let me see your studio!

[sellthekids]

painted.

Done painting, now to start on the floor.

 

[sellthekids]

wall treatments

 

[sellthekids]

wall treatmenst

 

[Weasel9992]

Nice job! I like the shapes...very cool.

Frank

 

[A Reel Person]

People love that red color,...

for some reason!

 

[Baster]

i dont like that red wall... =kills inspiraiton

 

[sellthekids]

I sent less than 1000 dollars on everything. All donated. THe paint was free, but I am a 49er fan. So it inspires me.... THe vocal booth will be purple.I am a electrician, so on the jobs i am on i ask for left overs of over orders. The two still frames were free. The Solid wood doors were from a hospital. They were throwing them away. All the insulation was left overs or a couple free bags from friends I made on the job. All the drywall was scrape cuts from job sites. It took alot of taping and mudding but mud is cheap.I bought all the wood, but all the screws I use to put it together free.Even the hard insulation in the wall treatments. The A/C guys at work were about to throw boxes of it away.So I put it in my truck. The windows were all lowes return clearance items.It took over two years and I am still trying to find wood flooring so I can move in but, I am happy. Cant wait to play my guitars and drums and all the other stuff that is packed up.

 

[andydeedpoll]

I sent less than 1000 dollars on everything. All donated. THe paint was free, but I am a 49er fan. So it inspires me.... THe vocal booth will be purple.I am a electrician, so on the jobs i am on i ask for left overs of over orders. The two still frames were free. The Solid wood doors were from a hospital. They were throwing them away. All the insulation was left overs or a couple free bags from friends I made on the job. All the drywall was scrape cuts from job sites. It took alot of taping and mudding but mud is cheap.I bought all the wood, but all the screws I use to put it together free.Even the hard insulation in the wall treatments. The A/C guys at work were about to throw boxes of it away.So I put it in my truck. The windows were all lowes return clearance items.It took over two years and I am still trying to find wood flooring so I can move in but, I am happy. Cant wait to play my guitars and drums and all the other stuff that is packed up.

It made me really happy to read that! It's great to think of so much of a studio being recycled!

Andrew

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

It's great to think of so much of a studio being recycled!

Ditto! I have a small business called Environmental Woodcraft, and for most of the craft type stuff I recylcle wood from any source I can get to build stuff. I love it when I see other people recycle materials to build, especially studios. Mine also has a lot of recycled materials in it.


I'm a little curious about this though.

Even the hard insulation in the wall treatments.

When you say "hard insulation", I hope you are referring to "rigid fiberglass", and NOT Styrofoam type insulation. Foam type insulation does nothing for treatment.
fitZ

 

[sellthekids]

Yes rigid fiberglass. I have been trying to remember what to call it. A/C Guy cover the outside of ducts with it and there is alot of waste. Enought to do my whole room plus more. I try to do my part. I am a big believer in Karma. Nothing in my studio was taken all given or pulled from the trash. There is a recycle store down the street from my house called Restore. They sell all used stuff, I believe from surplus of donate items for habitat for humanity. That store is cool. Solid wood doors 5 bucks.

Well glab people liked how I built my studio instead of laughing. Thanks.

 

[Weasel9992]

Yes rigid fiberglass. I have been trying to remember what to call it. A/C Guy cover the outside of ducts with it and there is alot of waste. Enought to do my whole room plus more. I try to do my part. I am a big believer in Karma. Nothing in my studio was taken all given or pulled from the trash. There is a recycle store down the street from my house called Restore. They sell all used stuff, I believe from surplus of donate items for habitat for humanity. That store is cool. Solid wood doors 5 bucks.

Well glab people liked how I built my studio instead of laughing. Thanks.

Nice. That's either duct liner or a Safe'n Sound sort of thing...should work well.

Frank

 

[sellthekids]

Here are some more Pics. I just built the overhead sound treatment. Its all wood, except for the fabric, which I am not wold on yet. The black wood is 1/8 inch finish plywood. I still have to paint the outside wood white. The drywall mess is still not sanded or wraped all the way. The inside is drywalled, mudd, and taped. It is then drywalled around the outside of the metal studs. They are 2x2 metal studs. So there is an air gapp between the two layers of drywall.THen I put black duct sound absorbers in the duct. It is not connected to the wall mounted a/c, just right in front of it. It works awsome. No noise, no change to my house.

 

[Weasel9992]

Okay...hold on for a sec...you've got your overhead treatment covered with wood? That's not a good idea. It'll be just as reflective as the ceiling above it...or am I missing something?

Frank

 

[sellthekids]

Part of its wood most of it is fabric. Here is a picture of it hanging. The room is very warm, and dead. It might not work out right It still might change.

 

[gethypedmusic]

Nifty! I like it.

 

[Weasel9992]

I'd take all the wood off. I agree that it looks cool, but it's doing exactly the opposite of what it should be doing because it's so close to the speakers. What you're looking to do on the ceiling or at the first reflection points is control the short wavelength stuff, which will bounce right off of wood. Wood has a LOWER absorption coefficient than the drywall that's on the ceiling...you're actually doing more harm than good, even if only part of the face is wood.

If you wanted to do that on the back wall, the corners or in the rear of the room it'd probably be fine, but not at first reflection points or on the ceiling.

Frank

 

[sellthekids]

Yeah it could be a problem, but the wood is the thinnest wood you can get. If it wasnt for the frame to nail to it would bend and start to hand towards the ground. I still might scratch the whole design, and just wrap them like the wall accents. As it sits the wood is about 18" and it sit almost directly about where the speakers will sit. A foot or two off the wall. So I wont get that much indirect sound.I might even cut sound foam out the shape of the design to cover the wood. On the back wall is going to be a fabric wall paper, and I am building a all wood diffuser. Like the ones they sell. I am going to make two of them 2x2.
There will be pictures.
Thanks for checking this out, and thanks for the advice.

 

[Weasel9992]

Yeah it could be a problem, but the wood is the thinnest wood you can get. If it wasnt for the frame to nail to it would bend and start to hand towards the ground. I still might scratch the whole design, and just wrap them like the wall accents. As it sits the wood is about 18" and it sit almost directly about where the speakers will sit. A foot or two off the wall. So I wont get that much indirect sound.I might even cut sound foam out the shape of the design to cover the wood. On the back wall is going to be a fabric wall paper, and I am building a all wood diffuser. Like the ones they sell. I am going to make two of them 2x2.
There will be pictures.
Thanks for checking this out, and thanks for the advice.

There are a bunch of designs out there that incorporate frames so the panels don't sag.

About the back wall...don't put diffusion back there. You need low end absorption on the back wall or you're going to have BIG problems at the listening position. I know everybody sees diffusers on the back wall at the big places, but that's always in the context of a comprehensive bass absorption design that usually includes a TON of absorption on the back wall. The diffusers are built into this.

There may be a place for diffusion in your control room (depending on the size and shape), but the back wall is the wrong place for it. You'll create more problems than you'll solve.

Frank

 

[sellthekids]

Cool thanks for the advice. I have building this room for about 2 1/2 years. Due to material, time, and deciding exactly what I wanted. I have seen almost every picture of every studio on the web. I once was thinking of buying a pre packaged foam treatment. But I didnt like the cheaper ones and couldnt afford to buy the ones I want. So with that I made them. With this design from Primacoustic. Its the same size as my room as is some of the others.

 

[darrin_h2000]

There are a bunch of designs out there that incorporate frames so the panels don't sag.

About the back wall...don't put diffusion back there. You need low end absorption on the back wall or you're going to have BIG problems at the listening position. I know everybody sees diffusers on the back wall at the big places, but that's always in the context of a comprehensive bass absorption design that usually includes a TON of absorption on the back wall. The diffusers are built into this.

There may be a place for diffusion in your control room (depending on the size and shape), but the back wall is the wrong place for it. You'll create more problems than you'll solve.

Frank

A few diffusers are recomended with the absorbsion materials...depending on the size of the room...my control room is a bit small for them.