My new studio! Finally some pics

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Hey, Rush !! Nice work, my friend. Nice to see somebody knows what the hay they're doing. I just moved from Southern to Northern California and had to downsize my studio from about 35x14 to 14x12, but it all works out. Didn't need as much space as I thought I did. All works out well. Good luck with the studio. Hope to see finished project pictures when you're done.

Jimmy
 
Michael,

I've been looking at your design and kinda picturing it while I'm standing in the garage! Everytime I go in there to do this, it looks smaller and smaller. I'm really stuck now between having a two room with an isolation booth studio. I keep thinking if I had a large room with a nice ISO booth for vocals and guitar/bass cabs, it might work a little better for. In my heart of hearts, I WANT a two room studio with and ISO booth but the limited space is what's keeping my minds undecided.

I love your idea with the mic booth and all that.... I didn't actually consider that in my initial ideas. I'm trying to think of a design where I can put the mic cabinet almost into the wall and use a slot resonator as a cabinet door face to maximize space.

Also I wanted to put this idea out to see what people think of it....

I was at Home Depot and seen that the drywall comes in 12' lengths. would it be beneficial sound wise to put the innermost layer of 12' drywall verticle to form this ----> ( type of shape? I could use the first 6 or 7' of the drywall in a perfectly straigt verticle position and the rest I could bend into the ceiling to form a rounded design at the top.

Any thoughts or concern about doing this?
Thanks,
RF
 
awesome work, rush, and what a tremendous view!!

Michael's studio plan is awesome, too. If you needed a larger control room, maybe you don't need a separate booth and use the 'live room' for tracking vocals?

Keep us posted!
 
Giganova said:
awesome work, rush, and what a tremendous view!!

Michael's studio plan is awesome, too. If you needed a larger control room, maybe you don't need a separate booth and use the 'live room' for tracking vocals?

Keep us posted!
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Thanks Giganova....
The reason for being so indecisive about the rooms is stemming from the fact that I'm a drummer first, a recordist second! I've been playing drums for over 20 years and I know how drums can sound in very small rooms. I've also been recording for awhile and I understand the importance of having a good size control room. Then I have the question of "do I wanna see the hills while I'm playing drums, or while I'm mixing?" Oyvay!!

I found out that where the light post is in the picture I posted, they're going to build a roundhouse for trains. That's gonna be cool when it's done. I've never even seen a roundhouse before.
I think I'd rather have the view for mixing at this point! That'll make more sense anyway as far as isolation for drums.
I have about 2 more weekends of house stuff and then it's studio studio studio.

I'm really thinking about this rounded walls idea with 12' sheetrock. That could be very cool!
RF
 
Pert,

Not to sound alarmist, but just how close is the roundhouse going to be to your critical recording environment? I can't imagine the sounds of multiple tons of steel grinding and shifting won't have implications for recording.

For industrial trip-hop it'll be a bonus, but perhaps not your cup-o-tea.
 
rushfan33 said:

I'm really thinking about this rounded walls idea with 12' sheetrock. That could be very cool!
RF
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Rounded walls in a recording studio is NOT cool!
A basic concept in recording studio design is to avoid parallel walls.
Round rooms are infinitely parallel. Every single point on the arc of a circle has a point directly opposite to it. Parallel. Ever yell down a well?
Not a good thing.

I have been thinking about your space though, and it may be better to keep it as one large open space. Maybe a small iso booth for vocals.
I'll work something up.
 
Well, Here's a plan that might work for my space. I had to take a picture of the actual paper that it's on because I did it on Microsoft Excel on computer at work. I don't have excel at home. Sorry for the crued pic. Any thoughts?
RF
 

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Yeah that's pretty cool. The only thing I notice right of the bat is the highly reflective surface of the sliding glass door right behind the mix position.

Some heavy curtians that you could draw closed while mixing might be the ticket there though.

It would be nice if the speakers could fire in the long dimension of the room, but that would kind of ruin your view...
 
Michael Jones said:
Yeah that's pretty cool. The only thing I notice right of the bat is the highly reflective surface of the sliding glass door right behind the mix position.

Some heavy curtians that you could draw closed while mixing might be the ticket there though.

It would be nice if the speakers could fire in the long dimension of the room, but that would kind of ruin your view...
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What about one of those flat bamboo shades that roll up. That would be kind of cool. Wouldn't that act essentialy as a slot resonator? During mixing, I might be able to use a bamboo shade for half of the glass, and just open the other side to let the frequncies escape into the live room!?

VSpaceBoy- thanks for the links.

John
 
rushfan33 said:
What about one of those flat bamboo shades that roll up. That would be kind of cool. Wouldn't that act essentialy as a slot resonator? During mixing, I might be able to use a bamboo shade for half of the glass, and just open the other side to let the frequncies escape into the live room!?

VSpaceBoy- thanks for the links.

John
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You may get some diffusion from a bamboo shade, but I thing it would be negligible.
In order for a slot resonator to function correctly it must be sealed - top, bottom and sides.
 
rushfan33 said:
This is the inards of the garage/studio. It's a little hard to tell what's going on in there but just in cae, here it is.
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Ozzy?? I'm talking about the poster... :)
 
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