Hello frederic. Hey buddy, excuse my manners for infringing on your thread.
Just want to answer Darryls question, then I'm outta here. I'll post a BUNCH of stuff in the DIY thread this weekend after I finish some stuff.
can we assume it is a non-functional piece meant for decorative purposes or does this have a mind-blowing function for your custom studio?
I wish
Actually, there are many purposes for it.
The first and formost is FUN. I love to build things Darryl and this thing has been so much fun cause it doesn't have to satisfy some predesigned purpose. I have a general vauge idea of what I want it to look like when its finished. And really, this thing has been in my head since I was a kid. Don't know where it comes from, except every time I'm on the phone and have a pencil and paper in front of me, when I'm done with the call, there is a "doodle" on the paper that I drew spontaineously while talking. Almost sub conciously. They all come out similar. This thing is a concious effort to replicate it in physical form.
In a way, it is my own attempt at sculpture.
The second is a sconce lighting. Once finished, this "thing" wil be filled with all kinds of light bulbs and types of lights and circuits. Incandescent clear and colored bulbs for indirect illumination, rope lights, 12v colored neon lighting tubes for cars, auto bulbs, LED's of various colors, size, and configurations including some strips with 20 or so LED's, which I will ask some questions on the DIY thread regarding computer controlled "scenes".......whew! Anyway, there are various little auto dashboard LED "spot" lights, and a couple of Fiber optic lamps that the fibers are distributed to "light points" drilled into the extrusions. Then there are the.....ahem......"special effect lights"....which are actually LAZER LEVELS.
...five of them. Very cool reflections. And finally, the unit itself will be illuminated by lamps hidden in the edge of my console "cloud". There is even a small slide projector to superimpose images on the extrusions.....
Crazy huh? Damn but its fun!
Ok, on with the other purposes. I already said this ain't finished by any means. In fact, there are TONS of things that go on this thing. AND, it is only PART of the overall effect on my sidewalls. What is hard to illustrate, is this is part of the sidewall ABSORBER/DIFFUSER elements at each end of the console.
This is sort of a "quasi diffuser grill", that interfaces with a multilevel or thickness absorber/diffuser, made of rigid fiberglass and wood, which is the backdrop and mounting device for this "thingy". Actually, this thing hangs on two "slatwall" hangbar brackets, which in turn, hang from a special piece of "aluminum slatwall" extrusion which is 6" wide and runs the length of the room to the back wall. This "slatwall" piece will allow me to hang guitars, bases, speakers, headphones, cables etc from special slatwall brackets I've collected, where ever I want. On both sidewalls. You see, there are TWO of these units
Third is a cable trough. Right under the slatwall extrusion is a room length cable trough on the wall, to carry all the snakes and cables from the console to the tape machine closet at the rear wall, which houses two Tascam MSR-16's and
a 42b 2 track, and a Teac 2300 7" RR 2 trk. Plus some cassette decks, amps etc. The rear wall is a project in itself. Later on that in the DIY thread. Ok, this cable trough is actually a 3 1/2" deep horizontal "tray" mounted on the wall. It has a removable gloss black laminate/MDF "cover", that is flush with the face of the rear sidewall "slat absorbers"
This cover runs behind the "thingy", carrying cables to it from the console, which brings up the next purpose.
Within this "thingy", are a couple of aluminum extrusion "boxes" that house Mic inputs, Hi z inputs, headphone outputs, and rear Sound Surround speaker outputs. The speakers hang from decoupled slatwall brackets. I only hang them when I want to use them. Otherwise, they are not there.
You see Darryl, these extrusions are used throughout my studio. In my console, tape machine racks, cieling "diffuser" lighting, trim around doors etc, and anywhere else I can use them as I have a ton of different profiles and colors, and up to 12' long. You'll see once I start my posts in the DIY thread.
Ok, you asked, there ya go!
Thats about it. So far anyway
Again, sorry frederic.
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