Trapped in a 20x23 space - did the best I could LOL!!

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Adding on a control room was out of the question financially, but it's what I really wanted, and needed to do.....oh well, as usual, I do the best I can with what I've got lol.

In order to maintain as much isolation as possible without reframing the entire structure and also to maintain the cubic footage for the control room area, I sat down with a calculator and went at it.

The room has seen 3 phases: 2 car garage, live band practice area, home studio.

First thing I did when I finished the interior to convert it from a 2 car garage was to levae one of the garage doors and frame in around the door track. This proved to be VERY beneficial in the latest phase as I already have the cieling and back wall isolated.

I used a single frame design with 1/2" Moisture resistant sheetrock. The MR sheetrock is a bit more dense than the normal. I went with R-13 Sonobat insulation as well. The interior was carpeted on the walls and cielings using an indoor/outdoor carpet I found at Lowes for $0.47 sq/ft. The backing of the carpet was a layer of rubber coating that was about 3/32" thick. I then used RPG Profoam to further dampen the front wall. I made the windows from 1/8" and 3/16" thick glass with reservation to add a 1/4" piece if needed.

Previous setup had me in the same room with the drums and vocals making mixing impossible and post process a nightmare.

My goal?

Within budget, isolate the drums and vocals as much as possible so I could efffectively mix them at the console.

The result?

Vocal booth - simple enough. 95% isolation.
Drum Room - Nightmare, but worth it. 93% isolation.

Pics:

http://www.lychesis.com/album/

(click the boxes at the bottom to see the pics)
 
nice booth

how did you make your vocal isolation booth? I wanna make one myself so if you could tell me what materials you used to isolate it and how isolated it was in the end i would really appreciate it :D

Thanks...
 
The desk looks VERY cool all loaded up. :) Very cool. Did you make that?
 
Shellshock - I double framed it basically. I framed in a 1 foot section at the top. A box if you will and isulated it. I used a styerene style insulator for along each 2x4 (even between the sheetrock). This can be bought as a roll at Home Depot/Lowes.

The floor is a concrete slab in there, so that wasn't a concern for bleedover. I did double stack my floor studs though. Thick carpet was used between the bottom one and the floor.

If it would have been a wood floor or crawl space, I would have had to make a double floor.

Isolating the framework from the floor and the sheetrock, even with the cheapy material I bought, worked wonders.

SonicClang - Yes I built the desk. I don't have any plans except a line drawing I made in "Microsoft Paint" I used hardwood sanded plywood for everything (5/8" thick).

Everything was measured out to fit the console itself. It's basically a knockoff of an Argosy with some adjustments :)

I also notched out the two inner uprights as I ran a 2x4 along the bottom of the desk top to add support. My original intent was to have the rack gear flush on the right slope, but changed my mind nearer the end as the amps and EQ's would be better caged in the bottom so the graphs wouldn't get bumped. That left me with excess room that I decided would better serve as a place to keep smaller stuff like pens, pencils, strings, etc. Eventually, I will be putting a small flip lid on the right side to make a compartment of sorts for those items :)

I am having to build my own meter bridge though. Luckily my console came with the schematics and I know for a fact that the stock meter bridge uses the same circuit design as the one in the board already. So, I'm currently laying out the board design and will etch the circuit boards myself. Gonna make it a little larger than the actual one though and mount it on the wall behind the desk.
 
I'm a bit of a handy man with wood too (Please don't take that the wrong way) so I can definitely appreciate the craftsmenship that would go into building a desk like that.
 
That is one cool desk. Nicely done. I like what you've done with the place!

G
 
Cleaned up a little more this evening and ran the cables to everything and started wiring up the board and sig processors.

Gonna be a loooooooooooooooong weekend :)

As far as the construction on the desk, it only took about 9 hours to build it and polyeurethayne it. A 2nd coat of poly was added the day after. There is a back to it as well that will be mounted once I get all the cabling done.

Since this studio will only be used for the band I am in, once everything is wired in, it won't really change any. The beauty of a static enviroment is joyous lol!!!!!
 
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