why people build studios

[VSpaceBoy]

...Boxing, therefore, is a sport.

Well I dont keep score when I'm boxing... but the injury is there. The last box I packed away for my girlfriend pulled somethin' wicked that I'm still payin' for. <of course it got me out of boxing for awhile>

Ron

 

[c7sus]

Frederick, please tell us you only fire that mother up at about 11pm on weeknights for dyno testing with nothing more than headers on it.

 

[cellardweller]

Why would he bother with headers?
Aren't those "optional" equipment?

 

[frederic]

Frederick, please tell us you only fire that mother up at about 11pm on weeknights for dyno testing with nothing more than headers on it.

Headers? I fired it up last sunday on my run stand without headers, just because it's naturally aspirated at this point and I wanted to "run in" the cams and the rings properly. 30 minutes at 2500 RPM, no exhaust

Here is a picture of my run stand, without the motor on it:

 

[frederic]

the stand was really a good practice welding project. My open frame console table willl be made the same way (though hopefully look very different!) and I'll actually spend time grinding down the beads so it looks prettier than this stand.

 

[knightfly]

Kinda small wheels, Frederic - where ya gonna find a 0.0411 rear end for that so it'll go more than 20 furlongs per fortnight??!? :=)

 

[Son of Mixerman]

(though hopefully look very different!)

DO NOT PAINT IT THAT INDUSTRIAL BLUE !!


SoMm

 

[frederic]

Kinda small wheels, Frederic - where ya gonna find a 0.0411 rear end for that so it'll go more than 20 furlongs per fortnight??!? :=)

Here is what its for. The casters lock so the stand doesn't wander around the yard. Its essentially a test bed, so I can work out the code/data tables for the GM EFI, weld up the manifolds for the turbochargers, and build a wiring harness around the whole thing. Once its working right, THEN I tear my truck apart and shove it all in.

Didn't want to tie up my truck for a month or two while i work out the bugs.

 

[frederic]

DO NOT PAINT IT THAT INDUSTRIAL BLUE !!
SoMm

ROFL.... actually, I'm going to paint it dark metallic green to match the producer's desk countertop and the moulding.

Tie it all together that way. I like green, I find it soothing.

 

[cellardweller]

I like green, I find it soothing.

But that is the subject of another thread...

 

[knightfly]

"Here is what its for" -

Knew that, Frederic - but what the hell fun can be had without the old comic standby of intentional misunderstanding?

Oh, personally I've only recently stopped HATING green, and I've been out of the Army since 1969...

Bastards told me that green uniform would improve my sex life - they were right: every time I put the damn thing on, I got SCREWED...

 

[frederic]

Knew that, Frederic - but what the hell fun can be had without the old comic standby of intentional misunderstanding?

Of course! I wasn't 100% sure, so I answered seriously as a default!

Oh, personally I've only recently stopped HATING green, and I've been out of the Army since 1969...

Hehehe. I'm going to color match the green in the marble-simulated counter tops I have, so it blends in nicely. The moulding will be the same color, just have to decide what color to make the walls and the ceilings.

Bastards told me that green uniform would improve my sex life - they were right: every time I put the damn thing on, I got SCREWED...

ROFL. I mean, ouch! lol

 

[Son of Mixerman]

Whew......

Green is my favorite color but the Studio is a mixture of deep purple,grey granite and white. The white eventually will become a marblish grey. Im going for that "gothic" look.

I was thinking about having my brother in law weld me a custom cantilever'd desk/stand. He is the lead welder for Genie Industries experimental department. The boy can weld like nobody. I saw him weld a tear in a Coleman camping table. I think contruction paper is thicker. Expert welding for free is a good thing. I design... he welds.. Mmnnnn


SoMm

 

[proteus9]

well heres an answer from way out in right field ..

in part I have to agree with the "workshop" theory someone mentioned earlier .. When I was at my apartment .. my son was less then a year old and just starting to walk. So anything at arms reach he would pull off the counter or desk (yes I had to share my "studio" with the living room). So everything got boxed up and put away in the closet. There were times when I was alone that i hauled everything out and worked a bit on stuff. then we got to our house where I have a second bedroom dedicated to the task. I can't tell you the sense of peace and creativity that comes from your mind not bogged down with the task of having to set up everything or take it down or rewire it ect ect .. Now granted, i'm not recording audio .. I'm all synth and pc .. so my idea of a studio isn't involved as the ones here, but I totaly get the importance of having it all work efficenlty and right though. When you have the right tools for the right job, you can really work ..

 

[sleepnotwork]

My two cents . . .

I'm currently working to set up a relatively simple home studio - just bedroom stuff, but still a substantial portion of my current cashflow and time are going into it. Though I must admit i've found myself getting somewhat sucked into the process of assembling gear (spending lots of money is FUN!), my main motivations for setting up my own recording situation are twofold.

First, I do mostly sample-based hip hop stuff, and doing it on computer gets more bang for the buck than my current hardware-based setup. MPCs are expensive.

Second, and probably more important, I'm less than enthusiastic about dealing with the logistics of recording in a traditional way - scheduling studio time, schlepping all my stuff to the studio, paying for mastering, etc. It's a big hurdle, and having it all in front of me will make it much easier to get the finished product out.

As for the time invested in the project vs. time invested making music question, I'm young enough that the investment I make now in learning how to do these things will have plenty of time to pay off, creatively and otherwise, down the road.

 

[frederic]

Though I must admit i've found myself getting somewhat sucked into the process of assembling gear (spending lots of money is FUN!), my main motivations for setting up my own recording situation are twofold.

When your local Sam Ash recognizes your face, and hollars "Hi Fred!" you know, like me, you're in deep shit

Though I'm very consistant in my shopping pattern. I walk over to the "used gear" section, then the "demo, scratch and dent" section, then the recording "room", then the keyboard module section, then I glance around for large red tags and if I see any across the room, I'll wander into the guitar and drum sections.

But they have me so pegged. There is one asian woman (well, girl really) who the second I walk in, follows me around waiting for me to touch anything. Then I get the full "this is how it works, this is the best price I can offer you" thing.

But then again, I can't leave the store without spending a grand, typically. Though once I bought two guitar picks and a magazine. I think i stunned them <G>.

 

[BlindCowboy]

There is one asian woman (well, girl really) who the second I walk in, follows me around waiting for me to touch anything. Then I get the full "this is how it works, this is the best price I can offer you" thing.

Wait, wait, wait. Back up.

SHE TOLD YOU HOW IT WORKS?!?!?!

I'm a regular at Guitar Center with a similar store pattern. Used, demo, clearance, sale, anything behind the counter broke?

But 9 times out of 10 it's:

"I wanted to take a look at a ____"
"What's that?"
"It's a _____. You'll most likely have it located in _____"
"Oh. Let me look it up.....Yea we got some."
"How does it work? What's the features?"

"Dude, I don't know how any of this @#$# works. I just sell it."

"Oh. What do you do musically?"

"Ah, man. I listen to alot of Hip-Hop. Trying to bust some of my own rhymes."

-This was an actual conversation that I had with a GC rep in the PRO AUDIO department. I don't even remember what I was looking at. I just put it on the counter and walked out. I swear, if they had a decent sales staff....

 

[frederic]

Yeah, she did. She's not aware of every piece of gear, but some of it she knows very well, at least well enough to demonstrate the basics. I of course, appreciate this.

Its so rare... I've been waiting for at least 6 months for her to quit.

 

[Track Rat]

When your local Sam Ash recognizes your face, and hollars "Hi Fred!" you know, like me, you're in deep shit
<G>.

My God. I'm in deep shit.

 

[picostudios]

I have the same problems myself at the local music shop. I asked this one lady who works in the recording dept. I asked her "Whats a good vocal mic for recording" She handed me this cheap $25 microphone. I was like uh...this is good? She's like "Yeah, I think so" I asked if she has used it or if she even records. She told me she just sings in a local group and such and that's the mic she uses.

The other people in the recording dept. Are jerks. You ask them a beginner question and they like pretty much give you a short answer and walk off. F them! F THEM!