Substantial posts by garlo, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 89 of 217 posts are listed.
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garlo, 28 October 2008I have moved from under construction forum to this one. More fun here, & maybe I can get more feedback & advices. ------- Im a composer and already running a small…
garlo, 28 October 2008more pictures 18concrete.jpg isolant.jpg polyane.jpg tranchee.jpg demontagplafond.jpg
Ro, 5 November 2008You wanna know what I think ? aaaah, I'm not gonna tell ye ! :p So, the cork is to decouple the wall from the floor? Well, I'm sorry to be the messenger; That's a waste…
garlo, 5 November 2008"So, the cork is to decouple the wall from the floor? Well, I'm sorry to be the messenger; That's a waste of money. The stuff is too stiff and will just flank waves like…
garlo, 12 November 2008Beginning of the 1st layer of gypsum board on the front room of the control room. Alone its a slow job. 311couche.jpg
Soundman2020, 18 November 2008Like Ro said: no, it's not a joke. If you have your inner leaf directly bolted to your outer leaf, then there really isn't much point in having two leaves at all, since…
garlo, 19 November 2008Image not preserved: STUDIO 3104rough.jpg Waouhh thanks Ro, Soundman 2020,X Space & Lilith Envy. I know you are right, My walls will not be like a box in a box. But I…
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garlo, 20 November 2008Image not preserved: suspendeur.jpg For the ceiling, I will use that to grip on the steel structure, then screw with acoustic hanger & ceiling structure (fourrure) Then…
Soundman2020, 26 November 2008So you decided to not decouple the CR walls (inner leaf) from the roof (outer leaf)? I'm not sure how close you can get to those numbers with your inner walls directly…
garlo, 27 November 2008I have nt the solution to decouple walls & roof structure except my cork. Sorry thats 60dBbetween CR & studio & 50dB between CR & voice studio ( voice studio is mainly…
Soundman2020, 27 November 2008Well, some folks here did explain that to you: Just don't attach the walls to the ceiling! Leave a gap between the top of the walls and the roof. Only attach the inner…
Soundman2020, 28 November 2008So how did you attach the parts then? Did you just glue the cork to the steel on each side? Or did you use bolts or screws? From your previous comments, I thought you…
garlo, 28 November 2008Maybe Ive a problem but alone, i dont know another way to do it. As i said before i love your wood structure, & I understand your point of view, I agree that the box in…
lilith_envy, 2 December 2008If you don't know how to build with steel....Stop and get some one that does. Think of the steel frame as wood, it uses the same structural ideas but you just pop rivit…
garlo, 2 December 2008"If you don't know how to build with steel....Stop and get some one that does." I ve build 5 appartments during last 2 years, Of course it was appartments & not rec…
garlo, 6 December 2008Workin on the wall between CR & voice studio 403couche.jpg Image not preserved: 392couche.jpg
Soundman2020, 6 December 2008Actually, that simply isn't true. That's like saying "It doesn't matter if I leave the door open just a little bit: The risk of sound coming out is limited." Or "It…
garlo, 6 December 2008Thanks Soundman for your kind remarks. I appreciate. I say it one more time ( see from the beginnin of this post), I m sure everything you say (& all great guys & women…
xSpace, 6 December 2008Garlo, Hi. We all came to JohnLSayers.com to learn. I did. For me, it is an extension of the trade I am in, commercial and residential construction, and worth my time to…
garlo, 6 December 2008Hi Xspace Yes I ve learned a lot on this site & I thanks everybody. I don t understand why you think I decreased isolation. I don t understand why you think that the…
Soundman2020, 6 December 2008Well, several people have told you how to do that. And you have chosen to ignore what they told you. It's very easy: Just imagine that you are building a house inside a…
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garlo, 10 December 2008:D meeting on sunday with a steel structure engineer. His company made the new roof & add some steel structure 6 months ago. We made 2 appartments with gb ceiling ( just…
garlo, 11 February 2009Quite along time I didnt post. First Thanks girls & guys you were right, my friend a steel engineer confirmed that existing trusses will be not strong enough to suspend…
Soundman2020, 12 February 2009Good to hear from you, Garlo! I was wondering how your build was going. And it's VERY good that you got a structural engineer in there! I'm glad you took the advice of…
garlo, 12 February 2009Thanks Soudman. Still coulnd t find the time to draw the ceiling of the studio. I try to explain : a wood carpenter agreed for this idea / the ceiling will be parallel…
garlo, 13 February 2009I ve tried to drawthe studio ceiling. Big wood beams200X70 from wall to wall not touchin steel structure. on the wood beams small wood 100X40 are suspended so under the…
garlo, 14 February 2009Today I ve posed 3x 40kg wood beams ( alone it's not easy !) decoupled the wall between studio & control room & voice studio. So now not any new wall from the studio…
garlo, 16 February 2009Yes in the rec studio I v already cut the walls from the roof. I need to finish in the control room I begun in october with steel framing in the control room, in…
garlo, 17 February 2009Today I ve finished wood structure of north & south walls of the studio & packed with PAR insulation 85mm. When i can, i put 85mm more hanged behind the structure,…
garlo, 20 February 2009Ok guys laugh. But my neighbour 's wall is just the minimum thermic specification required for construction now ( 75mm insulation & 13mm gb). I can t go & see him & say…
garlo, 21 February 2009Ok I ve made the 2layers gb north wall, the 3layers gbwest wall & the 2layers south rec studio wall. pictures a bit smoggy cause I just sanded gb around doors & windows.…
garlo, 26 February 2009One day of jackhammer, I m very tired ! 94.jpg 93.jpg Image not preserved: 92.jpg
garlo, 4 March 2009Ive finished the structure of the southwall of the control room.There will 2 windows , one on the bricks the other on the wood structur). Of course wood don t touch the…
garlo, 4 March 2009Thanks but I m very slow ! I have some work at the existing studio, & I take care with $ so it looks like I will never finish ! But I try to stay optimist . 1 Question…
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garlo, 7 March 2009Last day of gb. No its not finished ! But I need now to fill all existing holes in the walls with bricks first ( rear of the cr where there was the door, right wall of…
garlo, 15 March 20093 days of cement & more to fill the holes in the walls. but question,on the east wall of the rec studio there was a big steel beam, I need to put cement on it ? both…
garlo, 28 March 2009yes Stuart but i m sure that when you will begin, every plans,drawings...will be ready. 1pic 5 months just for me to see its slow but there s some advance ! Continue…
garlo, 3 April 2009Thanks Mario. Yes seul c est long et lent, je ne peux y travailler que les apres midi, mais bon au niveau budget je ne peux pas prendre quelqu un pour les travaux. Il…
garlo, 3 April 2009Today i v put refrigerated & water pipes for the 3 different air conditionners ( vocal studio / control room & studio ). I dont think i will get enough $ to begin with…
garlo, 8 April 2009Today I begin the ceiling in the rec studio, & I already know it s going to be a tough job to put 40 cm of insulation & 2 gb for the ceiling. Question ? I dont know if i…
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garlo, 22 May 2009Last days were : OBSESSION DAYS Filling the holes, Filling the holes, Filling the holes, Filling the holes, Filling the holes, Filling the holes, Filling the holes ...…
garlo, 8 June 2009Thanks Ro. I v just order 40X80, it s 1€20 meter. I v finished my 40X40 stock in the CR. I ve found Oberflex.fr acoustic wood panels, waiting for prices. I m sure that…
garlo, 20 July 2009Thanks Russ. Yes hopefully I listened to the advices on this great great site. Good news, i v finished to put rockwool on the walls. Bad news, the company that was…
garlo, 12 August 2009Can t find a new contractor for windows & doors. I v continued with toilets & a small bar & wood for windows. I m not sure I can make windows myself, I v tried to find…
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jbassino, 12 August 2009Dont go crazy with little details. Use your common sense. The stops, are for holding the glass in place, you can use whatever you want as long as its secured to the…
Ro, 13 August 2009Laminated glass is therefor also known as Safetyglass. the way to install glass; - Add a rubber or foam strip all round the frame - add 2 windows setting blocks at 1/4…
garlo, 13 August 2009Thanks very much Ro . If I put glassstops (in the inside) 2cm high do you think I need something like 4cmx 2cm wood glassstops or just 2cmx2cm ? I have a small window…
Ro, 14 August 2009It kinda depends if your pane is angled or not. But a 2x2 will do. tho, you might (for better looks) make it wider, as wide as your frame. If your window sill is 10cm…
garlo, 14 August 2009Thanks Ro & Xspace. Can t get prices for laminated glass before end of August. Every retailers are closed in August. Looks like in Bordeaux I m the only one working,…
Ro, 17 August 2009don't you hate that! Not sure what you mean If you have a double studd wall (seperated leafs) then you have to make sure you have disconnected windowframes as well. It's…
garlo, 21 August 2009I v worked on the left wood wall of the CR. & begun left bass trap. I use the loud speaker stands of the ancient studio, very heavy steel stands full of sand, I take the…
garlo, 24 August 2009Bass traps need air to work just in the bass frequencies. A whole corner of rockwool & fabric will work in a larger array of frequencies. So bass trap is made with 9…
xSpace, 25 August 2009That is a good idea. It is no secret that LF waves are the one thing folks with musically tuned rooms have the biggest issue with. The longer and stronger low frequency…
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garlo, 26 August 2009Waouh !!! I can t discuss of bass traps, I m not acoustician, I have no arguments but I understand all of you Xspace Ro XaMdaM & gilles117, Thanks. We need to wait till…
garlo, 3 September 2009Hi Soudman2020, I ll angle the windows for lighting problems On every window there is always a minimum of 5cm between the 2stops & maximum is 14cm, except exterior…
garlo, 10 September 2009Found a contractor to put my doors. ( I ll take 4 acoustic doors from the actual studio ). Door looks like normal door but is 80Kilos. Can't do alone. So we ll begin…
garlo, 26 September 2009& double door of the studio. Im waiting for the 15mm laminated glass for the int door. When there ll be no sound in the studio ( just working in the cr) , I ll keep the…
garlo, 26 September 2009I want to make a plancher technique ( technical floor ? or ? its wood floor 20cm high where you put all cables & stuff, & you open it where you want your cables to come…
garlo, 29 September 2009Ah I v found the right english words : Access floor system ! So I post again same question but with the right words : I want to make an access floor system on the front…
garlo, 2 October 2009argh nobody interessed by access floor system ( posted before) , I continue my windows 266.jpg
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garlo, 11 October 2009Thanks Ro, yes 16mm laminated glasses were heavy. I continued with windows (you can t see sicagel but you can see charcoal inside ), plaster, preparing order for cables…
garlo, 14 October 2009More cables : Studio : 24p ( recycling from studio ) 2p rj45 midi . Voice stud : 8p 2p rj45 midi 280.jpg
garlo, 31 October 2009Preparing structure for the ceiling. Ceiling will be 4cm rock wool ( alreday in place ) + air 7cm & 8cm rockwool ( Rockfon Ekla evolution). Except 2 bass traps in the…
garlo, 18 November 2009I v been working for a year with extension electrical cord from my home, with exterior doors always open . And now I have electricity in the studio, Waouhh. Working on…
garlo, 19 November 2009Thanks Lily, & good luck to you, be patient, dream of the future when you can shut your door when it s raining, push a button & there s light .... heu not every buttons…
garlo, 22 November 2009Every electric plugs & lights are working now. I need to buy nice & efficient lights now ! 314.jpg
garlo, 29 November 2009Ah sunday. I did my 1st tests, with a small system . A Factotum Performance from Voice system, it s a compact amplification system with 2 sattelites & a…
garlo, 3 December 2009I took the table from the studio, ( & cut front feet / the table is on the access floor system & on the floor ) so I can keep the patch & many wires. There will be less…
garlo, 7 December 2009I ll begin in the studio ( 7m x 3m ) with just 2 walls of rockwool + 1 trap on the ceiling ( 1,5x1m ) & a triangle trap on the wall ( 2,5m x 70 ) . I will make the tests…
garlo, 10 December 2009Patches are ready in the studio & in the voice studio 326.jpg 327.jpg
garlo, 11 December 200924xlr from studio & 8 xlr from the voice studio are ready behind the desk . There is also Midi & RJ45 & AES Ebu & video bnc in all rooms. 328.jpg
garlo, 19 December 2009Rack 1 is ready in the soundbooth with 2 uninterruptive power suppliers. Rack will wait till the close of the existing rec studio downtown bordeaux for amplifiers.…
garlo, 22 December 2009Could not wait ... I took the amplifier & Monitor2 back & a SqnIVS to listen some music today. After 1tests ( with a small system ) I was a bit afraid of a lack of low…
garlo, 28 December 2009I removed the control room rack ( Dat / Tc Finalizer / Eq Weiss / Vu Oram / 2 Preamps Amek Neve / Rev Lexicon / Delay Tc / Tc effects / Aphex C ( havent try this one ! )…
garlo, 31 December 2009Yes I l lke your proposition Thanks Stuart, I ll remove on the 9th january. I wait for sales time for good / not too expensive lightings. Inside is nearly finished, I…
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garlo, 16 January 2010This is one of my last post, I will send some good pictures & datas when I have time to make measurments & find a good photographer. Removal party was fun, big work…
garlo, 12 June 2010hahaha funny guy ! good joke ! Who are you ? I didnt make my studio to be attractive to you. What you call instruments are just tools like a guitar or a mic or what ever…
garlo, 6 March 2011Thank you Ewan, I m very pleased that you found something here. Let us know about your project. More than a year now that the studio is finished, Waouh. I v return to…
garlo, 26 January 2012Hello everybody, long time I didnt come here. Studio is running, sound is so good, thanks to everybody who helped me. The 1st Sainkho & Garlo single was released infos…
garlo, 3 July 2013Hello everybody. I m still very happy w the sound in my rec studio, workin since more than 2 years on recording & mixing for music & movies... but music business is not…
garlo, 24 June 2014Hello long time since my last visit Very happy w the studio I v built 5 years ago. Thanks again for your precious helps I had on this site news : I gave a conference at…