Comments on my revised lay-out, please

[Michael Jones]

Studio real estate sure gets eaten up fast when you start detailing out the walls, and how everything will fit together.

This is a revised plan view of the detailed framing plan I'm working on. I had some difficulties at the corner of the control-room adjacent to the vocal booth. Fitting a window in between the 2 will be tricky. Any suggestions? Keep in mind there has to be enough room to soffit mount a rear 5.1 monitor in there too.

Thanks.

 

[John Sayers]

suggestions Michael

cheers
JOhn

 

[Michael Jones]

Yep. OK, thanks John.

The Drum Room currently has sliding glass doors from the tracking room, and from the control room. There is also a double pane window in the double wall at the front of the control room. They just didn't show up in the plan. Sorry about that.

I guess kicking out the drum room wall in the other direction does make sense. Sometimes you can't see the forrest because of all the trees!

I was wondering if there was a way to utilize the wasted space adjacent to the control room's upper left side. Putting a mic closet in there and accessing it from the tracking room is a great idea. Would it be necessary to have an HVAC vent in the mic closet too?

Would it be beneficial to eliminate the "Office / Storage" and reclaim the space for the tracking room?

Do the rear 5.1 monitors need to be at the same elevation as the mains? (The same height above the floor?) Having the vocal booth door open up against the exterior wall is another great idea. Glad you caught that.

I was concerned about using 2 double-pane sliding glass doors from the outside to the control room. I like the idea of being able to look out (nice view out that way) but I'm concerned about sound transmission with a glass door on the exterior. Also, the exterior has an architectural motif, and I'm not sure sliding glass doors fit with that motif. As this facility is to be built on my residential property, it is imperitive that the exterior be faithful to the existing residence in architectural design.

The exterior wall section is:

|| 3" brick || 1" air gap || 1/2" thermal sheathing||6" baseplate w/ 2x4 staggered studs|| Insulation || 5/8" drywall || 1/2" strand board || 1/2" drywall ||

Thanks for looking.

 

[kristian]

Use double sliding doors to the outside. I'm no building expert but I know that one sliding door cuts a lot of sound. And two on a double walled studio would seem to be very good at cutting sound. I think my logic works on this one.