass. I am going with a buffer room technique to isolate my HVAC as well as have two solid core doors between the control and live room.
Between now and next week will be one more door, glass and all of my sound control. As far as isolation goes, this is in my garage and playing drums you have to get within 4' of the garage door to hear anything.
I have more info about the gear at http://projeck2r4.com and pics inline below:
I wanted to post some pics of here and get some feedback. This is my first studio build. It's almost finished. I have a double wall construction live room with two layers of sheetrock on each side of the outside walls with two walls, 3" gap, double insulated with rockwool. The glass isn't in yet but will be two pieces of 1/2" tempered glass. I am going with a buffer room technique to isolate my HVAC as well as have two solid core doors between the control and live room.
Between now and next week will be one more door, glass and all of my sound control. As far as isolation goes, this is in my garage and playing drums you have to get within 4' of the garage door to hear anything.
I have more info about the gear at http://projeck2r4.com and pics inline below:
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Philoking
New member
Garage Studio - 1 week from finished.
I wanted to post some pics of here and get some feedback. This is my first studio build. It's almost finished. I have a double wall construction live room with two layers of sheetrock on each side of the outside walls with two walls, 3" gap, double insulated with rockwool. The glass isn't in yet but will be two pieces of 1/2" tempered glass. I am going with a buffer room technique to isolate my HVAC as well as have two solid core doors between the control and live room.
Between now and next week will be one more door, glass and all of my sound control. As far as isolation goes, this is in my garage and playing drums you have to get within 4' of the garage door to hear anything.
I have more info about the gear at http://projectk2r4.com and pics inline below:
Photo Gallery
I wanted to post some pics of here and get some feedback. This is my first studio build. It's almost finished. I have a double wall construction live room with two layers of sheetrock on each side of the outside walls with two walls, 3" gap, double insulated with rockwool. The glass isn't in yet but will be two pieces of 1/2" tempered glass. I am going with a buffer room technique to isolate my HVAC as well as have two solid core doors between the control and live room.
Between now and next week will be one more door, glass and all of my sound control. As far as isolation goes, this is in my garage and playing drums you have to get within 4' of the garage door to hear anything.
I have more info about the gear at http://projectk2r4.com and pics inline below:
Photo Gallery
VESSEL2020
Somewhere in Space
@ Kcearl
Hey Kc,
Killer setup Brother!
What's the little box in front of the mouse?
Some type of Roland or Zoom sampler/efx , beat machine, phrase trainer?
How's the Monotron treatin' ya?
Hey Kc,
Killer setup Brother!
What's the little box in front of the mouse?
Some type of Roland or Zoom sampler/efx , beat machine, phrase trainer?
How's the Monotron treatin' ya?
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papabear_13
New member
Just curious, what you didn' tlike about SONAR, thinking of switching platforms myself.
austinm08
the pigeon knows the way.
Sorry, didn't feel like cleaning up.
I know.. shouldn't be mixing in the corner.. let alone right against any wall..
I know.. shouldn't be mixing in the corner.. let alone right against any wall..
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nigelallistair
New member
My Little Corner of The World & and a Lesson in the Ergonomics of Custom Workstations
Forgive me for asking you to click through to a Flickr photoset to see the photos but there are a good number of them and are a little large for the limits here. Thanks for the extra effort. All opinions are welcome and appreciated.
Photos Here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55987201@N07/
This is a story of my little studio.
Background
I'm a 42-year-old father of four sons (2 whom are grown, 18 & 20, and mostly not at home, 2 are 10 &12 and so I am still in the full throes of raising them). I am recently remarried to a wonderful woman without whose support this little project studio of mine would not have gotten off the ground. I have spent the last 20 years being a father, coaching soccer, helping with homework, learning a great live or world travel and building a career as a graphic designer. I have been successful in both of those things but they have taken me long and far from my old world of music. I play half a dozen instruments had been recording in some way with one sort of studio or another since I was 16 years old. My last studio previous to this was well equipped, completely analogue due to the time frame and I loved it dearly. That studio, unfortunately, was dismantled and sold piecemeal to satisfy the needs of the children and family.
Until these past few months.
I have a small den-type room off the living room of our apartment. It is small, about 12x10 but it is open to the room behind which runs about 30? to the back wall of the living room so it?s not technically a small box of a room but it?s also not totally private and closed-off but it's my spot and so it'll do.
I decided early on that the A&H ZedR16 console would be the centerpiece as I?m a knobs and faders guy and I knew that would be the best of all worlds for me. Coupled with a 27" iMac running Logic 9, I'd be in digital heaven.
Desk ...and the lesson in ergonomics
The console furniture is custom designed and built by me. Being a designer I have access to software tools that can help me in this way and I used a local die-maker I know from work to cut the side panels for free. I got the PDF of the ZedR16 from the A&H website and was able to take it apart in Illustrator and build a custom side panel to marry perfectly with the side shape of the Zed and also incorporate the monitor shelf and a rack-mount section for 4 pieces of gear. I bought and cut the rest of the pieces, assembled and thought I was really happy. Until I attempted some use of the desk. I discovered that the monitor shelf that held the iMac was simply too high for comfort. With the rack section where it was it pushed the monitor shelf too high and it was physically uncomfortable to be looking up and down at such an angle so constantly and I found it was actually killing my fun and creativity. it really wasn't working at all. Funny how a little thing like that can do that. As much as I was very proud of the initial design - I especially loved the rack mount section being built-in the way I designed it - it really wasn't working at all so it had to be fixed.
I extended the ?shelf? that the ZedR16 was sitting on enough to accommodate the iMac sitting right behind it. I also ?notched? the monitor shelf about 5 ½? to allow the iMac to sort of slide into it. As you can see from the pictures the iMac now sits directly behind the Zed and is in a perfect location being a very natural slightly downward viewing point. It's very much a recording cockpit. I then relocated the rack section to above the iMac and that worked out great as well. It all works amazingly and it?s made everything so much more fun and comfortable.
I initially installed a sliding shelf keyboard shelf under the desk but found it to be a bit low and uncomfortable for my legs so I built a small bridge-type shelf that spans the console and accommodates the keyboard and trackpad. The shelf can slide forward and backward depending on where I need it and if I need access to the entire console it can be simple lifted off. It?s pretty simple but effective solution
Room Treatment
The Bass traps are 4? OC703 covered with fabric and sitting in frames I made and into which I drilled a bunch of alternating size holes. They look great and do a fine job.
Above the console there is a rising in the ceiling that come to a peak and needed a bit of help so I hung a cloud trap up there and it seems to wokr pretty well.
Keys
I built a very simple table-like keyboard stand for my Roland Juno-G with a sliding shelf under it for my Ensoniq ESP16+.
Mics
Mics are a Rode NT1A and a pair of RODE NT5s. In these pics the mics are atop the rack section but they don?t live there as my cat likes to jump up there and lay in the sun from the window and my nightmare is a mic being pushed off the shelf and down into the iMac screen. So they reside elsewhere normally.
Guitars
I bought new guitars and a bass. Nothing super high-end but I could afford them, they sound great and I think they?re beautiful. And yes, I like blue guitars.
New guitar amp is the Line 6 Spider IV 75W and it?s amazing.
Outboard Gear
Outboard gear is simple but all I really needed for now. A Lexicon MX400 effect unit, Sampson S-phone headphone amp, Alesis DM5 drum unit and MOTU MidiExpress 128.
Drums
The drums are a nice but inexpensive set of PDP that are decent enough acoustically but as you can see that?s not how I?m using them so their acoustic properties weren?t as important. They are fitted with Pearl Mesh Heads (seriously brilliant) and ddrum triggers along with Pintech electronic cymbals. I am a drummer first and have been since I was 6 years old and so this had to be a good setup performance and feel wise and it really is. I?m extremely happy that I can both jam and record in my apartment and no one is the wiser.
So that?s it? my little corner of the recording world. It?s really a very nice spot. It sounds good, looks great, has a nice view of some woods outside and it was built with the support of a wonderful family. My kids jam with me, I?m enjoying learning the digital recording world and I couldn?t be happier.
Forgive me for asking you to click through to a Flickr photoset to see the photos but there are a good number of them and are a little large for the limits here. Thanks for the extra effort. All opinions are welcome and appreciated.
Photos Here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55987201@N07/
This is a story of my little studio.
Background
I'm a 42-year-old father of four sons (2 whom are grown, 18 & 20, and mostly not at home, 2 are 10 &12 and so I am still in the full throes of raising them). I am recently remarried to a wonderful woman without whose support this little project studio of mine would not have gotten off the ground. I have spent the last 20 years being a father, coaching soccer, helping with homework, learning a great live or world travel and building a career as a graphic designer. I have been successful in both of those things but they have taken me long and far from my old world of music. I play half a dozen instruments had been recording in some way with one sort of studio or another since I was 16 years old. My last studio previous to this was well equipped, completely analogue due to the time frame and I loved it dearly. That studio, unfortunately, was dismantled and sold piecemeal to satisfy the needs of the children and family.
Until these past few months.
I have a small den-type room off the living room of our apartment. It is small, about 12x10 but it is open to the room behind which runs about 30? to the back wall of the living room so it?s not technically a small box of a room but it?s also not totally private and closed-off but it's my spot and so it'll do.
I decided early on that the A&H ZedR16 console would be the centerpiece as I?m a knobs and faders guy and I knew that would be the best of all worlds for me. Coupled with a 27" iMac running Logic 9, I'd be in digital heaven.
Desk ...and the lesson in ergonomics
The console furniture is custom designed and built by me. Being a designer I have access to software tools that can help me in this way and I used a local die-maker I know from work to cut the side panels for free. I got the PDF of the ZedR16 from the A&H website and was able to take it apart in Illustrator and build a custom side panel to marry perfectly with the side shape of the Zed and also incorporate the monitor shelf and a rack-mount section for 4 pieces of gear. I bought and cut the rest of the pieces, assembled and thought I was really happy. Until I attempted some use of the desk. I discovered that the monitor shelf that held the iMac was simply too high for comfort. With the rack section where it was it pushed the monitor shelf too high and it was physically uncomfortable to be looking up and down at such an angle so constantly and I found it was actually killing my fun and creativity. it really wasn't working at all. Funny how a little thing like that can do that. As much as I was very proud of the initial design - I especially loved the rack mount section being built-in the way I designed it - it really wasn't working at all so it had to be fixed.
I extended the ?shelf? that the ZedR16 was sitting on enough to accommodate the iMac sitting right behind it. I also ?notched? the monitor shelf about 5 ½? to allow the iMac to sort of slide into it. As you can see from the pictures the iMac now sits directly behind the Zed and is in a perfect location being a very natural slightly downward viewing point. It's very much a recording cockpit. I then relocated the rack section to above the iMac and that worked out great as well. It all works amazingly and it?s made everything so much more fun and comfortable.
I initially installed a sliding shelf keyboard shelf under the desk but found it to be a bit low and uncomfortable for my legs so I built a small bridge-type shelf that spans the console and accommodates the keyboard and trackpad. The shelf can slide forward and backward depending on where I need it and if I need access to the entire console it can be simple lifted off. It?s pretty simple but effective solution
Room Treatment
The Bass traps are 4? OC703 covered with fabric and sitting in frames I made and into which I drilled a bunch of alternating size holes. They look great and do a fine job.
Above the console there is a rising in the ceiling that come to a peak and needed a bit of help so I hung a cloud trap up there and it seems to wokr pretty well.
Keys
I built a very simple table-like keyboard stand for my Roland Juno-G with a sliding shelf under it for my Ensoniq ESP16+.
Mics
Mics are a Rode NT1A and a pair of RODE NT5s. In these pics the mics are atop the rack section but they don?t live there as my cat likes to jump up there and lay in the sun from the window and my nightmare is a mic being pushed off the shelf and down into the iMac screen. So they reside elsewhere normally.
Guitars
I bought new guitars and a bass. Nothing super high-end but I could afford them, they sound great and I think they?re beautiful. And yes, I like blue guitars.
New guitar amp is the Line 6 Spider IV 75W and it?s amazing.
Outboard Gear
Outboard gear is simple but all I really needed for now. A Lexicon MX400 effect unit, Sampson S-phone headphone amp, Alesis DM5 drum unit and MOTU MidiExpress 128.
Drums
The drums are a nice but inexpensive set of PDP that are decent enough acoustically but as you can see that?s not how I?m using them so their acoustic properties weren?t as important. They are fitted with Pearl Mesh Heads (seriously brilliant) and ddrum triggers along with Pintech electronic cymbals. I am a drummer first and have been since I was 6 years old and so this had to be a good setup performance and feel wise and it really is. I?m extremely happy that I can both jam and record in my apartment and no one is the wiser.
So that?s it? my little corner of the recording world. It?s really a very nice spot. It sounds good, looks great, has a nice view of some woods outside and it was built with the support of a wonderful family. My kids jam with me, I?m enjoying learning the digital recording world and I couldn?t be happier.
guitarplayr82
Well-known member
austinm08
the pigeon knows the way.
I love my cat. 
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Jtvd78
New member
New to the forums. This stuff looks awesome. Great setups, guys.
chris in indy
practical person
My little corner of the world
Well apparently I am not able to upload a photograph of my home studio. I'll try a link instead.
Well apparently I am not able to upload a photograph of my home studio. I'll try a link instead.
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chris in indy
practical person
I may have finally got this to work
B
Bigdlh
New member
wow so many studios lol
lets start by saying that some studios i see in pictures up their look from the 90
i have a 3000 dollar desktop and running magix d.a.w connected to a 4 band myxer witch comes with a built in preamp and a 200 dollar mic. sometimes its not what you have but what you can do with your equipment... trust me
lets start by saying that some studios i see in pictures up their look from the 90
i have a 3000 dollar desktop and running magix d.a.w connected to a 4 band myxer witch comes with a built in preamp and a 200 dollar mic. sometimes its not what you have but what you can do with your equipment... trust me
J
joeqj
New member
I don't care about the prices. For all I know you could of just really over-payed for some mediocre equipment.
Pic plz..
BeniRose
New member
Also liking the Switchfoot sticker, judging by the colour and font, looks like it's been there for a while! Learning to Breathe era, perhaps?
BeniRose
New member
Forgive me for asking you to click through to a Flickr photoset to see the photos but there are a good number of them and are a little large for the limits here. Thanks for the extra effort. All opinions are welcome and appreciated.
Photos Here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55987201@N07/
This is a story of my little studio.
Background
I'm a 42-year-old father of four sons (2 whom are grown, 18 & 20, and mostly not at home, 2 are 10 &12 and so I am still in the full throes of raising them). I am recently remarried to a wonderful woman without whose support this little project studio of mine would not have gotten off the ground. I have spent the last 20 years being a father, coaching soccer, helping with homework, learning a great live or world travel and building a career as a graphic designer. I have been successful in both of those things but they have taken me long and far from my old world of music. I play half a dozen instruments had been recording in some way with one sort of studio or another since I was 16 years old. My last studio previous to this was well equipped, completely analogue due to the time frame and I loved it dearly. That studio, unfortunately, was dismantled and sold piecemeal to satisfy the needs of the children and family.
Until these past few months.
I have a small den-type room off the living room of our apartment. It is small, about 12x10 but it is open to the room behind which runs about 30? to the back wall of the living room so it?s not technically a small box of a room but it?s also not totally private and closed-off but it's my spot and so it'll do.
I decided early on that the A&H ZedR16 console would be the centerpiece as I?m a knobs and faders guy and I knew that would be the best of all worlds for me. Coupled with a 27" iMac running Logic 9, I'd be in digital heaven.
Desk ...and the lesson in ergonomics
The console furniture is custom designed and built by me. Being a designer I have access to software tools that can help me in this way and I used a local die-maker I know from work to cut the side panels for free. I got the PDF of the ZedR16 from the A&H website and was able to take it apart in Illustrator and build a custom side panel to marry perfectly with the side shape of the Zed and also incorporate the monitor shelf and a rack-mount section for 4 pieces of gear. I bought and cut the rest of the pieces, assembled and thought I was really happy. Until I attempted some use of the desk. I discovered that the monitor shelf that held the iMac was simply too high for comfort. With the rack section where it was it pushed the monitor shelf too high and it was physically uncomfortable to be looking up and down at such an angle so constantly and I found it was actually killing my fun and creativity. it really wasn't working at all. Funny how a little thing like that can do that. As much as I was very proud of the initial design - I especially loved the rack mount section being built-in the way I designed it - it really wasn't working at all so it had to be fixed.
I extended the ?shelf? that the ZedR16 was sitting on enough to accommodate the iMac sitting right behind it. I also ?notched? the monitor shelf about 5 ½? to allow the iMac to sort of slide into it. As you can see from the pictures the iMac now sits directly behind the Zed and is in a perfect location being a very natural slightly downward viewing point. It's very much a recording cockpit. I then relocated the rack section to above the iMac and that worked out great as well. It all works amazingly and it?s made everything so much more fun and comfortable.
I initially installed a sliding shelf keyboard shelf under the desk but found it to be a bit low and uncomfortable for my legs so I built a small bridge-type shelf that spans the console and accommodates the keyboard and trackpad. The shelf can slide forward and backward depending on where I need it and if I need access to the entire console it can be simple lifted off. It?s pretty simple but effective solution
Room Treatment
The Bass traps are 4? OC703 covered with fabric and sitting in frames I made and into which I drilled a bunch of alternating size holes. They look great and do a fine job.
Above the console there is a rising in the ceiling that come to a peak and needed a bit of help so I hung a cloud trap up there and it seems to wokr pretty well.
Keys
I built a very simple table-like keyboard stand for my Roland Juno-G with a sliding shelf under it for my Ensoniq ESP16+.
Mics
Mics are a Rode NT1A and a pair of RODE NT5s. In these pics the mics are atop the rack section but they don?t live there as my cat likes to jump up there and lay in the sun from the window and my nightmare is a mic being pushed off the shelf and down into the iMac screen. So they reside elsewhere normally.
Guitars
I bought new guitars and a bass. Nothing super high-end but I could afford them, they sound great and I think they?re beautiful. And yes, I like blue guitars.
New guitar amp is the Line 6 Spider IV 75W and it?s amazing.
Outboard Gear
Outboard gear is simple but all I really needed for now. A Lexicon MX400 effect unit, Sampson S-phone headphone amp, Alesis DM5 drum unit and MOTU MidiExpress 128.
Drums
The drums are a nice but inexpensive set of PDP that are decent enough acoustically but as you can see that?s not how I?m using them so their acoustic properties weren?t as important. They are fitted with Pearl Mesh Heads (seriously brilliant) and ddrum triggers along with Pintech electronic cymbals. I am a drummer first and have been since I was 6 years old and so this had to be a good setup performance and feel wise and it really is. I?m extremely happy that I can both jam and record in my apartment and no one is the wiser.
So that?s it? my little corner of the recording world. It?s really a very nice spot. It sounds good, looks great, has a nice view of some woods outside and it was built with the support of a wonderful family. My kids jam with me, I?m enjoying learning the digital recording world and I couldn?t be happier.
WOW Nigel!! It looks great! Glad to see you're able to come back to your love after all these years! Do you have any recordings from the new studio you can share? Interested to hear what you can do with that set up!
TeyshaBlue
It's the smell..
Reworked my studio space over Thanksgiving. New furniture let me add some space to my little room.
I built this room on the second floor. It was originally a closet that I expanded into the attic for a bit more room.
These are the only pics I have right now...kinda dark.
I built this room on the second floor. It was originally a closet that I expanded into the attic for a bit more room.
These are the only pics I have right now...kinda dark.
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austinm08
the pigeon knows the way.
Yeah, it's been there for at least 4 years, I'd say. I think they had that 'look' during Learning to Breathe or The Beautiful Letdown.