STARTING A NEW STUDIO, FINALLY, IN MEXICO

Started by CHESKY on 18 October 2004. 0 replies.

Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 2505.

BACK SOME MONTHS AGO WE WERE INTENTING TO DO A STUDIO (MORE THAN ANYTHING A REHEARSAL STUDIO) IN MEXICO CITY IN AN OFFICE BUILDING. DROP THE IDEA. HERE IS THE FINAL ONE: (SORRY FOR ANY WRONG SPELLING, BEEN FROM MEXICO, I'LL DO MY BEST) THE SPACE IS 7 MTS. LENGTH, 4 MTS. WIDE. IT WILL BE BUILD AS A SECOND FLOOR HIGH, DUE TO A HUGE 5000 LTS. WATER TANK, (WATER RESERVE), LYING ON THE FLOOR. A STEEL FRAME WILL BE BUILT ATTACHED TO THE CONCRETE WALLS (2) AS WELL AS TO THE FLOOR WITH STEEL PILES. WITH A HIGHT FROM GROUND TO THE STEEL FRAME OF 2.40 MTS.(ATTACH.FIG.2) FROM THE STEEL FRAME, (AS THE FLOOR FOR THE STUDIO), WE HAVE A TOTAL HIGHT OF 3.50 MTS. ON THE STEEL FRAME AS A BASE FLOOR, WILL BE LAYED PINE SLABS (30 CMTS WIDE, 2.5 CMT THICK), AND ON TOP OF IT WILL LYE THE STUDIO FLOOR, (ALL WOOD, WITH FIBER GLASS R-7 BETWEEN THEM, NEOPRENE ON THE PILES.) (ATTACH.FIG.2) ON THE ATTACH FIG.1, THE FLOOR PLAN, FACING THE CONCRETE WALLS (2), WILL LYE SINGLE 16MM. PLASTERBOARD, SEALED AIR, PLASTERBOARD (INTERNAL DRY WALL) AND 5CM. MINERAL WOOL ATTACHED TO IT, CLOTH COVERING AND SLAT RESONATORS. THE OTHER 2 WALLS WILL HAVE MORE MASS, DOUBLE PLASTERBOARD WALLS, WIDER SEALED AIR, DOUBLE INTERNAL DRY WALL, 5CM. MINERAL WOOL ATTACHED TO IT, CLOTH COVERING AND SLAT RESONATORS. ALL CORNERS WILL HAVE BASS TRAPS, AND ALONG THE INNER WALLS WILL BE PLACED MID/LOW FREQ. ABSORBERS AND DIFFUSERS., AND THE BOTTOM WALL WILL HAVE +-10 DEG. OF INCLINATION TO BRAKE THE SQUARE CONSTRUCTION. THE ENTRANCE IS ON THE SIDE THROUGH A CIRCULAR STAIR, AND DUE TO GAIN MORE SPACE, THERE WILL BE AN ATTICK TYPE OF DOOR ON THE FLOOR, CENTERED, TO LIFT ALL EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE WITH AN ELECTRIC WINCHER. THE CEILING (ATTACH.FIG.2), IS DIVIDED IN 2 SECTIONS, WITH AIR CAVITIES, AND THE FINAL CEILING IS ONE SIDE MORE INCLINED THAN THE OTHER (HOPE IS CLEAR). THE CONTROL ROOM, EVEN IS SMALL, HAS BROKEN CEILING TOO, HERMHOLTZ RESONATORS ON THE SIDE AND THE BACK, BASS TRAPS AND SLAT RESONATORS. IN OUR LAST STUDIO, WE HAD A PERFECT BALANCE OF ISOLATION AND SOUND FREQUENCIES, BUT A DEEP PROBLEM WITH AIR CONDENSATION, IT WAS TOO HUMID, AND WITH 5 PEOPLE REHEARSING, IT WAS DIFFICULT, AIR CIRCULATION MIGHT BE THE ANSWER, SO WE'RE BUILDING AT THE BOTTOM WALL (BRICK WALL) AN AIR ENTRANCE VIA AN AIR TRAP WITH A FILTER (BUGS AND DIRT), AND ON THE WALL ON THE SIDE OF THE CIRCULAR STAIR, AN AIR EXHAUST TRAP WITH THE FAN WORKING 24 HOURS. THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE STUDIO. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANY COMMENTS.
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