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When you say "starting from scratch" what exactly does that mean? Zero equipment? Not even a cable? Does that mean bare dirt? Not even a slab or foundation? Because 'from scratch' will need another zero on that number. I'm guessing you're just out to modify your house or something. Ponder5

What it sounds like you're asking is how rockwool fibers will affect you, in particular, your lungs. Y'see, EVERYTHING has fibers to it. Wood has fibers. Yes, that you sometimes inhale. Your clothes. Carpeting. Perhaps the upholstery in your car. So there's no getting around it, with or...

You may have a really good point there, especially if they did as you say and put some real juice into it. No contest. At the same time, BBC is a huge company and like huge companies everywhere, all it takes is some nitwit middle-manager with a spreadsheet to completely eviscerate everything...

I hate to state the obvious, but this is a function of amplitude more than frequency. Yes, anyone can feel 10Hz if it's played LOUD enough. Drag racers - and Lord knows I hate to argue with a drag racer - have lots and lots of amplitude so there's pretty much no frequency that you're gonna...

Consider this: good gear can record down to 1Hz. Other good gear can play it back. But how good are your ears? (or anyone you've ever met?) My trouble, probably big trouble, is that I only use instrumentation and I trust it implicitly. I don't use nor trust 'golden ears' or any...

The other problem, as i've learned in this thread, is that the people that are not there know more than the people that are. In the annuls of sound treatment, many have tried and many hucksters have hawked, but it still comes down to keeping sound you don't want away from sound you do - and...

Nearly impossible, true. But on the good side, what we learned, was that while yes, much of the noise could be classed as seismic, it also planted it firmly beneath any audible frequency range (20Hz). In fact, we also learned with pretty good analysis gear that *feeling* the place move was...

I suppose on passenger trains, maybe. But this was a freight line with traffic (somehow) going both directions on no pattern we could ever really work out. Even then, it's my bet they'd not publish such a thing. You know, for 'national security' reasons. Your studio might be a threat ;-)...

What Keith Said....^^^ Foam suppresses reflections. You're trying to suppress a *transmission* of sound and that's only done through decoupling and mass. Two or more layers of sheetrock attached to isolation strips (not directly to the studs) and the same treatment for the ceiling. Yup...

It is not asbestos. It is not asbestos. No, it is not. These are very common, very ordinary, freezer panels for building walk-in fridge rooms. I have a few, myself, but i'm using them to frame in a walk-in. Crazy, huh? These would be medium-to-poor for studio work. Yes, there's some mass...

Midi? Start at your interface (8x8). You got 8 ports for 6 pieces. You want MIDI in from your controllers. Hook 'em up. You'll want MIDI out to your sound devices. Hook 'em up. Easy. NOW, are you gonna want MIDI out FROM your Sound Canvas? Probably not. Maybe. You got the ports so do it...

Right back atcha, big guy. That's a bit parochial. But rather than argue across the pond, nor even compare resumes or CVs, perhaps a thought: If you only do what they tell you to do, you'll only get what they allow you to get. BUT If you learn more than they allow, you'll do more than they...

Was sitting here in the bathtub wondering if some toast would go over real well right now. I dunno. That stupid thing looks like it's gonna tip over and make a mess on the floor AGAIN. Maybe not. Wild stuff in this thread about patch bays. But it didn't take long for the drama of lethality...

Your gear will be just fine up to about 140F ambient. Florida, while hot, isn't really even close. If it's powered down, there's basically nowhere hot enough to hurt your gear including Riyadh or Death Valley. Humidity won't hurt your gear. However, what will hurt your gear is condensation...

I can't see it. He blinded me with Science. Ponder5

Unfortunately, $3K won't build much of a shed. Start by going down to Lowe's (I happen to like their lumber just fine) and getting 5 or 6 twelve foot 4x4s and build the floor on that. 2x6 walls. 2x6 or 2x4 rafters. Sheathing. A door. Some roofing to dry it in. Well, if your area allows it...

Over the years, I've learned to never buy a new-release Roland. It's always been a disappointment. Years from now, when the price is tanked, maybe it'll be worth it. That's always been my experience with Roland. Reading the comments on this one, I'd say things haven't changed. Ponder5

Listening to someone the sells insurance is like listening to a politician: lying AND stupid. But I'll bow out. Can't compete with myth and legend. But here in another 9 months or so, when gas is bottomed out again, after another cycle of speculation, we'll see what your explanation is...

True. If the carpet is simply attached to the wall. If, however, you hang the carpet away from the wall, like a tapestry, it takes on new characteristics and starts working low freq magic because unlike heavy drapes, hanging carpet is actually *heavy*. Not as good as a well placed bass-traps...

Well, now that we're gonna talk politics, especially biased and uninformed politics, let's just. Under Barry Hussein, gas was well over $4/ gallon. Not a Repub in sight. Gas was also, as you say, under $2/ gal. Not a Repub in sight. Under Dubyuh, a decade ago, gas was over $3.85/gallon, not a...