Key posts: Basement recording studio. Any suggestions?
Substantial posts by Esco, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 33 of 118 posts are listed.
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Esco, 23 November 2010Hi all I'm very new to these forums and this is my first posting. First off I want to say that this is by far the best website around and I am trying to be a sponge and…
Esco, 24 November 2010Thanks a bunch for the suggestion. Do you mean something like this? Unfortunately the sump pump area has to be the size it's set at to allow access to the hole. If I…
Esco, 24 November 2010Or do you mean something like this? The only issue I have with this design is I don't know where to put the door. I think this would be big enough to be a drum room…
Esco, 27 November 2010Wow! Thanks for putting the time and effort to help me out. I love the design. I will have to get the exact measurements and start finalizing things. So will I be able…
gullfo, 28 November 2010quite frankly, if you don't actually need the isolation booth, you'd be better off leaving that out and turning the desk to the left hand wall and making the (now) back…
Esco, 28 November 2010Ok, I see what you mean. I have to let you know that the concept you explained is VERY new to me. I love the idea and frankly it will more then likely save me money and…
gullfo, 28 November 2010if you can put the entry door at the far left (below the vox booth) we can put the entry into the room and the vox in the same general location so that space is used for…
Esco, 29 November 2010Wow I love the design! You obviously are very well versed in designing studios. I will for sure design it around this concept. Quick question. What do you think I should…
gullfo, 30 November 2010i don't think you have enough space for a drum kit in there... booth or not... the sump area will be a weak point so have a heavy and fully sealed door will be your only…
Esco, 1 December 2010Ok Glenn I do have a question about the ceiling. From what I'm reading it sounds like the ceiling on the recording studio should not connect with the ceiling of my…
Esco, 2 December 2010I will take a picture of the area so you can have a better idea on what I have to work with... I do have a delima though. I have a furnace vent running across the top of…
Esco, 3 December 2010Glenn, I do have more space to the left of the door. In the design that you drew up. If you look at the door entery area.. I have a 7 x 7 ish (haven't measured it as of…
gullfo, 3 December 2010Is it possible you could take a set of completely accurate measurements (+/- 1/4") of the entire space including beams, windows, pipes, utilities, etc plus some photos…
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Esco, 4 December 2010Oh Glenn, here's my attempt to give the most accurate measurements I can.... Image not preserved: Picture 2.png In the top right corner there is a water meter that comes…
Esco, 5 December 2010Hey Glenn. Here's the pictures with the vent. As of right now I have no HVAC or fresh air flow to the studio. I may need to run it from this vent our use space heaters.…
gullfo, 5 December 2010the vent is to feed fresh air to your furnace no? so i don't believe it would be possible to use use for space ventilation. that said, it should be simple enough to put…
Esco, 5 December 2010Ok, so could the isolation room be used for both vocals and drums? What would it look like? Do you have any ideas on the design? The vent blows air to my upstairs level…
gullfo, 6 December 2010i wouldn't start building out without much more design because you want to make sure that you have the proper mass-spring (air)-mass arrangement - meaning creating the…
Esco, 16 December 2010Hey Glenn, I am going to document the studio building from the ground up via pictures and youtube videos. I wanted to see if I can attach your company to the design info…
Esco, 18 December 2010OK, well we will see who contributes and then decide later. My new furnace will be installed this Monday 12/20/10 and then I will immediately clear out the area and tape…
Esco, 20 December 2010It is a possibility that I may not have the funds to build the studio. I got an unexpected bill in the mail. Chances are that I may need to either make the studio…
Esco, 21 December 2010Ok so after much thought I have decided to stick with the smaller studio design concept that we were originally working with (see attached image) I may make a drum area…
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Esco, 22 December 2010I'm going to do that this weekend. Would you still be willing to help me with designing the studio? I have an idea! What do you think about this Image not preserved: NEW…
Esco, 22 December 2010Hey John, first off I love the website. It is by far the best one on the web and i will continually talk nothing but good things about this community. My issue hasn't…
Esco, 30 December 2010Ok so I finally got my furnace installed and am working on elimination clutter so that I can tape everything off. My budget has changed from $1,500.00 to $2,000.00 so I…
Esco, 5 January 2011I have a friend who is helping me build when ready and he finishes basements so I think he's the perfect candidate. I'm still working on clearing out the area so that I…
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Esco, 19 January 2011Great. I'll do that tonight. Pics to follow and a short video also. As you can tell I will be documenting this whole process here on the forum and also on youtube. I…
gullfo, 20 January 2011for the water meter - maybe push the front wall of the CR out to 1" from the basement wall, then soffit the corner vertically to accommodate the plumbing and add an…
Esco, 21 January 2011Ok thank's Glenn! You are truly awesome! I just found out that my budget for the studio has went up from $2,500.00 to $3,000.00!!! Truly Excited! Glenn your name is…
Esco, 21 January 2011Ok Glenn I looked up isolation clips and i see what you mean. Would I do this with the walls also? or just the ceiling? The 2x drywall makes perfect sense as does the 3x…
gullfo, 21 January 2011so here's the top level plan - some slight adjustments - front of CR out to 1" of wall. an additional inset for the water meter. access to water meter would have to be…
Esco, 22 January 2011Ok so here's the measurements of the meter The meter comes out 1' 2" from the right wall and it comes out 1' 9" from the front wall it is 3' 11 1/2 " tall I do need…
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gullfo, 27 January 2011here's the latest model. need to define the internals of the ducting but otherwise pretty complete. for your decoupling, you will want to find some 1/4" neoprene as wide…