My studio construction thread

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miroslav said:
I did all my TT patchbays by hand...what a bitch...several hundred patchbay points, plus I had to solder the connectors on the opposite ends of all the snakes! :eek:
It was like 2-3 weeks of endless soldering... :(
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Same here... the effort was worth it in the end however it's a miserable job. I had 22U of 48-port TRS bays to solder up, plus wordclock, plus several s/pdif, plus rs232/rs422. Ethernet was easy though, punch tool and about a minute.

I think soldering ruined my vision though... I have a permanent "squint" now lol.

Looking REAL good WhiteStrat.
 
Hey StratCat!

Great atmospheric effects with your color and lighting choice.

I love how you've placed the *Harem* hangers in-between acoustic panels...shows a different take on Surround Sound..:D

Mic cabinet rocks..I'd need a step ladder though. Are you leaving the mics open to air? Ever consider hinged plexi glass panels?

One of my favorites..the input/output wall panels.

I know your desk will be on raised platform, mics in wall cab and guits on hangers above floor..but how about the drums and amps..any plans to raise them off the floor..just in case of water mishaps?


Love these kind of threads...as someone starts putting their project together, it gives all kinds of ideas to others. Thanks for providing a Voyeur the pleasure of well..watching.:spank:
 
Dude, I love that room. It's looking great. I especially like the mic lockers/shelves. :D


But, I don't see a white strat. What's up with that? :confused::D
 
Looking really good, White.

Is there a benefit to suspending bass traps as opposed to putting them on the floor?
 
gafadi said:
the colors and shades ( lights setting i guess ) looks very peaceful , perfect for a ideal studio :p

Someday hopefully , i will have something like this :drunk:
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Thanks man. I hope the colors make it feel peaceful to me when it's done! Right now, it's still work. :D
 
RICK FITZPATRICK said:
I think I'll make that my signature.:D

Hey strat, man that looks great! I love the symetrical look and the colors. Very very nice dude! The mic cab's are perfect too. Can't wait to see your console when its done.
fitZ:)
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Thanks fitZ--I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to building the desk too--like the rest of the room it's been built in my head many times! I hope it impresses, but be warned: no console. It's gonna look like a console desk with all rack gear I'll be incorporating, but I mix in the box and track through various racked preamps.
 
Jeff_D said:
Looks great! Is that concrete stain on the floor in the last picture? I'd love to do that in my basement studio, but its gonna take a lot of work to get the old paint/tile adhesive off my current floor. Also, is there anything (treatment wise) above your acoustic tile ceiling? Will ac tile absorb down low enough to not create a problem? :)
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Not concrete stain (though I considered it)--just oil based floor paint. I think I'd prefer the look of concrete stain, but since the floor will be tiled along with the rest of the basement in about a year, I didn't think staining it would be worth it. Besides, 75% of the floor will be covered with area rugs and gear!

And the ceiling is slightly more expensive ceiling tiles with some decent sound absorption ratings to begin with, then between the tiles and the floor above it is filled with standard fiberglass insulation--R30 I think. In the end, I'm hoping it's at least a bit like a giant acoustic panel on the ceiling. We'll see.
 
frederic said:
Same here... the effort was worth it in the end however it's a miserable job. I had 22U of 48-port TRS bays to solder up, plus wordclock, plus several s/pdif, plus rs232/rs422. Ethernet was easy though, punch tool and about a minute.

I think soldering ruined my vision though... I have a permanent "squint" now lol.

Looking REAL good WhiteStrat.
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suprstar said:
omg whitey that is AWESOME! wow :eek:
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Chili said:
All that space. wow. Love the mic shelfs. Looks great Strat.
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Thanks guys! And Frederic--I've still got the desk end of all those cables to solder! :eek: Wanna help?
 
true-eurt said:
Hey StratCat!

Great atmospheric effects with your color and lighting choice.

I love how you've placed the *Harem* hangers in-between acoustic panels...shows a different take on Surround Sound..:D

Mic cabinet rocks..I'd need a step ladder though. Are you leaving the mics open to air? Ever consider hinged plexi glass panels?

One of my favorites..the input/output wall panels.

I know your desk will be on raised platform, mics in wall cab and guits on hangers above floor..but how about the drums and amps..any plans to raise them off the floor..just in case of water mishaps?


Love these kind of threads...as someone starts putting their project together, it gives all kinds of ideas to others. Thanks for providing a Voyeur the pleasure of well..watching.:spank:
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Thanks True! There's no point in hanging the harem back up, since it's not done yet, but I'm very visual. I needed to see them hanging to get a sense of completion--I needed the motivation to keep going.

Good point on the floor. The amps will be lifted by about six inches. I'm building plaform shelves to put the amps on--not for water, but for organization. I thought it would be cool to be able to kind of tuck footswitches and stompboxes under the amps a bit, and also hide all their power and patch cables. But you're right it would keep the amps out of water (not the pedals though).

The drums are just going on the floor. Now I'm nervous about that.

However, in five and half years of being here--we've never had water in the basement. (I'm clinging to hope, here :) )
 
dastrick said:
Dude, I love that room. It's looking great. I especially like the mic lockers/shelves. :D


But, I don't see a white strat. What's up with that? :confused::D
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The white strat is waiting in it's case. I'll hang it and take another pic just for you.
 
RAMI said:
Looking really good, White.

Is there a benefit to suspending bass traps as opposed to putting them on the floor?
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Thanks Rami. Good catch on the bass trap--no there's no advantage to hanging them up there--it's kinda visual (and it allows for the wall to wall shelf under the panels on that front wall.

Since that's the mix wall, I'm hoping those bass traps will still be effective since they'll be in line with my monitors.

FWIW, on the back wall, where the drums will live, the bass traps will be down on the floor--that's why they're not in yet--the floors aren't done.
 
Brilliant space!! Definite inspiration. If you don't mind me asking, how long has "it" taken.
 
Ok sorry.

I just geeked out on the photos a little more. I am sitting here wondering what you use to manage all the inputs. Who (or what) keeps track of random input changes.

I ask this not to imitate what you are doing, because I am far from achieving such an established setup. I ask simply because one if my greatest trials is being an engineer and a player at the same time.

In my situation, the other musicians may not understand that wanting to hear the click track at the last minute (in a live studio session) is not conducive to the overall recording. It pulls me away from the music to work on logistics.

Is this avoided? (without the answer of "yeah. . hire an engineer.)
 
WhiteStrat said:
And the ceiling is slightly more expensive ceiling tiles with some decent sound absorption ratings to begin with, then between the tiles and the floor above it is filled with standard fiberglass insulation--R30 I think. In the end, I'm hoping it's at least a bit like a giant acoustic panel on the ceiling. We'll see.
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It will, that's exactly what I did. I have no other real room treatment, and I heard a remarkable difference when I was done with the ceiling. And with all those wall panels around your room, it's gonna sound great in there.
 
WhiteStrat said:
Wow...it's been a month and ten days since the last post in this thread. I thought I'd be done by now, but life has a tendency to get in the way--but it's all good. And there's been progress. Here are some updated pics.

First pic is the mixing end of the room. The computer is on a makeshift desk up on the elevated floor section. That stool is sitting in the cutout where the real desk will be built.

The second pic is a side wall. It shows off some custom shelving I built. You see the GIK acoustic panels with my work between them. I built mic shelves the same height and depth as the acoustic panels. When finished, the room will have bookshelves, and corners shelves that coordinate with these mic shelves.

The third pic is the back end of the room, where the drums will go.

The fourth pic shows what it looks like with a little color on the floor. I'm painting the floor tonight--catching a bit of a buzz from the fumes too. FYI--the studio is in the basement, and thus part of a much larger finishing project. As such, I didn't want to do anything permanent with the floors. Next summer we'll be building out the whole basement in a similar design theme to this studio. When we do, I'll do all the floors contiguously, including the studio. It'll likely be tile, but I didn't want to do something in my studio until I was ready to do it all. So I'm painting the floor and topping it off with area rugs (already purchased--this floor color goes well with them).
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Jeez, Bob.....that's the same room?:eek:
You're gonna feel great in there.;):)
 
Looks awesome, man. I look forward to the day when I can afford to dedicate an entire room to recording, too. :)
 
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