Nothing Great - Just Some Pics

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My son's band is practicing in the live room tonight so I took a couple of pics of their setup.

This is just as you walk in the door from the hallway.
 
View from back left corner looking toward the hall door and vocal booth window (ok plastic). Notice the two 10" ducts over the window. Haven't put the registers on yet. I decided not to run ductwork over and across the suspended ceiling. A compromise but it works fine.
 
man that looks just great. Lots of space... really nice. Probably one of the best looking setups by a member here.
 
View of control room. Not much done since the last pics other than electrical and thermostat. Window on left looks into live room. Center is vocal booth. Right is door leading to hallway, bathroom or outside. I hope to get all the doors hung this weekend, stain and attach floor/wall baseboards in live room and seal control room floor (Friday night). Paint control room floor Sunday. I'm not looking forward to the 64 XLR connectors I have to solder :eek:
 
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The new studio mascot. Actually thinking about naming the studio "Deaf Monkey" :D :D :D When someone asks "how was that take" I'll tell them "see the monkey" You got to have a sense of humor doing this or you'll go APE SHIT crazy. Sorry, I had to say that :D

DD
 
Thanks Mixmkr. I feel like I'm just scratching the surface here. There's been so many changes along the way and things I would have done differently if budget, etc didn't bring it to a screaching halt.

DD
 
One more pic. This one is of the band. That's my son singing lead and playing acoustic. They're doing "Smoke Rings in the Dark" by Gary Allen. Love that song. Name of the band is "Lone Ryder." Remember it. You'll see it on Billboard one day!!
 
sheesssh, when you said your son's band was practising, I was expecting a group of 16y-old punks! ;)

can't wait to see the complete control room..... :)
 
Thanks Blue. I take that as a very high compliment after seeing that beautiful studio you've built.

Leeking - Yeah that's the great thing about a Country band. Age really isn't an issue. My son is the youngest at 20. His rhythm guitar player (also harmonica, fiddle, banjo, mandolin and vocal chorus) is the oldest at 56. Oh yeah, he also surfs and skateboards. Says he's the oldest surfer in Georgia. Hell, probably the only surfer in Georgia :D

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It's looking great there, Don. 64 XLRs beats out the 48 TRS cables I finished up a couple of weeks ago. It sure is amazing how long that stuff takes (and how these "aging" eyes begin to lose their focus after a few hours of soldering).

I see the drum platform in there. Did you ever figure out a simple way to make it portable, or is it simply luggable?

Darryl.....
 
...that looks like a great room...what a nice high ceiling...well done...
 
Paint control room floor Sunday. I'm not looking forward to the 64 XLR connectors I have to solder :eek:
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Only 64? You wus :-)

When I ripped out my home studio over the past week and a half, I had to desolder 6 ADC 144TT patch bays (thats 2592 individual solder joints), 3 ADC 52 1/4" patch bays (thats 469 solder joints) and a few other minor things.

BTW, desoldering is much easier than soldering - instead of a soldering iron, one connection at a time, I used a heat gun which is normally for stripping paint. I put it on its "high" setting, waved it over the exposed ADC jacks, while suspensing the patch bay in my vice, and the wieght of the cable snakes pulled themselves right off.

Just a handy tip from your uncle Fred.

Of course after I unsoldered all 3000 connections, it dawned on me, WTF did I do that for. I'm remodeling, not trying to abuse myself by creating extra work.

Oiy.

BTW, your studio looks awesome Don, absolutely awesome. I have a few questions of you don't mind...

1. The white ceiling tiles... are they acoustical tiles, or office tiles?
2. The white "trim" along the floor (first picture), is that moulding? or chaulking? Or moulding covering chaulking?

Thanks Don, looking darn good.u
 
DigitalDon said:
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The new studio mascot. Actually thinking about naming the studio "Deaf Monkey" :D :D :D When someone asks "how was that take" I'll tell them "see the monkey" You got to have a sense of humor doing this or you'll go APE SHIT crazy. Sorry, I had to say that :D

DD
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Cute mascot. Did you borrow him from MidiMonkey Productions?

:D :D :D


heh-heh.
 
Darryl - The drum riser will stay in the studio. It has handles on two sides to move it and about 1" ABS foam around the perimeter to isolate it from the floor. Dimensions are 8' wide by 6' deep. It's made with 2 x 4's and 3/4" plywood. And a LOT of screws - no nails. Still have to put carpet on it. Probably a dark hunter green.

Here's the plans I found for a portable take-down 12" high drum riser that's also 6' x 8'. Looks really simple to build. My son plans on building it this weekend for a gig next weekend. Go to http://home.mchsi.com/~sjmills5/drum-riser-plans.html

Fonts - Thanks. Putting in that cathedral suspended ceiling with uneven walls was a LOT of fun!!

DD
 
Frederic - The ceiling tiles are just the regular 2'x4' non-directional "acoustical" tile you get at Home Depot etc. I think Owens Corning was the manufacturer. The white at the bottom of walls is just where the paint stops and you see the primer on the sheetrock. 4" baseboard will cover all that up (hopefully this weekend).

Found the monkey in a store 2 weeks ago and just had to have him. He reminded me of how I felt recording my first full band!!! Pure hell. 12 hours on Saturday, 10 hours on Sunday and the drummer never did get it right!!!
 
of walls is just where the paint stops and you see the primer on the sheetrock. 4" baseboard will cover all that up (hopefully this weekend).
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Thank you much for the detail. I wasn't sure if it was auralex stuff or just ordinary stuff.

Found the monkey in a store 2 weeks ago and just had to have him. He reminded me of how I felt recording my first full band!!! Pure hell. 12 hours on Saturday, 10 hours on Sunday and the drummer never did get it right!!!
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I hear ya about drummers, this is what got me into midi and drum machines in the mid 80's. Started off with a Commodore 64 and a Roland TR505. The band I was in unfortunately was often plagued by drummer problems. Too much drinking, showing up late, showing up without a drum key, once he even "forgot" his cymbal bag for a live show.

*sigh*.

Anyway, I liked the monkey a lot.... been looking for a logo for my studio for a year or two now, unfortunately I can barely draw stick figures, no less animate them in flash. You do know the name of my studio, right? :D
 
Don,

That portable riser is interesting. I need to download those plans for a friend of mine. It's kind of like a waterbed frame except for the hinged corners. Those are usually rock solid once weight is added to the top.

Looks like you've got a "fun" weekend in store. Hang in there, one of these days (hopefully soon) you'll actually get to record in there.

Darryl.....

(as a side note, my home studio mascot is a Llama in honor of my daughter who calls everyone a Llama; henceforth the studio has been dubbed "The Bobby Llama")
 
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