Key posts: First Post Studio Design

Substantial posts by medboyle, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 19 of 52 posts are listed.

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  • medboyle, 16 February 2007Hi guys This is my first post so i use this to say thanks for everyone who operates the site it is an amazing reference for building(or attempting to build) a studio. I…
  • medboyle, 17 February 2007Hi, I have a clear space to work with my original drawing only shows the room i plan to build not the outer room so i can do anything within that space up to a total max…
  • medboyle, 17 February 2007I've attached another diagram i hope this is what you meant, I planned to make the window 120cm wide, 150cm high and have it start 100cm off the ground but everything is…
  • kendale, 18 February 2007Aloha, In Rod Gervais’ book “Build it Like the Pros,” http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5670 he points out both L.W.Sepmeyer’s & M.M. Louden’s formulas…
  • kendale, 19 February 2007Aloha, Okay. Smaller control room it is. :wink: You will want to revise your control room geometry, though. - soffit walls @ 30 degrees - extend your side walls to about…
  • medboyle, 19 February 2007Hi, - Yeah i went back an remasured the space and realised i coul squeeze a little bit more out of the room. - In the main the recording tends to be (for rock bands)…
  • medboyle, 19 February 2007Something like that would be amazing. I am going to build the room using 2 metal acoustic frames with 2 layers of 15mm db check plasterboard on both sides and 2 150mm…
  • medboyle, 19 February 2007Hi, I think i may be closer to the layout, the software i am using isnt good for angles but i will make sure the speakers are mounted properly and the wall slope…
  • kendale, 20 February 2007Aloha, You can get Sketchup free. http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6109 Okay...your designs are getting closer. :D In regard to your live room, what you…
  • kendale, 20 February 2007Aloha, Hey! That's pretty good for your first one. Again, I had to resize your pic to eliminate scrolling (forum guidelines). If you could keep your pics down to about…
  • medboyle, 21 February 2007Hi, I was back at the space where the studio will be and it turns out we can only have the ceiling 8 feet high :oops: so i used the formula you supplied and adjusted…

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  • medboyle, 22 February 2007Hi, The CCTV seems like the easiest option, Me and my brother are going to be doing the majority of build ourselves but if the best idea is windows i'd be happy to go…
  • medboyle, 8 March 2007I just thought i'd keep everyone up to date on the studio design, the final design is in place and (hopefully!) The Framing, plasterboard etc will arrive on Saturday.…
  • medboyle, 18 March 2007After a weeks delay the plasterboard has arrived :D But no insulation yet and not enough stud work :!: thats what you get when you leave the ordering to a family member…
  • medboyle, 19 May 2007Hey Guys, I started construction this week and have a thread going: http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8787 I have built the external shell but now having…
  • medboyle, 22 June 2007Disaster struck ( Well not complete disaster but not ideal) I went away on holiday thinking about what crazyfingers, john and lilith envy had thrown up. i came back to…
  • camistan, 23 June 2007Medboyle, By using that design looks like you're back to using CCTV. Is that really what you want to do? You've got a serious question to ask yourself about stopping…
  • medboyle, 23 June 2007Thank for looking in. Sorry i just realised my drawing dosnt have a window. I have a window looking from the control room to the live room positioned on the top half of…

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  • medboyle, 2 July 2007I tried to apply your design on my blank sketch up and here's what i've come up with. I need to fine tune my angles. but it looks excellent, thanks very much :D I dont…