I'm envious

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Oh! the aroma of freshly sawn wood, The sawdust the splinters...

Sometimes I would like to start all over again. I am currently in my third "Home Studio" and I personally enjoyed the construction phase almost as much as making music.

Take lots of pictures, and keep us drooling....

Dom Franco:rolleyes:
 
Dom Franco said:
Oh! the aroma of freshly sawn wood, The sawdust the splinters...

Sometimes I would like to start all over again. I am currently in my third "Home Studio" and I personally enjoyed the construction phase almost as much as making music.

Take lots of pictures, and keep us drooling....

Dom Franco:rolleyes:


Me too actually... I love the smell of freshly cut pine as well as hardwoods. Doesn't quite counteract the stench from smoking while working. :;sigh::

I'll have pictures of my "flip floor" vocal booth soon. Just have to figure out how to get my camera to talk to XP.
 
Yea! Saw dust!

Hi frederic, rick here, I know what you mean. Half the fun of building a studio is " BUILDING" A STUDIO" But I know that a lot of people don't enjoy working with power and hand tools, or don't have the skills or tools to take on a project by themselves. Or they can't see it in their minds eye. Or don't even know how to read a tape measure. For those people, I can only offer one thing. Have a lot of money! Your going to need it. But for those that do like to build, I'll bet they agree with me when I say theres nothing more satisfiing than finishing a custom console, wall, door, electrical supply housings, lighting design, rack mount, diffuser, absorber, hardware devices, gobo, chair, tapemachine enclosure, computor noise/cooling ducting enclosure, fixtures, microphone cieling track mounts, keyboard stand, mixer desk, speaker enclosure, graphics, anti condutor platforms, cable troughs, raised floors, HVAC ducts, amp stands and or enclosures, vocal booths, instrument racks paint jobs etc. etc. etc. and installing it, and it fits perfect, looks like a million bucks, works like a charm, and you've saved a bunch of money, not to mention the satisfaction of saying-
"I did it myself"!
Ah yes, the smell of saw dust, fresh paint, the feel of stainless steel, the patina of redwood/oak/pine/bubinga/gaboon/quarter cut mahogany. or birds eye maple-
Or finding a new use for that aluminum extrusion you've been saving for 10 years.
Or wrapping your console arm rest with a perfect piece of naughide you found at a yard sale. Or recovering your chair with new fabric that matches the grills on your gobos! Oh shit! I'm going off in left field again- but I like left field. Thats where the dreams are. Yes, I know what you mean!
Fitz
 
Yeah, Building is fun and it's a creative thing too!

When ever I give someone a tour of the studio, or when a band first shows up for a session, I listen to their comments as they first walk in. I get a kick out of their ooh's and ahhs.

The interior lighting, woodworking and wall treatment help to portray a real professional atmosphere.... (Even though I really don't know what the heck I am doing!)

The racks of equipment are all lit up with colored dials and pilot lights, (Even though I don't use some of it, it's just for looks.)

First impressions are Important, so I try to clean up all the tangled cables. pizza boxes and empty cans before they show up.

I know some of you have a lot of creativity, not just musically. Building stuff out of wood, painting, laying carpet running wires for lights, speakers, headphones can all be a form of art also.

My studio is never really complete, I always have some little modifications or additions to do, but the major construction is finished.... So I start thinking about starting all over....

Sincerely;

Dom Franco
 
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