Hey Tyler657...

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Tyler, I won't bust your balls about the way you come across, plenty of people will take care of that for me, but you need to switch to decaf. I too, am building a project studio on a budget compareable to yours. I think what's been suggested by C7sus and others is that it's easy to aquire a lot of gear if you have the budget, but that the space in which music is recorded is often overlooked in budgeting. My solution was to do less better whenever I could. Rather than buying a lot of gear, I bought things that were versatile, and tried to keep it simple. The whole hard part is applying your budget (or almost anyone's) to-"I want to be able to do anything". For about $7000 in gear I can record 2-3 channels at once pretty well, and I won't be doing the mixing and mastering.
One last thing-My whole knowledge of audio is based on 30 years of performing, and a 5 month crash course in recording pro audio. I will advise people only if I believe I've checked my facts and consulted the right experts, and if my own experience squares with what I'm advising or posting. Occasionally I'm confused, and some techhead here will straighten me out. The worst thing you could do here is assume you know enough to do this without the help of nice people like the ones here, because you don't. If you say anything, there will be a hundred checks on it to see if it's true in all cases. I find it very good for me, and I try to only say what I know to be true. Keep trying to learn and you and your recording will be better for it.-Richie
 
Ok, I'll clarify...

I am building a project studio in my garage. My parents want it to be dead quiet. I think my budget just for the room is gonna be about 1500 bucks, and I do have some general ideas about this stuff, but in reality, i probably don't have a clue.

I've been doing some research too. When I started out, I was just gonna build an enclosure that would be stuffed with insulation, maybe two layers of drywall, and then pyramids on top.

As I researched, reading articles, including Auralex's Acoustics 101 pamphlet, I soon discovered that my budget, of 300 for the room, and 500 for acoustics was not going to be enough. I soon found out the room is supposed to "float" on RC8's, sheet blok, and slicon, and that you're only supposed to use one screw for all layers, instead of a separate one for everylayer, and stuff like that. I think I have the BASIC concepts down, but I need to learn more.

I also found that soundproofing, and acoustics are two totally different things. And after thinking about what blue said, talking to the Auralex people, and reading several other articles, I have decided to think about acoustics and soundproofing separately, and at separate times.

Oh yeah, my room will look like this... (dashes don't mean anything)

------------------------------------wall------------------------------------------
__________________________________________________________________
------------------------------------------------l--------------6ft-------------l
--------------------------------------------w-l-------------------------------l
-----------------------control area---------i---l------------------------------l
--------------------------------------------n--l-5ft---------------------5ft--l
--------------------------------------------d--l-------------------------------l
--------------------------------------------o--l-------------------------------l
---------------------------------------------w-l-------------6ft--------------l
------------------------------------------------l________________________l

It will be 8 feet high. The control area will not be enclosed but will be acoustically treated, and noise isnt a concern here. (maybe it should be?)

Anyway, I hope this helps, if you can give me more advice based on this, great, if not, then that's fine too.
 
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tyler657recpro said:
My parents want it to be dead quiet.
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Thats not fair, you get a Project Studio budget from your parents, and all I got was kicked out! They got their quiet time, and I got diddly.

Lucky Man tyler!

SoMn
 
Thats not fair, you get a Project Studio budget from your parents, and all I got was kicked out!
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.........thats one way to keep the music down:D g
 
he he he... if i play it louder, does that mean i get more money mommy?
 
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