Key posts: New Home Studio Build - Tilden, Nebraska, USA
Substantial posts by ritteraf, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 23 of 26 posts are listed.
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ritteraf, 13 January 2019Hello friends - My time has finally come, and I'm getting ready to start building my first studio from scratch. I've purchased some land out in the country, with hopes…
Soundman2020, 14 January 2019Hi there " ritteraf", And Welcome! :) Save cash by NOT putting those angles on the live room walls! Unnecessary. It's a myth that you MUST have non-parallel walls. Just…
ritteraf, 14 January 2019Thanks soundman for the reply! I especially appreciate your advice on removing the angled walls. As you know, there is a lot of contradicting info out there. I guess…
ritteraf, 14 January 2019One more quick question. If I do the full decoupled double leaf wall system, do I need to have two doors at every entry/exit point? Would using a single door with a deep…
Gregwor, 14 January 2019Do you require an ISO room and a live room? Or could you do your projects with just a control room and live room? Note, with variable acoustic devices you could have a…
ritteraf, 14 January 2019Actually, of all my various layout versions, I've found a corner control room works best from a flat layout perspective. That being said, I've scrapped every one of them…
Gregwor, 15 January 2019You'd probably have to put in a flat ceiling anyway and use the area above it to house your silencer boxes. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21368 Amen. Your HVAC, if designed…
ritteraf, 15 January 2019Thanks for your feedback Gregwor and others. I've been toiling for a while now with the corner CR layout, without much success. Mainly no matter where I throw that…
Gregwor, 16 January 2019Depending on the amount of isolation you need, you probably can't get away with having 1 supply and 1 return silencer box as you're implying here (having "them" in the…
Soundman2020, 16 January 2019I wrote the following a while back, so I'm just "copying and pasting" here, but I think it should help dispell ay doubts you might have....: ---------------------------…
ritteraf, 17 January 2019First off - guys, you are great. I've been carefully reading and re-reading your comments - and I've tried to take them to heart in this next design. After careful…
ritteraf, 17 January 2019UPDATE on version 4. I'm getting more creative trying to get space into the CR. I did some research online, and it looks like the minimum width of a hallway per code is…
Soundman2020, 17 January 2019But now you have space to fit one in! :) It would be small, but you could put one off to the left of the CR, extending part way into the LR even, for more interior…
ritteraf, 17 January 2019Thanks for the reply Stuart - So, my noob assumption was that if the door is sealed, the MSM cavity is contained. Even though those extra sheets of drywall make it a 4…
Gregwor, 18 January 2019It might be because I haven't studied your pictures long enough, but I'm really having troubles following your black and white walls. Each wall must only have one mass…
Soundman2020, 20 January 2019Well, yes, it is "contained", but it is not creating the proper "spring" for the MSM system... The storage space is fine, and you could probably find even more space if…
ritteraf, 21 January 2019Hey all. Thanks again for the feedback. After meeting with the designer, I found out a few requirements for my area, as far as building codes go, that changed a few…
Soundman2020, 21 January 2019Cool! Higher roof, and lower floor! That makes for an EXCELLENT studio. Hint: Build the studio in the under-ground part, and keep the ceiling of that part as high as you…
ritteraf, 21 January 2019Interesting that you would say I NEED to have the studio in the basement. I can definitely achieve higher ceilings on the main floor, but doing it the basement will be…
Soundman2020, 21 January 2019If you build a studio on a floor that is NOT resting on the ground, then you have a resonant cavity below you. That makes it much harder to isolate the room start with,…
ritteraf, 22 January 2019I've been thinking more about this, this evening. I totally get the concept of not having a cavity below the studio to resonate sound. What about footsteps of people…
Soundman2020, 22 January 2019That's why you build your studio as a fully-decoupled two-leaf MSM system! :) All of that is blocked by the isolation system that forms your room. Yes it is, because…
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ritteraf, 28 March 2019Update: Sorry it's been so long guys. So the situation has drastically changed. Our new build on the family land turned into us just buying the current home on the…