Some of you remember my threads here from last year, and I thought I should post photos of the finished studio. I want to thank Rod Gervais for being such a great help, and you all should buy his book because it's one of the best out there on the subject of studio design/construction.
What I ended up doing is not what I had set out to do, because after careful evaluation of the new listening position I had chosen after consulting the engineers from Klein + Hummel (my main monitors), I realized I won't have enough room for a room-in-a-room construction. If I did it, I would have to turn my body every time I walked along the length of the room on either side of the room due to the way I place my instruments, and I hate cramped spaces. I didn't want to change the placement of my keyboards in particular because I much prefer having them to my left side while I operate the mouse with the right hand.
So I ended up mainly only dealing with the acoustic treatment, and the only sound isolation reinforcement I did was putting in two layers of windows/doors with air cushion space between them wherever there are windows and doors. In fact the balcony door has a third wooden layer and if I want to I can easily add that third layer to the window as well, but so far I haven't found a need for it. I also adding a second layer to the ceiling with 3 layers of gypsum, lined with 4" glassfiber (703's), and I did it because upstairs from the studio is someone else's kitchen. I mostly just wanted to cut down on sound transmitted noise to the upstairs neighbor, and I wasn't concerned about structurally transmitted noise from my banging on my electronic drum kit because I never play it late at night anyway.
Now, about structural noise. I really wish I had enough room for that roomo-in-a-room construction because that would've been super sweet. I'll tell you guys right now that structural noise is a f-ing bitch to deal with and it's the worst kind of noise because it travels so damn far. If my wife is chopping stuff in the kitchen downstairs, I can hear it in the studio upstairs, even with all the windows and doors closed. And when anyone is doing any kind of construction/fixing in the building, I can hear the pounding and drilling and sawing--there is no way to stop that without a room-in-a-room design. I guess the only thing I can feel good about is that when no one's banging on stuff, the studio with all the windows and doors closed is perfectly fine. I also don't record stuff with a mic very often--I pretty much do MIDI and DI recordings, and the only things I mic right now are vocals and classical guitar. Someday in the future I will have that dream studio, but for now I'm just another guy with a project studio in his apartment home. Well, at least I learned a lot while doing research and design for the room-in-a-room construction plans, and if I were to ever attempt it, I'd know what to do next time.
nice studio! sorry to see the behringer board, great lighting though!
I haven't had any problems with it. All it does it to patch my two keyboards and the electronic drum kit into the monitor control unit and the audio interface. I have zero bias against budget gear when it does the job and doesn't color the sound in any way that's noticeable. Somethings I splurge on, such as monitors, but other things I'm not nearly as picky about, until I have reason to be.
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The LED lights really do add so much creative vibe--I recommend it wholeheartedly to everyone.
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Nice! Any heat issues with the PC's?
Not really. I don't need to close off the PC's with the isolation panels completely, so there's always enough of a gap in front and rear to allow enough airflow and not build up too much heat.
Now, about structural noise. I really wish I had enough room for that room-in-a-room construction because that would've been super sweet. I'll tell you guys right now that structural noise is a f-ing bitch to deal with and it's the worst kind of noise because it travels so damn far. If my wife is chopping stuff in the kitchen downstairs, I can hear it in the studio upstairs, even with all the windows and doors closed. And when anyone is doing any kind of construction/fixing in the building, I can hear the pounding and drilling and sawing--there is no way to stop that without a room-in-a-room design. I guess the only thing I can feel good about is that when no one's banging on stuff, the studio with all the windows and doors closed is perfectly fine. I also don't record stuff with a mic very often--I pretty much do MIDI and DI recordings, and the only things I mic right now are vocals and classical guitar. Someday in the future I will have that dream studio, but for now I'm just another guy with a project studio in his apartment home. Well, at least I learned a lot while doing research and design for the room-in-a-room construction plans, and if I were to ever attempt it, I'd know what to do next time.
Congrats of seeing it through to completion!!
You DID come out the other end!
It IS amazing how much your ears actually hear in a good environment, isn't it?
I've gotten comments from people; in person and across the internet, that I am doing overkill, spending too much... to; are you really sure all that sand is necessary... to; separate pads for each room??? are you nuts?
Then I've had several people come by the studio and have demonstrated the fact that sounds travels in amazing ways... and what it takes to stop that LF.
I've walked around the studio and had people listen as I tap walls and framing alike, with a hammer... and it's almost like people can't believe what they hear... or more accurately... what they DON'T hear.
So, it's nice to hear that you've accepted your situation and decided to be practical as well as intelligent on your decision to concentrate on a good flat environment instead of ending up with a tiny mic locker for a tracking and mix room...
Again... CONGRATULATIONS!!
It looks nice in there!!
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You want that extra point back? Get some split loom tubing and velcro straps for some serious cord control, and use some little piece of metal from the hardware store for more sturdy pins, and you get it!
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