Seeker of Rock
Let us be unburdened by that which has been ?
I still put quotes around the term studio, because it is a combination tracking/mixing room and probably not a true multi-room professional studio that one's thoughts may conjure.
Anyway, I experienced something really inspiring to me last Thursday night...I have worked on everything from the ground up, started to move equipment from my house (50' or so away) to the room, rejoicing in the reality that everything is basically completed, and detected a noticeable silence when walking into the room (while moving equipment). So I thought to myself, that of all the attention to decoupling and finishing I've done, I still haven't stepped back to listen to the room. So I closed the door and turned off the lights, layed down on my back to listen to what I could hear and see what I couldn't.
Now I live in a very urbanized South Florida where it is hard to get complete darkness. The first time since I can't even remember, complete darkness. Looked to the joints, under the door, etc.
Well, that's the vision thing, but more importantly is isolation and interior acoustics (e.g.- what is getting in and what does what is inside sound like?)
I live on a busy street, but the studio is about 150' from the street...residential street, but still a thoroughfare to downtown Hollywood. I heard a very muffled roar of the 'Fast and the Furious' style of Honda Civics 'getting on it' on two occasions, but that was it. And that was more like a faint low-end version. I saw nothing...both neighbors had their backyard lights on but nothing.
Sorry for the book, but it was very cool to kind of 'test' this room for construction. Just have to treat it now, although it does have a nice, natural reverb for tracking...unfortunately, I'm going to have to do that with effects (Lexicon is my taste) because I'm going to mix in there too.
Anyway, I experienced something really inspiring to me last Thursday night...I have worked on everything from the ground up, started to move equipment from my house (50' or so away) to the room, rejoicing in the reality that everything is basically completed, and detected a noticeable silence when walking into the room (while moving equipment). So I thought to myself, that of all the attention to decoupling and finishing I've done, I still haven't stepped back to listen to the room. So I closed the door and turned off the lights, layed down on my back to listen to what I could hear and see what I couldn't.
Now I live in a very urbanized South Florida where it is hard to get complete darkness. The first time since I can't even remember, complete darkness. Looked to the joints, under the door, etc.
Well, that's the vision thing, but more importantly is isolation and interior acoustics (e.g.- what is getting in and what does what is inside sound like?)
I live on a busy street, but the studio is about 150' from the street...residential street, but still a thoroughfare to downtown Hollywood. I heard a very muffled roar of the 'Fast and the Furious' style of Honda Civics 'getting on it' on two occasions, but that was it. And that was more like a faint low-end version. I saw nothing...both neighbors had their backyard lights on but nothing.
Sorry for the book, but it was very cool to kind of 'test' this room for construction. Just have to treat it now, although it does have a nice, natural reverb for tracking...unfortunately, I'm going to have to do that with effects (Lexicon is my taste) because I'm going to mix in there too.
