Warehouse

[dsoukup]

Hello all,

This is my first time posting on this board, although I have been a reader off and on for the last 2 years. I have recently been thinking about starting a studio, but I would like to put it in a warehouse or old factory of some kind and basicly do no changes to the building. It would be a thing where I just come in with the gear and record "Guerilla" style. With this though there are is an issue that needs to be delt with, acoustics. I was wondering if anyone has did this before and how they delt with it. I would like to record and mix there. I know since I don't have a place in mind yet so its hard, because I can be specific about room sizes and materials. I know gobo's would be a good thing to have for isolation and I could get some of those fancy auralex max walls for the mix postion etc. If anyone has some suggestions or input on such a thing as this that would be great.

Thanks
David

 

[notbradsohner]

for mixing, unparalell walls will be best. Adding these will not be too expesive. Mabye a couble hundred dollars at most, for some 2 by 4s and some drywall. I would mix in a smaller room, like an office, as opposed to the huge open spaces where actual work is done. recording there would be sweet tho. Yes, gobos will be a good thing, but you will not be able to eliminate all of the echo in such a large room. you cant really decide what needs to be done until you actually listen to the room. Hey, mabye you'll get lucky and it will be completely flat! (probably not though). Basically, wait until you get the room, then decide what the problems are and decide what to do from there.

 

[HangDawg]

My next major project will have the drums tracked in a large warehouse. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[dsoukup]

Thanks for the repleys. HangDawg I would like to hear about that. I know this is not a new concept and many people of done it, its just not a very well documented process. People move in and setup studios in houses and leave when the album is done. I would just like to know how they deal with acoustics when they go in since they don't do any major modifications to the places.

 

[thane1200]

I would like to put it in a warehouse or old factory of some kind and basicly do no changes to the building. It would be a thing where I just come in with the gear and record "Guerilla" style. With this though there are is an issue that needs to be delt with, acoustics.

I my opinion you will find that the acoustics in an un-altered warehouse are going to be very problematic. I'm no professional but I've noticed that large spaces with (I'm assuming) metal walls and roof will cause reverberation, echo, and distortion. I would put up at the very least some dividers similar to office cubicles to cut down on how far the sound travels and keep your recording space somewhat acoustically stable. Good luck!

 

[DDev]

I know this is not a new concept and many people of done it, its just not a very well documented process. People move in and setup studios in houses and leave when the album is done. I would just like to know how they deal with acoustics when they go in since they don't do any major modifications to the places.

Typically they do their tracking in these spaces but the real mixing gets done in a real studio, not a temporary one. For tracking, a space like a house provides an environment that may be inspirational to the musicians and fosters their crativity more than a "sterile" studio environment. With spot treatments you can track pretty decent quality audio almost anywhere. Mixing, however, is another animal altogether.

Darryl.....