Thanks for good advice's and info. I have started to read Rod's book. Will take me more than a weekend though... :D
In addition to the challenges with my loft, there are quite some language related challenges as well. Sound isolation and acoustics (or maybe it is more the construction jargon) are not so well known in my vocabulary, even less know in English. Also I'm a metric guy, so I constantly need to convert dimensions... But the book is written in a way that makes it quite easy and entertaining to read, so I'll manage given enough time.
The references in the above post, I assume it is related to these documents?
RR-168
IR-766
IR-811
:[kjip:]records studio build
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 17462.
I´m now reading chapter 10, putting it all together.
It takes time to read, but I must say a big thank you to Rod for writing this book.
I really have the impression of reading a book by a person who has a lot of knowledge he like to share. Thank you!
I still need more time to digest and formulate some good questions, cause I think I have more questions now than before reading the book. Somehow I think that is a good thing... :D
On a structural note, I have learned that my garage loft is calculated to hold 200 kg/m2 internal construction + the weight of usage (70 kg/m2).
I think that gives me some good options when designing my studio, or?
Hi Hally,
I briefly read through some of your earlier posts, it seems that you were in quite a similar boat as I am in now. I have also finished my first read through of Rod's book. Now I need go back and start reading again, even though I now understand more of the terms which are heavily used/discussed in here.
But my question to you, I was wondering, do you have any final description of how your construction ended up? Links, pictures... materials used...etc...?
"Most of the loft studios I have watched on this forum over the years never get reported as finished on this forum. I don't know if folks don't publish their results or just bail out all together. " I haven't bailed out yet, I cud do with being financially bailed out. My control room and machine room is in a loft with the 3 tracking rooms below, bedroom, toilet, lounge... The advise given to me on this forum before i even bought a single sheet of plasterboard was to study the principles of soundproofing until they became clear. I personally found rods book to be very clear and concise and it was a wonderful reference to me during my build. I am no expert when it comes to studio construction but I am very happy with the results thus far. My drum room is directly below the control room and I can record drums at a comfortable monitoring level with very little bleed from the drum room below. There is no disturbance to my neighbours or to the rest of the residential property. If I can be of any help to you feel free to ask... all the best - hally