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Hi guys! A little about me:
My name is Gabriel, 32, from Argentina.
I play drums, and a few years ago, I started to develop interest in recording/mixing/etc.
I'm actually not accordingly equipped for starting a studio (I only have a notebook, a small usb interface, and a mic - wich I have been using for laying out some demos and covers for my band) but I'm trying to learn new stuff and the equipment will come along as time goes by.
I found the forum while searching for some info on designing/building a studio. I was wondering if you could help me with some questions I have.
A short description:
My main idea is to build a rehearsal room for my band / recording studio, in my house. I will be using it for personal purposes (not commercial - unless I get good at it...). It will be on the upper floor of a not yet constructed expansion of the house.
The stairs (on the bottom right corner of the first 3 images) would be inside the house. The stairs would be accessible from another room wich leads to other parts of the house and to a double door leading to the yard. This is the door that possible recording bands -beyond mine- would use; to avoid them trouble while carrying gear throughout the house (at least at first - they'll have to deal with the stairs after that), and to avoid having the rest of the house exposed to "strangers".
Location:
My house is located in the middle of the block, and there is a long corridor to get to the street, so I won't have much trouble with street noise. Since it would be the only construction located on the upper floor, it won't have adjacent rooms.
My most close neighbours are a car deposit and an auto shop. The good thing is that I don't think I'll ever get a complain from any of them regarding the noise. The bad thing, is that the auto shop's noisy sometimes.
Time frame:
This project is not something I will be doing NOW... Luckily, near the end of the year, or maybe next year (due to some issues with the land I'm going to expand my house in).
The floorplan:
The structure would be comprised by the rehearsal / recording room, a control room and a small booth for vocals.
I've made a basic design in 3d with Sketchup (1st image) and showed it to a friend who works in sound and has a small studio in his home. He recommended to avoid parallel walls. So, I've searched the forum and found that while some people say that you SHOULD avoid them, others say you can a have a rectangular room if you treat the walls accordingly. My first attempt (not in images) wasted much more space than what I was willing to. One of my main uses, as I said, would be to rehearse with my band. So I want a space that fits the musicians and gear in a comfortable way, trying to keep the shape of the room as simple as possible.
So, I've changed the design (2nd image). The sizes are in mm.
The outter walls are 200 mm, the walls inside are 100 mm (with drywall panels and rock or glass wool). The space between the real and fake walls is 100 mm (in the floorplan I omitted this space, so the inner walls are 200 mm: 100 mm wall + 100 mm space)
The floor would be wood. The doors -if this project really "grows on me" (along with my learning / skills)- could be real studio doors.
There would be a window in the control room, and another one in the vocal booth, so the singer can see the live room.
I don't know if I'm missing any other important data; if so, or if you need aditional data, please let me know.
My questions are:
1- Would there be any significative changes from changing the design on the first image to the second?
2- If there is, or there could be an improvement from image 1 to 2, is the second design even more improvable?
3- In the 3rd image I emulated a possible instrument location. According to this, should the walls have carpeting, acoustic foam, acoustic panels, diffusers? Where?
4- I have no clue of what is the best option on how to do the ceiling, or what to do on it.
Of course, I'm open to every kind of comments, suggestions, advices, tips, general knowledge, etc, etc.
Well, that's it. Hope my english doesn't suck as much as I think, and that my ideas are clear (it took me more than an hour to write this haha).
Thanks a lot!!
My name is Gabriel, 32, from Argentina.
I play drums, and a few years ago, I started to develop interest in recording/mixing/etc.
I'm actually not accordingly equipped for starting a studio (I only have a notebook, a small usb interface, and a mic - wich I have been using for laying out some demos and covers for my band) but I'm trying to learn new stuff and the equipment will come along as time goes by.
I found the forum while searching for some info on designing/building a studio. I was wondering if you could help me with some questions I have.
A short description:
My main idea is to build a rehearsal room for my band / recording studio, in my house. I will be using it for personal purposes (not commercial - unless I get good at it...). It will be on the upper floor of a not yet constructed expansion of the house.
The stairs (on the bottom right corner of the first 3 images) would be inside the house. The stairs would be accessible from another room wich leads to other parts of the house and to a double door leading to the yard. This is the door that possible recording bands -beyond mine- would use; to avoid them trouble while carrying gear throughout the house (at least at first - they'll have to deal with the stairs after that), and to avoid having the rest of the house exposed to "strangers".
Location:
My house is located in the middle of the block, and there is a long corridor to get to the street, so I won't have much trouble with street noise. Since it would be the only construction located on the upper floor, it won't have adjacent rooms.
My most close neighbours are a car deposit and an auto shop. The good thing is that I don't think I'll ever get a complain from any of them regarding the noise. The bad thing, is that the auto shop's noisy sometimes.
Time frame:
This project is not something I will be doing NOW... Luckily, near the end of the year, or maybe next year (due to some issues with the land I'm going to expand my house in).
The floorplan:
The structure would be comprised by the rehearsal / recording room, a control room and a small booth for vocals.
I've made a basic design in 3d with Sketchup (1st image) and showed it to a friend who works in sound and has a small studio in his home. He recommended to avoid parallel walls. So, I've searched the forum and found that while some people say that you SHOULD avoid them, others say you can a have a rectangular room if you treat the walls accordingly. My first attempt (not in images) wasted much more space than what I was willing to. One of my main uses, as I said, would be to rehearse with my band. So I want a space that fits the musicians and gear in a comfortable way, trying to keep the shape of the room as simple as possible.
So, I've changed the design (2nd image). The sizes are in mm.
The outter walls are 200 mm, the walls inside are 100 mm (with drywall panels and rock or glass wool). The space between the real and fake walls is 100 mm (in the floorplan I omitted this space, so the inner walls are 200 mm: 100 mm wall + 100 mm space)
The floor would be wood. The doors -if this project really "grows on me" (along with my learning / skills)- could be real studio doors.
There would be a window in the control room, and another one in the vocal booth, so the singer can see the live room.
I don't know if I'm missing any other important data; if so, or if you need aditional data, please let me know.
My questions are:
1- Would there be any significative changes from changing the design on the first image to the second?
2- If there is, or there could be an improvement from image 1 to 2, is the second design even more improvable?
3- In the 3rd image I emulated a possible instrument location. According to this, should the walls have carpeting, acoustic foam, acoustic panels, diffusers? Where?
4- I have no clue of what is the best option on how to do the ceiling, or what to do on it.
Of course, I'm open to every kind of comments, suggestions, advices, tips, general knowledge, etc, etc.
Well, that's it. Hope my english doesn't suck as much as I think, and that my ideas are clear (it took me more than an hour to write this haha).
Thanks a lot!!
