Key posts: Double Garage studio design : construction phase

Substantial posts by Ace, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 29 of 43 posts are listed.

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Ace, 30 January 2012Hi there, first of all I'd like to thank the entire crew and all the professionals who helped build, maintain and provide us with the shitload of info that these pages…
Ace, 6 February 2012Hey Stuart, I'm about to move into the house at the end of this week, so untill then I'm not sure about anything yet. Regarding room design, I'm somewhat in the blue…
Soundman2020, 6 February 2012On ratios: you don't need to go overboard on that: Just stay away from the bad ones, get in the general region of some good ones, and that's fine. Some people go nuts…
Ace, 9 February 2012Thanks alot Stuart. This weekend I'll start moving the smaller stuff and will be able to have a more detailed look around the ground level. All I'd need to know right…
Ace, 22 February 2012Hi guys I'm still moving house as we speak... Damn, that's a hell of a job... :s End is not yet in sight. I've still been thinking about roomdesigns and have come up…
Ace, 21 March 2012Hey Guys, in about three weeks I'll start building this studio. Starting of with tearing down walls and making the available space a little bigger. Plan C will be the…
Ace, 5 April 2012Hey guys, I'm about to take out a few walls and as it seems I could make this studio bigger than I thought. More then half of the groundlevel floor can be used. Only…
Ace, 14 April 2012hey guys, small change of plans. After I got permission to tear down one more interior wall, I've had to re-evaluate and assess the situation. I've come up with a new…
Soundman2020, 14 April 2012What's in that room behind the CR, where the entrance is? There seems to be plenty of space there to extend the rear of the control room, avoiding that strange concave…
RJHollins, 14 April 2012Hi, Trying to get a feel for your current design and layout ... In quickly looking, a couple ??? marks ... The opening outside the front of the control room [right…
Ace, 15 April 2012Hey guys, indeed, the planning part is crucial and I've currently looked at all possible designs with the given area. I've come up with one last plan. Think this might…
Ace, 16 April 2012Here are a few pics of what I have to work with. I've added a drawing with all the angles the pics we're shot from. Image not preserved: OceanSide-Pics.png Image not…
Ace, 19 April 2012Yet another possibility.... Image not preserved: Oceanside-Design3-Overview.png Smaller liveroom (which doesn't make me happy), better room ratio (started off with…
Ace, 20 April 2012Another design. About 5 in total. Doorway in the back left side of Controlroom is the one to the restroom and the private part of the house. Not ideal, but offers more…
Ace, 2 May 2012Heyhey, I redid my last design, and decided I didn't need the isobooth. Instead I'll build some isocabs later on in a separate room. The vocal booth was small indeed and…
Ace, 2 May 2012Yep, that was another option I integrated in a previous design. But then you suggested I'd move the back wall further out and put in a side entrance instead of a passage…
Ace, 12 May 2012Hi there, I've started building for about two full weeks now and have almost arrived at the end of the wood structure of both rooms. Here's some pictures of the progress…

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Ace, 8 June 2012and.... here we go ! Updating the build diary. Garage door - inside beefing up. Image not preserved: 14.jpg Image not preserved: 13.jpg Afterwards, rockwool and one…
Ace, 30 June 2012Next update !! Been working as hell. Planning wall and ceiling finishes, trapping etc.... Not that easy ! Untill then here's where we're at right now. Wood floor has…
Soundman2020, 6 July 2012It is generally better to leave the floor right until the end, after everything else has been done, to avoid damage during the rest of the work. Yours is already in, so…
Ace, 8 July 2012Hi, thanks for the info Stuart. Problem is, I already started with some of the aspects of my previous post. Such as the angled ceiling and the diffusors. Here's soms…
Soundman2020, 9 July 2012The angled ceiling won't do any harm: It just won't do any good either! I'm not an expert on hangers (John himself would be the guy to comment on this for sure), but to…
Ace, 9 July 2012Hey Stuart, thanx a million for the detailed response. to address a few questions you had; I've made the hangers out of softboard, the european equivalent to Homasote.…
Ace, 14 October 2012After a long period of hard work, it's now time for a bigass update ! here goes. Backwall of control room. Hangers installed, absorption and ceiling finished. Image not…
Ace, 14 October 2012Demoing the speakers, thus building soffits to fit them.... Image not preserved: 20.jpg Sidenote: after carefull considerations, measurements, ... I chose to purchase…
Ace, 14 October 2012Stuffing loosely with leftover insulation. Image not preserved: 30.jpg Image not preserved: 31.jpg Image not preserved: 32.jpg Finished with veneer walnut hardwood.…
Ace, 31 October 2012Thx man. I've tested it out and am glad to say it sounds great ! Better than I expected actually. With the right compression of the right room mics it sounds bigger than…
Ace, 31 October 2012Control room pics Image not preserved: 36.jpg Image not preserved: 37.jpg Image not preserved: 38.jpg Wooden sun goes japanese style.... me likie !! A lot ! :) Image not…
Ace, 28 May 2013Hi there, I've almost finished this project, but I've been doing productions almost non-stop in here for the last six months. Which is nice ! I'd still need to build a…