Getting a house built...planning a minor basement studio

Hey guys! I've been reading here for a few years, absorbing a little at a time but a lot in the last little while. I'm in the process of getting a new house built, which will be done in May. We are in the blueprint stage right now, and I'm trying to lay out the basement for a personal-use only studio (i.e. no clients or commercial use.) The main use of the larger space shown in the diagram will be rehearsals for my band, which is LOUD as hell. I realize that for the control room, rectangular is not my ideal shape, however for construction simplicity and future resale I think it's the way for me to go. I've never really built anything at all so the construction aspect is pretty daunting, luckily I have some good friends with knowledge in the area. All walls are concrete up to the ceiling. The builder insulates and frames all the outside basement walls. Ceiling height is 7'9" everywhere except in the middle, where you see the two beams that run across the house. This section is 6'11" high. I have the option of moving the two windows to pretty much wherever I want. In the plan I included here, I was thinking of moving the window that is in the band room in the diagram, to right in front of the mix position, and leave the other one where it is on the diagram. I can also locate the washer and dryer to wherever I want in the basement, but I do need a decent space for a laundry room. The floors are 3" concrete slab over 5" compacted gravel fill. I am not planning on building a floating floor, mainly due to the cost involved. In the band room, I am hoping to isolate it as much as possible, but keep in mind my miniscule budget and no building experience. My main concern is not driving the neighbors and girlfriend crazy... I'm wondering, how much isolation can I achieve by floating one wall around the outside walls of the band room, while leaving the floor concrete? I would build a double wall for the two 'inside' walls. As far as the ceiling goes, my plan was basically to stuff the joists with insulation, use resilient channel and 2 layers of drywall. Isolation in the conrol room (from the rest of the house) is not that important, I was basically planning on using standard construction techniques in there. I can build some wall treatments to break up the parallel walls. The furniture in the control room is not representative of what I have. I am not planning to soffit mount my speakers (Alesis M1 Actives.) OK, any thoughts? Thanks a lot guys

You could reverese the direction of the control room so you look into the studio via double glass doors. As you can't float a floor why not build a drum platform and maybe amp platforms as well. cheers john

Hey John! Do you mean sliding glass doors? Not sure I could afford a pair of those, although it would be nice. I was kind of worried as well that if I reversed the control room layout, there might not be enough room to cart gear through to the band room. As we gig fairly often, moving gear smoothly is a consideration. As far as the drum riser and amp platforms go, how would those work for isolation? The bass player has a road case that uses a layer of foam between the bottom of the cab and the wood outside of the case...would that help decouple it? Thanks for your help! Rick

Well, we are taking possession of our new house on May 20, can't wait to start building the studio!!

Great news mate - so you won't be sitting idle any longer :) cheers john