Sonolink Studio Project

Ooops that's what I meant, of course :-) Pictures VERY soon :mrgreen:

remember the slat resonator cavities need to be sealed to work correctly. you only want the air gaps to be the slots.

All the cavities are sealed. Only the slats are left to be placed. I will place the three slat walls before the soffits to make sure that everything except the slots is sealed. Cheers Sono

Hello everybody, Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all you guys!!! May 2011 be good for all of us. I have now finished all the woodwork of the slat walls and soffits.... I'll type that again, cos myself I still can't believe it. Here goes: I HAVE NOW FINISHED ALL THE WOODWORK OF THE SLAT WALLS AND SOFFITS!!!!!!!! YEEEEEHA!!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: I promise I'll upload pics in a couple days max. I have a couple questions (as usual, hehe) 1-Do I have to sand the wood so that all the slats are perfectly even, vertically speaking, or is it ok to have a couple millimeters up/down. 2-The soffits are made of 6-7 cm wide slats (obviously no slots between them) to create a surface. Same as above, does this surface need to be perfectly even or can I feel the different slats when I stroke the wood with my hand? Cheers Sono

some variations will be fine. (i was going to make you sand them all to the same level but i thought for the new year i would change my evil ways... :twisted: )

Haha, I'm glad you did and for your compassion and good heart here's some pics, Obi-Wan :mrgreen: Here's the slat wall pattern: The slat wall and soffits almost finished. Some sanding and some putty in the screw holes and it'll be ready to varnish I couldn't resist checking what my Yamaha HS80M would look like in the soffits......simply irresistible!! Yeeeeeeeeha!! Hopefully they'll sound just as awesome :mrgreen: Details of the speaker placed inside the soffit. The space between the speaker and the wood is roughly 10mm Only 7463 to go!!!!! :mrgreen: All comments welcome! Cheers Sono

really nice work! for the monitors - make sure they are decoupled from the box (rubber, sylomer, sorbathane, insulation, neoprene pucks etc etc) and the face plate and use non-hardening caulk or soft rubber to seal it full around the edges. also make sure the monitor face is level with the baffle plate so it works properly.

Thanks for the encouragement Glenn :) Much appreciated....I can't believe it begins to look like a studio now!! I'll come back to the monitors when I begin installing the gear. It was just a moment to lay back and tell the speaker: " woosh, honeypie, you sure look terrific in that blonde firewood dress....." A small oasis in the desert, you might call it 8) I'll report back soon. Thanks again for all the help and the support :) Cheers Sono

While I'm finishing the slat walls and soffits I've been working on the front cloud design too. I've come back to your original idea. 8) Here's a sketch of the wooden skeleton. Notice the two strips to reinforce the structure. They are also meant to separate the insulation from the lights section to allow ventilation. If that should work I would probably do the same for the three other lights. The side indents on the light holes are to accomodate the springs that hold the lights in place. Is there to much reflective surface? What do you reckon? It would be made of natural pinewood and the cloth would match either the reddish or the ceiling one in the studio...........Killer!!! :mrgreen: Cheers Sono

New version structurally reinforced 8) I finally decided to sand the slat walls and soffits woodwork. My back won't forgive me for a few weeks but the result is worth the pain (Long Live Ibuprophene!!! Yesss!!). I should be finished this evening. It would be great to have some feedback/comments/opinions on the cloud idea before I get into building it. :mrgreen: More pics very soon... Cheers Sono

keep in mind that the exposed wood for the lighting surfaces will be reflective so i'd start with it as is and when it comes time to measure, you can adjust if needed to put some absorption on it. otherwise nice work!

Cool! 8) But how can I add absorption later? P.S.: anyone knows what's soft-caulk in spanish?

non-hardening caulk could also be the term. OSI SC-175 or equiv is popular. if you find that reflections off the cloud are causing issues, you could create some small cloth covered absorption to put over (tack on) the wood bits that are problematic.

Excellent :) I'm working on a lighter version of the panels with narrower light beams. I managed to get it from 22cm wide to 14cm so far. That's much closer to my very first concept sketch that was 12 cm wide. Thanks for the caulk reference :)

Here's the lighter versions A and B. I have narrowed the width of the wooden beams to obtain 14 cm on the ones sustaining the light. I've also reduced the reflectant surface along the lines of the first idea. The "cross" is now two whole beams that fit in their center in a dove tail like junction that should hold the whole thing together solidly with the rest of the structure. Instead of 3.5 cm width it's now 3cm which should bring down the weight. What do you reckon? Oh, and A or B?.....after all this mixing room is almost more yours than mine so far, so it's only fair you get to choose the reflective motive, isn't it? :) Cheers Sono

B :mrgreen:

B it is, then :) I hope I can have ready next week ... To suspend it, just chains and hooks, right?

yeppers

Sanding, sanding, sanding, sanding, sanding, sanding, sanding, .......my hands feel like having Parkinson after 6 hours sanding....but it looks AWESOME!!! Yesterday evening I finished it and after I hoovered and cleant the whole mess I kept staring at it, my eyes filled with tears...it's so cute! :) Ok, seriously now, almost ready to varnish that damn slat wall. Today I think I can finish cleaning it with white spirit to give it a first hand. I have almost decided that asap (read as soon as I have money again...) I will get this as a console (it's actually a controller): http://www.smartav.net/product/tango/ As usual, I have a couple questions :) 1-To use Tango I would probably integrate it inside the desk so that the flat surface would be level with the desk. Do you think the touchscreen (the angled one) would be a problem speakerwise? 2-Anyone has any experience with Tango? And now onto something completely different :) Any storage suggestions without destroying all the acoustic hard work? The only idea I could come up with was to place a big box (kinda like a trunk) between the couch and the rear wall to store i.e: cables and maybe some mics, but it's not a lot of space. All ideas welcome, as usual :) More pics soon!! Cheers Sono

depending on the equipment you have (rack and otherwise), you might make a desk for the mixer and use a cabinet in the desk for cable and mic storage. having a desk which angles up a bit to match the mixer and allowing for some rack space around the same angles should be pretty straight forward.

Thanks for your reply, Glenn :) Ok, my desk idea was a bit inspired on this one (that I saw in this forum, shame I can't find the thread anymore): I would put the Tango in the middle section, fader section flush with the desk. The touchscreen is at a 30º angle and 23 cm high. First question: Would that interfere with my soffit monitors? My Avantone Mix Cubes would be on stands roughly at both sides of the touchscreen at ear level making sure they don't interfere with the soffit mounted Yamaha HS80m. On one side I would have outboard gear, and on the other side I would have my Otari MX5050 tape machine (I'm kinda old fashioned with some stuff :) ). I'd probably have some drawers under the desk on both sides and would use the bottom side cavities as cabinets for something like mics. I can't see much more space for anything else here. And I need just a tiny bit more :) Basically, what I need to know is: 1-Can I build some shelves to put some books, CDs and stuff and place it i.e. opposite or besides the door, right after one slat wall? If that's not a good idea, I can find somewhere else in the house where to place those. 2-I'd need to fit a guitar amp and cabinet (12x4) that I would probably place somewhere between the right hand slat wall and the rear wall bass trap (near the couch) and some electric guitars hanging around. If this is not a good idea, can I build some kinda absorbent panel or something for mixing, or is there somewhere else to place it? It's cool to have it for overdubs and it's a bit heavy to carry it in and out from tracking to mixing, if you know what I mean.... :)

gullfo wrote:

having a desk which angles up a bit to match the mixer and allowing for some rack space around the same angles should be pretty straight forward.

Do you mean something like this, but maybe not that tall?

once you get the room up and running and the desk built. i think the desk you've picture (or something like it) should be OK. take some measurements and see where you're getting any residual reflections. you might have to put some bits of absorption around to finalize things. in general, after going though all the work, life and something like it take over and "stuff" moves in. as long as when you hang guitars, put in bookshelves, cabinets, etc etc it's not interfering with your work, then its all good. so the amp and guitars might be necessary right away, maybe put up some hooks for the guitars on the walls. cover the amp with a packing blanket when not in use (dust and reflections...) maybe keep the bookshelf in another room unless you need it handy. in which case, go with it.

Thanks your quick reply Glenn, I'll try to keep it tidy from the start. It's the best way to keep it tidy on the long run :) So, the bookshelves will definitely go somewhere else. I'm still hanging onto the trunk behind the coach idea to store cables, guitar pedals and stuff like that. Will a packing blanket be enough or maybe I could build some kinda panel....or maybe it's not worth it? I'm almost done varnishing! Pics VERY soon :) I hope you can teach me how to measure residual reflections :) Cheers Sono

you can set up REW or FuzzMeasure to capture the necessary data and post it so we can look at the ETC values to see if there is something amiss.

Yeah, I can't wait to get there!!!! I have Fuzzmeasure :) Almost done varnishing !!!! :) Cheers sono