Is it worth to build a studio in here?

Started by Melomaniac on 30 October 2012. 5 replies.

Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 17928.

First of all I want to say Hi to everyone! This forum is absoloutely awesome and the best I found on the Internet! Respect! I have a couple of problems :-) I will likely move into my aunts house in the next few months. She passed away 2 months ago and I will receive the house as her heir. In the basement I want to build my recording studio. There are three rooms which I want to change into a control room and a little studio (like a drum booth or so). The rooms are separated like this at the moment download/file.php?mode=view&id=45815s and I want to change them into something similar to this download/file.php?mode=view&id=45816 just to imagine what I'm talking about :-) The rooms are divided by bearing walls. So I do have to remove at least one wall and put in a steel beam or a pole. But the big problem is that the height is only 2,30 m!! The floor is a concrete slab. So I thought it maybe would be possible to cut the floor.....so that I can put in a frame for the walls that would sit below the concrete floor. But still the same problem with the height. The measurements in the drawings are approximation. because I don't know the exact measurements yet. But the height is 2,30 m....maybe 2,35 m but not more The house is a detached building and the neighbour's house is rather close...about 5 meters....but I have no idea where their bedroom or living room could be :? The most recorded and mixed music would be Heavy Metal...so much for that :? Now my question: Does it actually make sense to build a recording studio in such a place?? Thanks in advance and greetings from Germany Tom
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Although I almost live in Germany I don't have an idea of how much sound is permitted at the neighbours. If you know that you can do a measurement and see if and how much you exceed the permitted sound levels. And then you can investigate the possible solutions.
Hey thanks for your early reply! but I was more unsure about the size of the room. Does it make sense to plan a recording studio in a room that has a ceiling height of 2,35 meters? I mean I would have to do some acoustical treatment to avoid parallelism between floor and ceiling....and maybe some sound proofing earlier....that could get difficult.....am I wrong or do I just worry too much? Thanks Tom
Higher would be better, but impossible, no, IMHO. Why do you worry about parallelism? Standing waves?
Yes That's what I was thinking about
You really don't avoid standing waves in a room, whatever you do. I would worry about keeping as much height as possible in your case.