John Sayers’ Recording Studio Design ForumAn archive of johnlsayers.com, 2003–2022

Studio Construction

How thick should my walls be, should I float my floors, and why is two-leaf mass-air-mass design important?

  1. mounting panel absorbers to the wall 1 reply, 2003. Started by blackdrum. With giles117.
  2. Walls 1 reply, 2003. Started by Harper. With giles117.
  3. mic/guitar booth on the move... 13 replies, 2003. Started by acermove. With giles117 and knightfly.
  4. Window Question 8 replies, 2003. Started by dfroom. With knightfly, rod gervais and giles117.
  5. Gobo Materials 4 replies, 2003. Started by VSpaceBoy. With giles117.
  6. Will she hold, captain?! 23 replies, 2003. Started by Manfriday. With giles117 and knightfly.
  7. contractor/carpenter referral needed LA, CA 4 replies, 2003. Started by nightowlgk. With knightfly and giles117.
  8. wallboard/sheetrock thickness? 1 reply, 2003. Started by telefunken. With knightfly.
  9. Caulk - Before I start working 3 replies, 2003. Started by cfuehrer. With knightfly.
  10. exposed ceiling joists 3 replies, 2003. Started by telefunken. With knightfly and giles117.
  11. Multiple Reheasal spaces/Studio 9 replies, 2003. Started by bassman. With knightfly, giles117 and John Sayers.
  12. Machine Room slot resonator 2 replies, 2003. Started by Extreme Mixing. With knightfly.
  13. Almost done but... 3 replies, 2003. Started by Lasso. With knightfly, giles117 and rod gervais.
  14. Gluing layers ?? 9 replies, 2003. Started by porl. With knightfly.
  15. how renovate air without losing the isolation? 4 replies, 2003. Started by jtvrdy. With rod gervais.
  16. basement rehersal space help... 4 replies, 2003. Started by somata. With knightfly.
  17. Building new wall. (isolation) 4 replies, 2003. Started by BpB885. With knightfly.
  18. simple low-cost sound isolation 12 replies, 2003. Started by campersand. With knightfly.
  19. More on caulking.... 2 replies, 2003. Started by Michael Jones. With knightfly.
  20. Plywood Ceilings 13 replies, 2003. Started by frederic. With John Sayers and knightfly.
  21. SOUNDBOARD + 5/8" SHEETROCK 3 replies, 2003. Started by luvshinerbock. With knightfly.
  22. HVAC will/can this work? 1 reply, 2003. Started by John Mayes. With knightfly.
  23. Gobo construction 1 reply, 2003. Started by blas. With knightfly.
  24. Room mode calculations 11 replies, 2003. Started by AWS. With knightfly.
  25. here is a pic of how I plan to do my ceiling, is it good??? 6 replies, 2003. Started by tenkas. With knightfly.
  26. caulking. How much. 3 replies, 2003. Started by John Mayes. With knightfly.
  27. Plastic Over Insulation-Still Effective Hi Freq. Absorption? 5 replies, 2003. Started by hills. With knightfly and John Sayers.
  28. Mr John plz help 6 replies, 2003. Started by DopeMan2K. With John Sayers.
  29. bass trap wood choices? 1 reply, 2003. Started by Ronan. With knightfly.
  30. Construction questions on new design 4 replies, 2003. Started by jt. With John Sayers and knightfly.
  31. Questions from a newbie (I hope newbies are allowed here) 1 reply, 2003. Started by 88fingers. With John Sayers.
  32. Hi guys, I need the help of all of you guys, image inside! 12 replies, 2003. Started by tenkas. With John Sayers and knightfly.
  33. Which is better in a floated RC seiling... 2 replies, 2003. Started by Dr. J. With John Sayers and knightfly.
  34. Studio frm scratch 7 replies, 2003. Started by hbmiked. With John Sayers, knightfly and giles117.
  35. "sound proofing" a common or shared wall 10 replies, 2003. Started by Ronan. With knightfly and John Sayers.
  36. Help with drum room 9 replies, 2003. Started by Strange Leaf. With knightfly, John Sayers and giles117.
  37. Filling in a window 1 reply, 2003. Started by Ronan. With knightfly.
  38. Laminate floor & static electricity ?? 2 replies, 2003. Started by sarza73. With knightfly.
  39. brick wall options...which one? 22 replies, 2003. Started by jtvrdy. With knightfly.
  40. Paralell CR wall treatments? 1 reply, 2003. Started by Ronan. With giles117.
  41. Garage conversion for rehearsing 12 replies, 2003. Started by watt-roy.freeserve.co.uk. With knightfly.
  42. Select Sound Black Acoustic Board 5 replies, 2003. Started by Extreme Mixing. With knightfly.
  43. Floor Tile 2 replies, 2003. Started by VSpaceBoy. With knightfly.
  44. Helmholtz Query 2 replies, 2003. Started by Rick Hollis. With giles117.
  45. In double wall construction... 4 replies, 2003. Started by Michael Jones. With knightfly.
  46. A curious room... 1 reply, 2003. Started by Guillermo. With knightfly.
  47. Hello all --- building my studio... need help / advice 13 replies, 2003. Started by Royce. With John Sayers, Ethan Winer and knightfly.
  48. Wall between control and tracking rooms 6 replies, 2003. Started by chrisaiken. With knightfly.
  49. Small room help 1 reply, 2003. Started by TribalArt. With knightfly.
  50. Getting ready to treat my room, any advice? 5 replies, 2003. Started by beggehorn. With knightfly.