Recent content by Rich_S

Nektar Impact LX25+ MIDI Controller for sale. 25 full-size velocity-sensitive keys, 8 trigger pads for drums, transport controls for your DAW. Like-new condition, in original box. Used only once or twice in smoke-free home studio. I used it with Reaper with no problems, but it is...

Has anybody here heard of, dealt with, or purchased from these folks? https://www.soundproofcow.com/ I'm planning on building some bass traps for my small studio/office in the coming months, and I guess the Facebook algorithm intercepted my brain waves. Their ad just popped up in my FB feed...

Is the Safe N Sound stiff enough to stand on its own just wrapped in fabric, or does it need to be framed?

Having the new distribution panel installed in or near your studio space is a good thing. It means the wiring to your audio gear can be short, and the ground connections will have a short, direct path to the ground rod. That way, your gear has an easy path to drain away noise. When the...

The mirrored closet doors are going to get gone. I think I'll replace them with normal wood sliding doors and hang an absorber panel on the outer one. Opening the inner door will expose the "diffusers" hidden behind (i.e. plastic tubs of cables and stomp boxes, and overflow from my wife's...

Background: Mrs_S and I just moved to our "forever" home, downsizing from 2,100 to 1,400 sq ft. I put off doing any serious room treatment at our old house, because I knew we'd be moving in a few years. Now, I've settled into my new space, and we ain't NEVER moving again. My "studio" isn't...

Call me an old fuddy-duddy, but I don’t get the direct-to-in-box modeling thing. Why use a complex piece of software with a dozen or more tweakable parameters to emulate a caveman-simple tube amp with 3 or 4 knobs. Don’t answer that... I’m being rhetorical. I DO understand that sometimes...

Damn. Tonus beat me to it. My very first thought was an SM57 with a condom on it.

Looked through my laptop tonight, and it turns out I already got around to drawing the family room/office/studio a long time ago. It just needed a quick update, so here it is. The room is on the second floor, over the garage. It has an 8 ft. ceiling. The floor is vinyl plank, the red...

Interesting. Yeah, my dimensions were just an example. Not looking for optimal difference-splitting, just wondering if the "off the floor" thing applies to the ceiling as well. Let's change the topic slightly: My back wall has two bedroom doors through it, in opposite corners, about 6 inches...

Really. I hadn’t noticed that before in my reading about DIY bass traps. Does the same apply to the top? Is a 6 foot trap centered between the floor and an 8 foot ceiling better than a full-height 8 foot trap?

I'm starting to work (in my brain, at least) on treating my "studio" (aka family room, aka home office). However, we're empty nesters now, and we may be moving to a smaller place in a year or two. So, I don't want to go drilling a lot of holes in the walls, just to have to patch them all...

Yes, it's another "which monitors" thread. Before I get started, please lay off the "room treatment" treatises. I know my room needs treatment and will post about it elsewhere. This is my monitors thread. The last kid's off to college, and I'm starting to have a bit more time for recording...

No noobie questions today, just a story with a happy ending. My daughter is a senior in high school, working on a senior capstone project of composing and recording a short piece of music in the fantasy film/video game genre. Last spring, she conducted her school choir in a short a cappella...

I'm going to commit heresy and recommend a solid-state amp. Don't get me wrong, I'm a tube Marshall guy all the way, but tube amps need to be pushed to sound good, and even a 5-watt tube amp is too loud for the bedroom. I like attenuators, too (a Weber MiniMASS in my case), but they can only...