let me see your studio!

[mjbphotos]

I just finished going through ALL 392 pages of this thread. Looking for ideas. An awful lot of the pictures in older posts don't show up anymore, but it was fun!

Next I'm going to go through the studio construction threads. Again, looking for ideas.

I'm gathering ideas as my wife and I start planning for our next studio build. We're moving the studio out of our house and into part of the building she owns in town where she has her law office. I'm excited as we'll have WAY more room(It's 18'8" X 71' with 9'9" ceilings!) and I can finally start getting clients into the studio again. When I was living by myself, I didn't think anything of having people here to record. After Cindy moved in, I just feel right about it. Our house is not very big.

71' long? Definitely need some treatment to prevent the natural echo of that room (not reverb!)

 

[dainbramage]

Don't Laugh

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Are you using that Boss multitrack thing as a control surface? If so, how is that working out for you?

 

[Stogie_D]

Hornbill Studio - My home analog studio. This is 1 small area, the recording equipment. About 850 sf total dedicated to playing & recording music.

 

[joel77]

71' long? Definitely need some treatment to prevent the natural echo of that room (not reverb!)

Mike,

Yes, that would be interesting.

Plans are to build a control room inside those dimensions. Recording areas on either side. But we'll see what we come up with for ideas.

 

[ultrasound]

Are you using that Boss multitrack thing as a control surface? If so, how is that working out for you?

hey no I haven't tried it as a control surface. I just use if for taking out in the field recording bands and musicians. Afterwards I upload the files to the PC for mixing etc.

 

[dainbramage]

 

[mjbphotos]

Nice looking traps, dain!

 

[ultrasound]

That looks amazing dainbramage. Is it better to have your speakers sideways like that?

 

[dainbramage]

That looks amazing dainbramage. Is it better to have your speakers sideways like that?

Thanks ultrasound, it does look slightly better than it did a little over a year ago:

March 2013:


Now:


As for the speaker setup, I placed them sideways in order to have the tweeters at ear levels and use the stands. I have read some posts suggesting it might not be a good idea due to phase issues, but they sure sound good the way they are.

 

[fuzzsniffvoyage]

Hey Dain, the place looks great!

 

[mo-hammad]

i just have a pc system and fl studi

 

[nicolas ruiz]

In the late 1990s it was a custom built 16 foot high 27x37 foot room with adjacent control room, About 20 tube preamps (altec, ampex etc) into a 2 inch 1100 ampex 16 track, Mackey 32-8 and 24-8 used for mixing, Too many mics monitors and amps to mention etc etc......nowdays just hobby......USB interface into laptop with reaper Hahaha but it works!!!

 

[CoolCat]

dainbramage thats a nice setup,
amazing how we dont need racks n racks of gear and large mixers anymore...a sleek interface, and a daw w/plugs and mics and monitors.
that coffee mug made both pictures, funny little detail..

 

[dainbramage]

Hey Dain, the place looks great!

Thanks dude, it is getting there for sure

dainbramage thats a nice setup,
amazing how we dont need racks n racks of gear and large mixers anymore...a sleek interface, and a daw w/plugs and mics and monitors.
that coffee mug made both pictures, funny little detail..

Yeah, I don't really think I need anything else at the moment. Summer holiday is coming up, so it should be time to start focusing more on the music again.

That mug is one of the very few things I didn't sell while upgrading. It is arguably the most important piece of gear I've got

 

[G SEESSION]

Good studio!

 

[dreib]

MY new digs:

 

[ultrasound]

Wow, that is a good place to put a drum .

 

[Kronik-X]

Well this is all i have so far... Sadly...
But i am broke af' and 19 lol looking to upgrade/expand my equipment SOON

Windows 8 Laptop
Yamaha PSR-510 Keyboard
Turtle Beach PX21 Headset - It's a shame to admit that's what i am stuck using to record for the next couple weeks
FL Studio 10 Producer Edition
Adobe Audition CS6



i bet i have the lowest budget production setup on the site lmao but even with turtle beaches...when using adobe audition CS6 it actually sounds BETTER than my old shure sm-58 mic lol

 

[liv_rong]

A few new things since my last post. I made some panels and corner traps, built a drum riser, a new desk and an amp stand and added some gear. The bitch of it is we are building an addition on our house, adding a second floor, and I have come to find out that they need to add some steel beams and columns down here. So Ill have to tear out one wall and part of the ceiling and rebuild later. Major bummer as it took me almost 3 years to get this room to where I want it and as soon as it starts falling into place I have to back track. When I rebuild I want to add a stage snake and run the cable on the other side of the wall to clean up the cable clutter when I track drums and some other little changes. But for now, on to the pics!

Finally have some decent cable organization/storage:

Only thing I still need to add is a kick mic:

 

[JimmyS1969]

Sucks to hear you need to destroy some of that to continue the build.

All looks good but I would get those monitors on stands and spread them out a bit. You are not quite optimum for getting the stereo field right.

I would relocate the Marshall cab and the lamp and spread your monitors out to create a triangle from your listening position.