PorterhouseMusic
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The knitted oven mitt looking cloths over the acoustic gtr sound-holes... is that to minimizes the guitar from vibrating from room sound? Or what?
PorterhouseMusic
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Man.... I sure do relate to that.
flyingace
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Yes, crochet'd squares work great to keep acoustic instruments from resonating. We used to use something similar in the recording studio I worked at in the 90s. My wife so graciously made these for me. They work great.
PorterhouseMusic
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Excellent. I have the same issue - and as it turns out - my wife is a full blown knit-aholic. She'll have a couple of these made for me before I finish typing this.
Scott Baxendale
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Scott Baxendale
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Slouching Raymond
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Some pretty studio pics:
The above picture is my 2m by 2m acoustic booth, now fairly empty except mics, a remote access pc, and a few guitars. There is room.
The Moog Matriarch does look cool, and sounds cool. The RD64 piano controls the Integra7.
The Odyssey does look cool, and sounds cool.
The above picture is my 2m by 2m acoustic booth, now fairly empty except mics, a remote access pc, and a few guitars. There is room.
The Moog Matriarch does look cool, and sounds cool. The RD64 piano controls the Integra7.
The Odyssey does look cool, and sounds cool.
PorterhouseMusic
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Dude... that Behringer Odyssey looks like a lot of fun. I haven't bought any toys in a long time. At $659 (at Sweetwater) - I have that easily in my fun budget. It would definitely fall into the category of "toy" for me. Hmmmm....
I'm imagining myself losing hours just tinkering. Sounds fun!
I'm imagining myself losing hours just tinkering. Sounds fun!
TAE
All you have is now
I likey!
My goal is to minimize, minimize and minimize...
Basically a 88 controller, mac mini with logic pro, Berry Flow 8, a set of headphones, 1 large monitor, a mouse and and keyboard...we'll see how that works out but that's my goal ...99% just me in there doing my thing anyways. I have the monitors and PA if I need em for a band recording but that is a rarity these days.
Slouching Raymond
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By popular request - My Drum Booth:
That's a Tama 'Superstar' kit.
And same remote access PC as the other booth.
Yeah, I got 2002 Paiste cymbals.
Tight for space. The old mixer is not needed now.
All plugs up here, and goes down the snake to the control room.
There's a back channel for headphones.
That's a Tama 'Superstar' kit.
And same remote access PC as the other booth.
Yeah, I got 2002 Paiste cymbals.
Tight for space. The old mixer is not needed now.
All plugs up here, and goes down the snake to the control room.
There's a back channel for headphones.
Seeker of Rock
Seeker-Lou ‘32
Aw, hells to the yeah!! That’s a helluva kit.
How are the reflections?
How are the reflections?
Sky Blue Lou
Seeker-Lou '32
Nice!
Old Music Guy
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It does look like fun.Dude... that Behringer Odyssey looks like a lot of fun. I haven't bought any toys in a long time. At $659 (at Sweetwater) - I have that easily in my fun budget. It would definitely fall into the category of "toy" for me. Hmmmm....
I'm imagining myself losing hours just tinkering. Sounds fun!
Old Music Guy
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Nice job. I love the kit. Tee Star Cast isolators are pretty cool
Slouching Raymond
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I don't notice reflections. It is a relatively small room.
With the little holes all over the steel (in the ceiling too), and rockwool sheets inside the walls, it is a good acoustic space.
I used to have the kit facing the exact opposite way, and because the steel doors are opposite each other, and my ears between, I could hear standing waves.
The doors don't have holes.
The cure for that is to stagger opposite doors, but that is not possible for the drum booth location.
For the other acoustic booth, I did dismantle it and rebuild with staggered doors.
G
Gonny
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A few years back I finally got a dedicated space to call my own after more than 20 years shoehorned between the furnace and the water heater in the basement of a ranch (single story) house. I was getting underway just before the pandemic hit with some demolition of the previous space, waterproofing and moving a gas line, so not long after we got holed up at home I had a palette of drywall/lumber/supplies delivered. Not the worst time to be shut in.
My ability to make music was quite constrained in my old space, where every note I played echoed throughout the house. This was frowned upon by my family members, and even more so when I got a set of eDrums 11 years ago. Thunkety-thunkety-THUNK!
Thus, my main focus when building the room was to maximize isolation to allow me to play more often without bothering everyone. I have been most pleased with the results in that regard (as has my wife). I got started using general info online about the use of RC-1 and such but ran across the Rod Gervais book after I had gotten underway and shifted gears a bit (still used the RC-1, of course). I took lots of photos of the process if anyone is curious what I did. Happy to start another thread on that. The ceiling was the most important - family room directly above. The weakest link now, bleed-wise, is the door, which is a standard grade exterior fire door.
I did the best I could with my knowledge at the time, skills and budget and chose not to go down the more involved path of determining how much isolation I wanted/needed and figuring out how to get there. I would probably still be trying to figure that out! It worked out fine isolation-wise. I have been learning Reaper and figuring out the work flow to allow me to move around quickly, and it is now time to turn my attention to acoustic treatment. I threw corner bass traps together with left over 3 inch rockwool when I first moved in just to tame things a bit (and that they did), but much more is needed. Debating how to approach that now. The space is about 17 X 11.5 X 7 ft, so a pretty small room as ideal mixing/listening rooms go, and with a very low ceiling to boot.
I wasn't in a position to move the door so the bass trap on the left slides into place:
The soffit above the guitar amp covers an HVAC pipe to the upstairs room. It is an engineering marvel.
I debated tearing out these partial walls but kept them in the end (where would I mount my sconces otherwise?). I did cut out holes in them and put rockwool in there, for better or worse.
My ability to make music was quite constrained in my old space, where every note I played echoed throughout the house. This was frowned upon by my family members, and even more so when I got a set of eDrums 11 years ago. Thunkety-thunkety-THUNK!
Thus, my main focus when building the room was to maximize isolation to allow me to play more often without bothering everyone. I have been most pleased with the results in that regard (as has my wife). I got started using general info online about the use of RC-1 and such but ran across the Rod Gervais book after I had gotten underway and shifted gears a bit (still used the RC-1, of course). I took lots of photos of the process if anyone is curious what I did. Happy to start another thread on that. The ceiling was the most important - family room directly above. The weakest link now, bleed-wise, is the door, which is a standard grade exterior fire door.
I did the best I could with my knowledge at the time, skills and budget and chose not to go down the more involved path of determining how much isolation I wanted/needed and figuring out how to get there. I would probably still be trying to figure that out! It worked out fine isolation-wise. I have been learning Reaper and figuring out the work flow to allow me to move around quickly, and it is now time to turn my attention to acoustic treatment. I threw corner bass traps together with left over 3 inch rockwool when I first moved in just to tame things a bit (and that they did), but much more is needed. Debating how to approach that now. The space is about 17 X 11.5 X 7 ft, so a pretty small room as ideal mixing/listening rooms go, and with a very low ceiling to boot.
I wasn't in a position to move the door so the bass trap on the left slides into place:
The soffit above the guitar amp covers an HVAC pipe to the upstairs room. It is an engineering marvel.
I debated tearing out these partial walls but kept them in the end (where would I mount my sconces otherwise?). I did cut out holes in them and put rockwool in there, for better or worse.
Slouching Raymond
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You could be me, Gonny.
Multiple DAW screens - Check.
Classical Guitar - Check.
Clarinet - Check.
Flute - Check.
Trumpet - Check.
Just needs a bit of hand percussion.
Two lava lamps is getting a bit racey.
Nice job!!!
Multiple DAW screens - Check.
Classical Guitar - Check.
Clarinet - Check.
Flute - Check.
Trumpet - Check.
Just needs a bit of hand percussion.
Two lava lamps is getting a bit racey.
Nice job!!!
homestudioguy
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Slouching Raymond
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That's looking good, homestudioguy.Studio update.
Still doing DIY!
New Desk and keyboard stand designs.
Changed out 47 styled capsule with a C-12 styled capsule in my sE Z5600A.
You can actually access the rear of those desks.
TalismanRich
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HSG, that looks nicely organized.
How are you liking the Tascam? Do you do the mixing on it as well, or just recording tracks?
How are you liking the Tascam? Do you do the mixing on it as well, or just recording tracks?
