Very important question, what would you do?

[barefoot]

jeronimo,

Soundproofing is certainly important and probably done much more easily with wood construction. But if you plan on recording live acoustic instruments the sound character of the room can also be very important.

If you have some good bricklaying skills, you could wind up with quite a unique and pleasing acoustic environment. You'll sacrifice space, but curving the walls, and especially curving the corners can make for a beautiful sounding room. You could also create a texture in the wall by staggering the brick faces. There are lots of creative things you might do.

Maybe you're not looking to build an "acoustic space", but it's something to consider.

barefoot

 

[jeronimo]

barefoot, thank you very much for your reply... I'll experiment for sure!!!
ausrock, thanks again!

 

[John Sayers]

I'm back - I think? no sooner did I get back and my phone line went out, (water in the line) and since our Gov decided to privatise our phone system we have cheaper phone calls but no service

What Ausrock suggested is correct IMHO.

This is great - when I started posting here 2 years ago noone seemed to know anything about acoustics but that's finally changing

very happy to post your construction jeronimo - send me the pics with some related text

cheers
john

 

[ausrock]

John,

Water in the lines makes it virtually impossible to work, due to safety issues..........the line techs apparently have to wait till things have dried out somewhat. This is according to my wife who is now working in Telstra's Corporate Call Centre.....I think if you have 3 or more lines you can qualify as a corporate customer, then you could ring my wife and hassle her.......lol.

Any advice (hopefully valid) I give on studio design is mainly due to what I have learnt from your tutorials and input........again many thanks


ChrisO

 

[John Sayers]

All fixed now - I'm not with telstra which is probably the problem. Give me her number and I'll hassle her anyway

cheers
john