Will a studio in a garage get cold enough to ruin equipment?

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phil fridge said:
...one room which is about 10'x8' and a control room 6'x8'...
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Man....are you even able to change your mind in those two small spaces? :D

One large space would have worked better, IMO....but I guess you've gotten use to it after 17 years.
With a name like "phil fridge"....I guess heating is relative. ;)
 
phil fridge said:
One thing you may not of thought of is intruders such as mice, rats, frogs ...
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Oh yeah, I've had my share of frogs in my studio and plenty of spiders. And a snake once.... 2am... I called the sheriff's dept to come get rid of it. lol... I hate snakes. :mad: :D
 
After the shock of seeing a snake :eek: it is usually very harmless minus a venomous viper.
 
moresound said:
After the shock of seeing a snake :eek: it is usually very harmless minus a venomous viper.
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yeah, in the end I think it was a rat snake. Not venomous, but he sure had an attitude and I wouldn't want to get bit by any kind of snake.

Did I say I hate snakes??
 
Chili said:
yeah, in the end I think it was a rat snake. Not venomous, but he sure had an attitude and I wouldn't want to get bit by any kind of snake.

Did I say I hate snakes??
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I'm not a big fan of snakes either, unless they're in someone else's pants. Then they can have all the attitude they want. :eek:

My house is so cold it might as well be a garage without walls. I have quite a few problems playing guitar, but none of my equipment has ever failed.

Hey, I'm here all week, try the double entendre.
 
fritsthegirl said:
I'm not a big fan of snakes either, unless they're in someone else's pants. Then they can have all the attitude they want. :eek:

My house is so cold it might as well be a garage without walls. I have quite a few problems playing guitar, but none of my equipment has ever failed.

Hey, I'm here all week, try the double entendre.
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:laughings:

well played ;)
 
fritsthegirl said:
I'm not a big fan of snakes either, unless they're in someone else's pants....
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Reminds me of the old Toy Story movie where Woody's pull-string says "There's a snake in my boot!!" Talk about your double entendre's..... :D
 
jimmys69 said:
Wait, is that actually a fact? I am curious as to whether it is best to leave gear on. I am sure this would not apply to something like a tube amp, but as far as PC's and such, is this recommended?

I never thought about even investigating that... Going Google now...
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Idk about music gear but I do know that it is a widely-held belief among computer people that leaving a pc(but not laptops or the like) always on is better for it than turning it on and off. They say fans suffer much more trauma from having to start up and wind down than they do from just constantly going. Not sure about the other parts of the computer though.
 
Consumer electronics is not made for low temperatures and in fact I once had a transmitter that was built to pretty high standards and in a real cold day when the heater failed in the building it refused to stay on. We heated up the building with the fixed heater and the thing then worked. Condensation is one consideration, the temperature variation like that will lessen the life of the equipment. If you have Mackie Mixers they are not repairable- they are made with wave soldering and not to high standards and heavy thermal cycles will cause variance in the little lead they use in wave soldering and cause it to crack allowing channels to start to malfunction and disappear. If you have to take it all apart to fix this, you will not want to deal with it so many go in the can. Tape decks with processors. When temperatures are extreme like these the silicon substrates also move around and get hard. One day you go out there and your transport does not work it might be traced down to a microprocessor that has failed. Most Tape decks do not have all the parts that were around- I fix then 12 hours of the day. Tape does not want to be at that temperature nor hard drives as they need to continuously recalibrate as the temperature rises from freezing to the normal. I suggest putting in an electric space heater set to some low value. Upper 40' or 50 I would guess. A non-insulated garage will also have a lot of dirt in it so a clean up and insulation will help. This is just the opinion of a Technician who fixed equipment. Most recording equipment is not built to Military grade standards or those parts.
 
Will a studio in a garage get cold enough to ruin equipment

miroslav said:
Man....are you even able to change your mind in those two small spaces? :D

One large space would have worked better, IMO....but I guess you've gotten use to it after 17 years.
With a name like "phil fridge"....I guess heating is relative. ;)
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Its not big i agree, but the benefits of a seperate control room out weighed any thought of using just one area......i wish the control room was bigger, but its fine for me and the guy i songwrite with . We are the Fridge Brothers so -oh yeah- heating a must. I do dream of bigger premises but my Mrs. doesn't want to move....perhaps she'd like the lounge in the garage, mmmm. food for thought!!
 
A few hundred $$ can hook you up with radiant heater panels. No noise to interfere with recording. No more worries about cold.
 
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