Pictures of my studio renovation.

[Victory Pete]

The project continues.

VP

 

[RecordingMaster]

Is that carpet on a lot of the walls? Like different colored carpet tiles?

Also, what are you using for ventilation in the control room? Just curious. Whatever those tiles are, cool color scheme!

 

[Victory Pete]

Is that carpet on a lot of the walls? Like different colored carpet tiles?

Also, what are you using for ventilation in the control room? Just curious. Whatever those tiles are, cool color scheme!

Yes, they are carpet samples you can get from a carpet store. If you go looking for some dont act too enthusiastic about them, I used to get them free until they realised I needed alot of them. They are the discontinued samples they display in the store. I used to have all the walls covered with them but I have since realised the room was too dead. I am goin to finish the walls with tongue and groove pine. The way the room sounds now is so much better without the carpet, it was too dead. I have no ventilation in the control room, it stays fairly comfortable in there, we open the door frequently in the summer to let the AC cool it down.

VP

 

[Greg_L]

Hey victim pete, you busy at work? No? Cool. Those are some nice Marshalls. Really nice.

 

[Victory Pete]

Hey victim pete, you busy at work? No? Cool. Those are some nice Marshalls. Really nice.

Yes I am, the BR20 and all my test equipment are "Warming Up" for maximum accuracy.

VP

PS: Got 2 of those Marshalls during my spending binge at Guitar Center 3 years ago, 1959HW and 1987X. Along with the Tama Star Classic Birch house drum set.

 

[Greg_L]

I like me some Marshalls.

 

[Victory Pete]

I like me some Marshalls.

I have to make some room for one of these

Laney Amplification | Products | l50h

Laney Amplification | Products | l412

First ever 50 watt true class A single ended guitar amp, it is sweet.

VP

 

[Dogbreath]

Yo VP!
Ya got some nice gear man. Diggin the Ampeg for sure. Can I have your drums?

What's your game plan for treatment? Traps? Superchunks? Egg cartons?



I'd be interested in seeing the progression of your room.

 

[Greg_L]

Treatment? Dude, he's got carpet panels!

 

[Dogbreath]

Treatment? Dude, he's got carpet panels!

I assumed this was a re-vamp of the place, no? Maybe some carpeted egg cartons?

 

[RecordingMaster]

Yes, they are carpet samples you can get from a carpet store. If you go looking for some dont act too enthusiastic about them, I used to get them free until they realised I needed alot of them. They are the discontinued samples they display in the store. I used to have all the walls covered with them but I have since realised the room was too dead. I am goin to finish the walls with tongue and groove pine. The way the room sounds now is so much better without the carpet, it was too dead. I have no ventilation in the control room, it stays fairly comfortable in there, we open the door frequently in the summer to let the AC cool it down.

VP

Yikes, no thanks I am good on carpet! haha

Wouldn't the door open throw off your imaging/listening accuracy in the control room? I've always wondered that. I often open my door as well, but it creates reverb in the adjacent room to the control room (adjacent room is an untreated living room, live room is downstairs), and it makes me wary about leaving it open too long during mixing, especially when I am messing with reverb settings.

I once recorded in a garage-converted studio and he only had window ac, which was super noisy. This past summer was hot as hell and go figure, that's when I was tracking some stuff in that studio. We'd have to turn it off for takes and it got real hot, REAL fast. He was a terrible engineer, as he'd forget to turn it back off after listening back to the take and starting a new take. All the time.

 

[RAMI]

How are you isolating the "control room" from the live room? Sound-wise, I mean. How is it sound-proofed?

 

[Victory Pete]

Yo VP!
Ya got some nice gear man. Diggin the Ampeg for sure. Can I have your drums?

What's your game plan for treatment? Traps? Superchunks? Egg cartons?





I'd be interested in seeing the progression of your room.

The drums may be for sale soon, Being a Sonor Dealer I really should have a Sonor house set. After I put up the tongue and groove pine I will listen and evaluate what I may need for treatments. I will post pictures of my progress.

VP

 

[moresound]

How about a close up of your rack gear VP

 

[Victory Pete]

How are you isolating the "control room" from the live room? Sound-wise, I mean. How is it sound-proofed?

The walls are 14" thick, I get almost 30db's of sound reduction, that is quite a bit. The window is 4 panes of 1/4" glass, I didnt want to get involved with angling the glass so I figured I would be safe with 4 panes. I have the daunting task of disassembling the windows for its first 20 year cleaning. The inside and outside walls are completely isolated from each other, I used 2"x3"s to build the 2 independent walls, where the 2 walls connect, around the window and door I used 1/2" soundstop board which is a soft fiber board, I dont see it anymore at Home Depot. The entire cavity is then filled with lots of fiberglass insulation packed in fairly tight. Where the walls meet the exisiting walls, ceiling and floor I used a thick wool gasket. The room is so tight that if you try to slam the door, air pressure forces the walls to deflect outward. The door was custom made out of laminated plywood 2"x3"s that are angled and covered with foam backed carpet to provide a tight gasket seal, friction keeps it shut. I may build another bigger control room at the other end of the building and use this one for an isolation booth. When I get a 2" machine I will be forced to do this because it wouldnt fit in the current control room door.
VP

 

[Victory Pete]

How about a close up of your rack gear VP

Okay, I am on lunch right now, I will go out to the studio and take some pictures. The rack is a 7' Chatsworth steel rack, very heavy duty, you cant get this stuff at GC. Two-Post Racks | Chatsworth Products, Inc. I first saw these racks at Cell Sites. I was working at the time doing the AC and DC wiring in several local Cell Tower Huts.

VP

 

[Victory Pete]

More Photos

The foundation the studio is built on was built in 1787. There is a picture of the original barn taken about a century ago, that building burned down in 1970, there is a picture of the existing building that my family and myself built for our small farm (I was a kid). As you can see I need to replace the overhang and spruce up the front a bit. There is a lot of heritage in this place, even some ghosts.

VP

 

[Capt Hair]

well I'm officially jealous of everything you have lol

 

[miroslav]

I like the whole rustic, barn look...it has that Neil Young vibe, and I dig Neil.

Are you planning to finish it off inside or is that as far as you are going?
Also...I'm not noticing any type of HVAC. How is it in there during the winter & summer months?

 

[Victory Pete]

I like the whole rustic, barn look...it has that Neil Young vibe, and I dig Neil.

Are you planning to finish it off inside or is that as far as you are going?
Also...I'm not noticing any type of HVAC. How is it in there during the winter & summer months?

Neil is one of my main influences. I still have to install the wiring for outlets and lights, install insulation and finally nice tongue and groove pine. The original walls were built in 1988 by myself and my bandmates, we were not experienced carpenters, little did we realize squirrels and other creatures had been moving in behind the walls and ceiling, there is a 6" airspace between the walls and the original stone foundation. Recently I decided to tear out those back walls and start over. This time I covered the entire new walls with 3' wide aluminum flashing, the roof is also covered with it under the shingles, not only does this keep squirrels out but also EMI/RFI interference. I have the aluminum grounded and it acts a Faraday shield. It is also a moisture barrier. Cell phones dont work well in there, which is good, less interuptions. I dont hear encrypted satellite transmisssions any more in the gear. I have electric heat and air conditioning. It is usually confortable in there being half in the ground, which also helps with sound proofing.

VP