Only you would post that frederic, ya kill me!
You know, this whole soundproofing thing brings up a subject that I have wondered about long and hard. And as an offshoot of it, just this weekend, as I was surfin the net, I came across a website for one LP Swist. I don't know if you are familiar with his name. He is an acoustical designer, and really produces some very nice designs. In a moment of insane compulsion, I emailed him with a resume, as I realized the fixture work in his studio designs were fabulous. Over the course of a few days, I recieved an email from him personally, as one of his associates had brought my resume to his attention. In his email, he attached the shop drawings for some of his designs, that a manufacturing company in Chicago called DatesWeiser, had provided for the fixtures that they were presently building for him. In his email, he asked me if I could detail not only similar fixture work, but economy pre fab studios and control rooms also.
Needless to say, I told him the fixture work was no problem, but the prefab room detailing would be possible for me only if the scientific and engineering portions were done prior, but it would seem to me, that any engineering firm would also detail it from the outset.
Now, that brings up the soundproofing issue in pre-fab solution packages. As the cost of material, speciallized labor and professional studio design continues to escalate, it is something I think, and so does he, that the market is well ready for. As more and more home studios encroach into the recording market as a whole, the less large scale studios construction is likely to happen. Especially seeing how many rooms of that level of budget are built each year. For each one that is built, the market share of available production funding dwindles. And even you must agree, that at best, a profitable large scale studio is a risk at best, and there is already considerable competition in existance. So, that being said, would you guys care to comment on the subject of designing prefab room modules for the home studio market? I'm extremely curious, as this bbs. and others attest to the fact that it MAY exist. Whether or not it would be profitable is the question at hand. However, I see MANY, and Steve can
validate this, many pre fab modular home manufacturers that are already set up here along highway 5 in Oregon, that have the manufactureing capability and have already evolved to where wall, floor, ceiling assembly line problems have already been solved.
I just think the same approach could be applied to this market. Any comments? And yea, my thinking MAY be optimistic at best. Please, quelch this brainfart before it consumes any more bandwidth here or at least give me a reason to let it evaporate. Which would actually be in my best interest as I have MANY other places to use my dreaming.
Thanks.
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