Substantial posts by drfrankencopter, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 21 of 34 posts are listed.
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drfrankencopter, 5 August 2005I tried writing this as a big PDF document to attach to some questions I wanted to post, but it ended up being too big. Instead, I'll post it in bits here. Also, this…
drfrankencopter, 5 August 2005So, with that general layout in mind, I drew up the plan shown in figure 2. In consideration of wall thickness/construction details I have the following concerns: •…
drfrankencopter, 5 August 2005Given the wall constructions listed above (and shown in figure 2), that leaves me with approximately a 26’4” X 14’4” area. Considering the 8’10” ceiling, I checked out…
drfrankencopter, 5 August 2005Conventional control room design logic is to place the listening position at a distance 1/3rd along the longest length of the room. At the 1/3rd length position, the…
drfrankencopter, 5 August 2005The graph below shows the results of the wall-bounce calculator. A 3dB bump at around 50 hz can be seen…maybe this will compensate a little for the hole at 50 Hz seen in…
drfrankencopter, 20 August 2005Okay, the framing is done now, and I've attached some photos. Now I've got to lay my AC wiring and signal wiring to do before I proceed to drywalling. Drywall is up on…
sharward, 20 August 2005Oh my. Maybe I'm overreacting here (wouldn't be the first time), but I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of sucking air from the furnace area into a mostly airtight…
drfrankencopter, 21 August 2005Sharward, I share your concern, and that's why I will have an HVAC specialist in to reafirm, or entirely shoot down my idea. But, I can answer a few of your questions:…
drfrankencopter, 31 August 2005Hi AjD.... I'm going to put drywall up over the ceiling though. Double layers on RC. I need that for isolation to the upstairs. For acoustics in the room I will build…
drfrankencopter, 1 September 2005Ok, here's the AC wiring plan. There will be 3 seperate circuits, each fed by 15 Amp breaker via a junction panel: 1. Feeding the studio gear (preamps, computer,…
sharward, 1 September 2005Pretty nifty boxes, if you were going to use a single layer of rock... :roll: I don't have a solution for you, but I will say that I'm sure that using those boxes,…
drfrankencopter, 1 September 2005For extension boxes, here are some options....none seem best for my app though: Well, there's this one: ---link removed..... its at home depot's website under Electrical…
sharward, 1 September 2005Sounds like you're trying to make a virtual sub panel of sorts. Perhaps you'll need to do an actual sub panel -- or abandon the "junction central" idea and just home run…
drfrankencopter, 1 September 2005Thanks for the advice... No, I don't have a permit, however I did plan on having my electrical work signed off on, and inspected prior to getting the drywall up for the…
drfrankencopter, 6 September 2005Got my electrical code book this weekend, and yup that bottom wall needs at least 1 outlet, and possibly even 2. The rule is something like you must be able to place a…
sharward, 6 September 2005;) :shock: Wow! You guys are loud! :shock: (Must be fun! :twisted: ) Man, I don't know... :? You're talking about adding a loss of 30db, and you're already at a…
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drfrankencopter, 6 September 2005Actually, we're not that loud... It's just a 3 peice, gtr, bass, drums and vocals. Drummer doesn't hit that hard too. The meter is very good though, and doesn't do a…
Dan Fitzpatrick, 7 September 2005i got mine at acoustical material services. http://www.a-m-s.com/locations.jsp they don't have any stores near you though. you are ottowa, right? home page:…
drfrankencopter, 8 September 2005Thanks Dan.... Actually, I'd be willing to pay a small forture for true "miracle" in a tube! Like, one that you just open it up and the rest of the studio construction…
Dan Fitzpatrick, 9 September 2005That IS an interesting comment from Eric, and worth pondering. He really knows what he is talking about. We often think about sound-tight being equivalent to…
drfrankencopter, 11 September 2005Oh I totally agree with Eric's comments....in fact, that is largely how I am performing my construction. I am only applying caulk to areas that can act as flanking…