Key posts: LET THE FUN BEGIN - NEW STUDIO CONSTRUCTION - EUROPE
Substantial posts by Purusha, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 41 of 78 posts are listed.
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Purusha, 25 March 2010OK, looks like I will be more or less dependent on the mercy of this forum members to achieve best possible acoustic results in my new studio :) For the introduction,…
Purusha, 25 March 2010More photos.... Image not preserved: House build 2009 - 43.jpg Image not preserved: House build 2009 - 49.jpg Image not preserved: House build 2009 - 50.jpg Image not…
Purusha, 25 March 2010Here is the plan with true measures of the studio space. Image not preserved: studio measures.jpg I would like to have a nice control room with flush mounted (main)…
Purusha, 25 March 2010Just to let you know, I am reading as fast as I can all threads to grasp the science about building the studio. Going nuts already :shock: Here is a very important…
xSpace, 26 March 2010I think the first thing, in respect to your design, you should do is read up on how a dome or a concave wall will focus sound. While this might seem like a good thing,…
Soundman2020, 26 March 2010Your room doesn't seem to be big enough for diffusers to be able to work, so maybe RPG's on the back wall would not be a good idea. Bass traps are far more effective in…
Purusha, 26 March 2010Hehe, here we go. I had a feeling in my guts that it was not so good decision to hire my friend to do the design, after all. External image, not preserved — original:…
Purusha, 26 March 2010Probably sometimes. I meant in the side corners, my bad. English is not my native language. I will post ASAP new ideas from the top. This was my friends idea. He…
Soundman2020, 26 March 2010OK, to me it looks like you need to start again, with a basic definition of what you are planning to achieve, your goals, how loud you are, how quite you need to be,…
Purusha, 26 March 2010Thank you Stuart for the thumbs up. :D The drawing you saw was done by my friend (who will not be hired) to do the design after all. It's hard to speak in his name why…
Soundman2020, 26 March 2010Well, that is a good start for a basic description. I'm downloading your song now, but I think I get the picture: LOUD! There is something that is worrying me here,…
Purusha, 26 March 2010That room leads outside to the garden area behind the house. The walls are made/fixed, so is the door cavity. This was my initial rough idea for the studio. Image not…
Soundman2020, 26 March 2010Ouch! That's what I suspected. So I do have some bad news for you: the OSB and the two layers of drywall will probably have to come off the inside, for a couple of…
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Purusha, 26 March 2010:shock: I am afraid this would run the construction project of my budget limits. Second problem, the OSB boards are there also as vapor barrier, can't take them off even…
Soundman2020, 26 March 2010Yes, but do realize that STC is NOT a good way of measuring isolation for studios. STC is good at measuring isolation for voice, not for music. It deals with the area of…
Purusha, 26 March 2010Would this solve anything? Image not preserved: idea1.jpg Dampen the whole front area with rock wool from top to bottom and in this way avoid creating the 3rd leaf. I…
Soundman2020, 27 March 2010It won't "solve" anything, and you pretty much have to do that anyway: the areas you point to are the cavities behind your speaker soffits, and they certainly do need to…
Purusha, 27 March 2010Thank you Stuart very much for offering such a strong and patient help. I don't know how I can advance otherwise. :o you might even convince me to take all off :lol: I…
Purusha, 27 March 2010I just talked to my constructor (good friend) and he said it's possible to take off all OSB boards from the outside walls. I am getting very inspired now to actually do…
Purusha, 27 March 2010I think someone asked what those tubes in the floor are for. They are there to run the cables from rear rack cabinet to the front patch bay section. I put a few also to…
xSpace, 27 March 2010Purusha, Before you get together a demo crew, some things to think about. The very first one this. You need to do some sound testing in this room. This is a heavy room!…
Purusha, 27 March 2010Thanks Brien. OK, I'll put my main monitors in the studio room, crank them and check how much sound penetrates the outside walls and above to the living room and so on?…
Purusha, 27 March 2010OK, let me ask around if I can find someone with such equipment. Are these measuring devices used in some particular industry environments or is it strictly used in pro…
xSpace, 27 March 2010Wow...no door. That will be an issue, You need some type of sound barrier in the door frame opening to have this work in your favor. A sound pressure level meter. That…
Soundman2020, 27 March 2010Smart advice from xSpace! Very solid. That cheap meter MIGHT work, but I'm skeptical: A half-decent meter costs around US$50-100 (new), a decent one costs maybe US$…
Purusha, 31 March 2010Waiting for the sound level device to arrive... mean while I can ask a few questions. I am really interested to understand why some people when soffit mount go with soft…
Soundman2020, 31 March 2010Are you talking about the soffit panels themselves (the panels that surround the speakers, and are angled at about 30 degrees across the corner of the room), or are you…
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Purusha, 31 March 2010Thank you Stuart. Hehe, I feel like a pink pong ball by reading different approach methods to the same thing. It's funny how some think to soffit mount can be even worse…
jbassino, 5 April 2010You can still have a couple of pairs in your studio. You can soffit a couple, and leave them for blasting your clients, and check your mixes on them as well. And you can…
Purusha, 6 April 2010Got my new toy today, the sound pressure level meter :yahoo: How should I perform these tests? Should I just put the monitors in the studio area and crank them as loud…
Purusha, 6 April 2010To check what is the spill through the outside walls and above to the living room. Based on these results we can figure out how these walls should be treated further. I…
jbassino, 6 April 2010ok I see. So like you said, anything that makes noise will work, even a guitar cab cranked, or you screaming your lungs out lol The purpose is to see how much of ACTUAL…
Soundman2020, 7 April 2010That's the basic idea, yes. But not the normal level: it should be the loudest level you ever expect to produce. There's two basic ways you can do this: one is with…
Purusha, 7 April 2010Thank you Stuart! This is really detailed instruction. I'll get to it either tonight or tomorrow and report back :wink: One more thing. I have a highway nearby so there…
Purusha, 9 April 2010OK, we did the tests yesterday and I can say I am very pleased with the results, at least what I could judge with my ears. It was also hard to measure outside the house…
xSpace, 11 April 2010Unless you had a door installed in that room and did a consistent measure from specific places on both sides of the wall, those numbers are useless. "3) The level…
Purusha, 11 April 2010I am aware that the readings were not done in perfect condition. I did my best and stuffed the opening of the door with my rock wool absorbers and heavy panels from both…
Purusha, 25 April 2010Thanks Stuart, I am not so much into numbers so it's good to hear a confirmation of my own speculations and hunches :D I decided to make a wooden construction with 8cm…
Purusha, 25 April 2010I am still looking into all options. I have a friend here who made it with some local version of GG. As far as I can understand it's the right amount of the elasticity…
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Soundman2020, 25 April 2010I wouldn't count on it being "just fine". If the manufacturer does not provide the same kind of test results from independent acoustic laboratories that Green Glue…
Purusha, 25 April 2010Saving money sounds good solution always :D Regarding the tests I can only say none of these products was designed for sound isolation improvement so they never perform…