Building a Studio

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Hello, My name is Ethan. I am only 14 years old but I love music and the studio. I have the room to build a studio in my house. And amazingly my parents are letting me do it.

For Christmas I am getting
Either
~Boss BR-864 8-Track
~Tascam 788,
~Boss BR-180 10 Track

I am also getting a Behringer UB1202 Mixer.
I may be getting TwoKustom Monitors
Along with Nady SP-5 Mics.

For the room I have, Its 9' x 9' wood trim, wood door, window, and a closet.

My room connects to this room. So the my closet goes into the recording room. I was planning on using this, putting in a window in between and run all the board and effects from my room so there is more room in the recording room. I will not be doing much personal recording. But I am reaqlly the sound engineer for a couple bands. I have been studing alot of books on all this.

I need some sugestions as to insilation, sound proofing, for the band i am planning to record first I want to make a Vocal box and drum isolation box. How and out of what should I make these with, I need something thats easy to take down and store. I dont have a very high budget as i remind you i am 14~!

Should I get the custom monitors or should i get something else.

I need help....

I have so many un answered questions, and i know you guys know what your talking about. If any one wants a demonstration of what the room looks like i can send a drawn image for you to see.

Please someone help me out... you can email me or send a message back here.

Thanks Alot

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Those monitors are stage monitors, not studio monitors. Look in this category instead:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/s=headphones/search?c=4901

The room is going to be a challenge as it's a very small cube. You'll need a lot of absorption in the room to deaden those reflections. See if you can locate a local source for rigid fiberglass insulation, that's the best and cheapest way to go.

Try to do a little better on mics too, you need to be wary of a mic that's 3 for $20. There are much better choices in the $70-100 range.
 
Thanks for the help.. The Proab is... inorder to get them paid for the mics, monitors, and mic cables... must come to total under $150... or else.. im just not gonna get em from (Santa). Do you have any suggestions on mics and a good pair of monitors?

yeh, the space is small but its what i got to work with.
 
Don't worry about expensive mics, speakers, etc... for now. You can upgrade as you get more experienced and you fine that you need to. It really depends on what you need your final product to be. If you are looking to have fun and produce a good demo, you can go real cheap. Go Ebay-ing!!

Don't worry so much about what your studio looks like. You can get a great recording with you have. Look into "diffusors" to help with sound control.
I can send you some neat sites to check out.

Bottom line.........HAVE FUN!!!

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Harlequin,

As mshilarious said...your room size isn't to your advantage, but it can be dealt with. You need to deal with it before anything else. You can also visit www.realtraps.com to get some insight of how to deal with that room size.

Best wishes and Happy Thanksgiving to you!
 
gmoulliet said:
Look into "diffusors" to help with sound control.
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actually with a room that small you can just use a bookcase as a diffusor. just make sure to set the books up in sort of a random pattern. make sure you use books with different heights and widths. try to set them up so you don't have the same size books next to each other (like don't use a set of encyclopaedias).

also if you're gonna use your own room as a control room you will probably have to take care of some of the low frequencies. you probably have enough stuff in the room that you won't need to absorb all the mid/highs but you might want to look into some bass traps for the corners of YOUR room. maybe try some beanbag chairs in the corners.

maybe you can post a drawing/sketch of the two rooms so people can give you some ideas. try and be specific with sizes/dimensions.
 
oh yeah, it was pointed out earlier but the monitors you are looking at aren't studio monitors. they are live stage monitors. they also aren't powered so you would need to have an amp for them.

you might just want to try hooking up a good stereo system to your multitrack. it'll work better than the stage monitors at least until you can save up some money for a good pair of studio monitors.

don't be afraid to ask lots of questions. i probably get myself in lots of trouble by not asking.
 
Ethan, you are going to have lots of fun!

My advice:
  • Don't rush into buying gear.
  • Don't rush into buying cheap gear that you know doesn't do what you want but it's all you can afford. It will annoy you and make you wait even longer before you have the money.
  • As suggested, use a stereo system for monitoring. BUT try to track down something old fashioned from when classical music was used to judge HiFi. In otherwords, if the speakers are younger than you, they'll be all top'n'bottom and no middle and absolutely no use for mixing on. Keep an eye on your local pawn shop, yard sales, etc.
  • Try to save up for an adequate vocal mic. e.g. MXL990 or Behringer B-1. Something like that. Get out there raking leaves for your neighbours if you have to.
  • Are you sure you'll need the extra mixer? If you've already got it, don't junk it but if you don't have it yet, be sure that you need it.
  • Always work on improving the weakest link in your recording chain. It's going change as you get gear. Don't focus on the flavour of the month. If speaker wire is what you need, don't buy a Monster mic cable until your mic cable is the weakest link.
  • Don't buy stuff on credit unless there's a confirmed money-making job that's going to pay you back so you can clear the debt immediately (I know you probably can't get credit at 14 but get in the habit of saving-to-buy while you're young - it will save you thousands of dollars).
 
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