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Luckis
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While I am a member and reader of the forum since long ago, and I’ve been reading tons of threads about this, I decided to start this thread to address my case specifically, for a couple of reasons, mainly because where I live materials and costs here are very different, so I need some equivalencies and answer to concrete questions as I go building.
So, here is my case. Just lost my 12 year old job, and find myself with a whole lotta time and very little money to finish my long-postponed home studio, maybe to finally start working recording.
Thanks to all the advice and all the information gathered, this is how things are going so far:
Basically, we have two rooms, one would-be recording/rehearsal room, 7,20 x 3,20 x 2,50 meters, And a sort of control room which will go in my living room (?) Which is 7, 20 x 5, 20 meters.
I know this might seem a little strange. Initially, I planned to divide the recording room into two smaller rooms to make the control room there also, but I decided to keep it this way mainly because the living room is so big and open (which I assume is good since I won’t have too many problems with sound bouncing behind me?), to integrate my work with the commodities of the living room, to house more musicians than a tiny square control room, and to keep the recording/rehearsal room as big as possible, since the plan is to use it for both recording and rehearsing.
Here is a plan of the whole thing
Recording room is solid brick walls, no windows (it had two, but they have been sealed with bricks too) an opening for the studio window, 1, 15 x 0, 65 m. And a rough opening where the doors would be. Two of the walls (the window one and one side (go to the inside of my house, and the other two to the backyard. No direct contact with neighbors on any side. Still, I would like to isolate the recording room as much as possible to allow late night work and rehearsal.
I just finished squaring the window opening and a patch of the concrete floor that was broken (as you can see in the pictures) so I guess next step would be to start the “room within a room” process. I was thinking on doing this on the four walls and the ceiling, for this I would have to use a combination of wood and aluminum in the structure wood (that I got for free) for the walls and a more sturdy aluminum structure for the ceiling. Then, so far as I gathered, would be the electrical installation, put some fiberglass, and see how that works. Would this be pretty much ok?
That´s a lot to read for now
, I guess I leave you with this question. Thanks so much in advance!
Lucas
So, here is my case. Just lost my 12 year old job, and find myself with a whole lotta time and very little money to finish my long-postponed home studio, maybe to finally start working recording.
Thanks to all the advice and all the information gathered, this is how things are going so far:
Basically, we have two rooms, one would-be recording/rehearsal room, 7,20 x 3,20 x 2,50 meters, And a sort of control room which will go in my living room (?) Which is 7, 20 x 5, 20 meters.
I know this might seem a little strange. Initially, I planned to divide the recording room into two smaller rooms to make the control room there also, but I decided to keep it this way mainly because the living room is so big and open (which I assume is good since I won’t have too many problems with sound bouncing behind me?), to integrate my work with the commodities of the living room, to house more musicians than a tiny square control room, and to keep the recording/rehearsal room as big as possible, since the plan is to use it for both recording and rehearsing.
Here is a plan of the whole thing
Recording room is solid brick walls, no windows (it had two, but they have been sealed with bricks too) an opening for the studio window, 1, 15 x 0, 65 m. And a rough opening where the doors would be. Two of the walls (the window one and one side (go to the inside of my house, and the other two to the backyard. No direct contact with neighbors on any side. Still, I would like to isolate the recording room as much as possible to allow late night work and rehearsal.
I just finished squaring the window opening and a patch of the concrete floor that was broken (as you can see in the pictures) so I guess next step would be to start the “room within a room” process. I was thinking on doing this on the four walls and the ceiling, for this I would have to use a combination of wood and aluminum in the structure wood (that I got for free) for the walls and a more sturdy aluminum structure for the ceiling. Then, so far as I gathered, would be the electrical installation, put some fiberglass, and see how that works. Would this be pretty much ok?
That´s a lot to read for now
, I guess I leave you with this question. Thanks so much in advance!Lucas
