#1661332 - 03/01/04 01:52 PM
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tonyl
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Hi guy's first time posting.
Phil, I looked at your website photo's what did you use for sound proofing the room?
I just finish building my "new empire of doom!" room in my basement (floating floor walls and ceiling) insulation, 1/2 sound stop and 5/8 drywall. The inside of the room is kinda L shape a(a small control room end that open into a bigger area for amps and keyboards. I didnt want to make two rooms( control and small live) because i thought it would be to small and I work with another local studio where i can do drums.
I dont want to skimp on sound proofing the inside( ie like arualex) I just ran out of money! I have been reading about building my own bass traps and gobo's what do you think? I'm i screwing myself in the long run?
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#1661333 - 03/01/04 04:44 PM
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tonyl
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My head is spinning now! I have been reading ethan whiner threads...Holy crap I feel better about doing it myself though....
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#1661334 - 03/01/04 04:44 PM
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tonyl
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My head is spinning now! I have been reading ethan whiner threads...Holy crap I feel better about doing it myself though....
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#1661335 - 03/01/04 04:44 PM
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tonyl
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My head is spinning now! I have been reading ethan whiner threads...Holy crap I feel better about doing it myself though....
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#1661336 - 03/01/04 05:45 PM
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I guess you head is really spinning... 
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#1661337 - 03/01/04 06:19 PM
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tonyl
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Funny! I guess I hit the "add reply" too many times!!!!!
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#1661338 - 03/01/04 06:56 PM
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Dang had my eyes spinning there for a second. 
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#1661339 - 03/02/04 12:59 AM
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Philip O'Keefe
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Hi tonyl - welcome to the forums!
As you've noticed, we have a new acoustics oriented forum, and Ethan's the man to talk to about your acoustical situation.
But as far as my studio goes, we gave a lot of consideration to that when we went house shopping. Our studio used to be in a commercial building up until about six years ago when our lease expired. Rather than getting a new lease in a seperate location again, we wanted a place with a seperate building on the same property as our house. We ended up getting a 1,600 sq. ft. home on a 1/3rd acre lot with a 1,200 sq. ft. cinderblock barn out back.
Because the "shell" is cinderblock, and the ceiling joists are 2 X 12's, AND it's a seperate / detatched building in a semi-rural area, we had a head start on the "soundproofing". Which brings me to something I wanted to tell you - there's two main areas when it comes to acoustical treatment - soundproofing and acoustical treatment, and many people confuse one area with the other.
"Soundproofing" is keeping the sound inside of your studio so that it's not annoying to others and so that outside sounds don't interfere with your recordings. Soundproofing relies mostly on two things - mass and trapped air space. Big and heavy walls are harder to make vibrate when sound hits them...
The goal in acoustically treating the inside of your studio is to improve the sound inside. Things like bass traps, acoustical foam and fabric covered fiberglass, diffusers and so forth will make your room a more accurate and pleasant environment in which to record and mix, but they will not do anything to "soundproof" you studio - IOW, they're going to do very little to keep the sound of the neighbour's lawn mower off of your acoustic guitar recordings, nor will they keep the sound of a drum kit from disturbing their sleep... and calling the police on you. Both are important - the soundproofing AND the acoustical treatment, and I'm sure you can get a lot of great tips and hints over on Ethan's forum.
As for a seperate control room, well, that depends on what you're going to use your project studiuo for and what your specific needs are. We have a fairly large control room - about 17' X 19', which works out well for us. A lot of things are done in the control room, and having a large and accurate control room was important to me. But since I record a lot of bands, I wanted seperate tracking and isolation booths, and fortunately we have enough room to have those as well.  But if I was working on just my own things, a single room would probably be the way I would have gone so that everything was easily accessable. As it is, I did install tie lines into the studio and iso booths so that I could play an electric guitar from the control room while the amp was isolated in the other room. When I do my own vocals or acoustic guitar tracking, I normally just set up in the control room. The only thing I really don't do in there (as far as when I'm playing) is drums. If we had just a single room, doing that would be easier, but again, my setup meets my varied needs very well, while a single room setup will work better for other people - again, it depends on your needs and what you're planning on doing.
Feel free to post away and keep us (pardon the pun) posted on how things are going with your new place.
Best of luck with your new room! 
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