Studio HELP

[Manmademusic]

My sister...my wonderful sister bought me recording equipment for my band ... i know some what about it ... but i need your help for a room set up... and some other questions ....


1. I have a studio to set up my gear a one room studio (LOL)... I was thinking of adding a wall with a glass panel in between to separate the rooms? - can I get your views on that and suggestions on other ways to set up the room

2.should I build/buy a sound booth ?

3. What else do i need other then the guitars, drums, bass and keys ?

The list of GEAR :
MONITOR SYSTEM: The 2 stereo HAFFLER AMPLIFIERS,150 watts per channel

The speakers are TANNOY NEAR FIELD 6.5 flat response

MIXING CONSOLES: YAMAHA 03D and TASCAM 312B

THREE DBX PATCHBAYS
KAWAI 8 channel midi patch bay
PROCESSING RACK: includes:
ACM power center with lights-
LEXICON ALEX with ac adapter and manual-
KORG A-3 processor with ac and manual-
KORG D1-PRO DIGITAL TUNER with ac and manual-
Beringer SNR 1000 denoiser with ac and manual-
ROLAND M-BD1 bass & drum module with ac and manual-
E-MU Pro-cussion drum module with ac and manual-
ROLAND JV-880 with ac and manual-
LEXICON MPX-100 dual ch processor with ac and manual.
All mounted into a custom made red oak natural finished cabinet.

TASCAM TSR-8: ½ inch tape recorder

All the cables needed,

EXTRAS :
midi and patch cables
a custom stand to mount the TSR-8 deck
the de-magnetizer
2 reels of 456 tape
the RC-408 remote for the TSR-8
Boss remote foot pedal for TSR-8 great for punch-in recording
3 spare reels
1 spare hub
cleaning fluid
Boss DR-550 drum machine (battery use is find, but using the ac adapter (included) is somewhat loose at times
Boss (half-rack classic) digital delay (right side needs repaired) FATAR Studio 49 keyboard.

 

[BillyFurnett]

Um, How does your sister feel about adopting a step brother??
Me!

Just kidding.

Welcome to the bbs and be sure to check out the Studio building section here.

 

[The Ghost of FM]

Building or buying an isolation booth is a big undertaking!

Trying to separate the existing room would involve floating walls to physically create an air bubble in-between the two spaces so that you have an effective amount of isolation between the two rooms.

How big is this room as it is now?

What I do, which is a hell of a lot cheaper and easier is to simply use a second room in the house that is a few walls away and with both doors closed, in the control room and the talent room, I am achieving a near perfect isolation between the two rooms.

All that was need to accomplish this was an extension cable for the headphones and for the microphones. My remote control for my 16 track is long enough to reach to either room and the only thing missing is a video monitor and camera link up so that I could see the meters from the talent room but, I seem to get by all right without that.

The talent room can be a bedroom or any other room in the house where you have half decent acoustics in that room so that it is not too live or too dead.

Cheers!