Key posts: JWL's studio design

Substantial posts by jwl, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 29 of 54 posts are listed.

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jwl, 15 April 2007Greetings all, my wife and I are now under contract to purchase our new home, which has a separate one-car garage on a concrete slab, measuring approximately 12x20. My…
jwl, 18 April 2007OK, I have more thoughts about the one-room design vs. the control room/live room/vocal booth design. I should warn people in advance. I tend to either a)wax…
gullfo, 18 April 2007i'd go with the single room that sounds good rather than struggle trying to get 2 or more small rooms sounding good. besides, if you need to divide it up later because…
jwl, 19 April 2007Hi gullfo, wow, THANKS for that. I am about to fire up Sketchup to learn what it can do, and I can use your skp file as a template. Will make life easier to be sure. I…
jwl, 19 April 2007Also, I like the idea of inside-out walls very much. It seems like a good use of space in a small room like mine. However, I don't quite grok how they fit together…
jwl, 22 April 2007Regarding the inside-out wall assembly, my questions have been answered in this thread . I can now easily see how inside-out walls can be assembled, almost preassembled,…
jwl, 30 April 2007Just an update. The well water tests came back with high levels of radon. Luckily we have reached an agreement with the seller to install a radon mitigation unit, so…
jwl, 1 May 2007John, you are most welcome. Thank *you* for reading my thread. Perhaps you could create a new studio build diaries forum, and leave the current design and construction…
jwl, 2 May 2007OK, time for a ceiling question. I still very much like the idea of inside-out walls. But if you look at how the garage ceiling is constructed: External image, not…
jwl, 2 May 2007One idea just struck me: I'll have to double-check, but it would appear that there might be adequate room to build out a small amp isolation box or two up there among…
jwl, 17 May 2007A bit more progress on the house.... the attorney should be calling us today to schedule the closing. We're aiming for the 22nd, and unless there is a major snag…
jwl, 23 May 2007In the redundancy department (I also posted in my construction thread), we closed on the house today! I now own this property.... I'm very excited. We move on Monday.…
jwl, 24 May 2007Still feverishly packing our stuff. With our 6,305,812 books, it's taking a while.... Also, I got into the garage. I took more accurate measurements. On the inside of…
jwl, 1 July 2007OK, time for a small update. We're more or less settled in. Everything is unpacked. I've been warming up my carpentry skills for the studio build by building lots of…
jwl, 2 July 2007Hi gullfo Not yet. See, this is where 2 threads gets confusing. This one is the design thread so I was focusing on that. The construction thread is where I am talking…
jwl, 3 July 2007OK, attached is a re-sized JPG scan of my graph paper floorplan. I'm not the neatest drafter out there by any stretch, but the sketch is pretty close to accurate…
jwl, 3 July 2007Awesome, thanks kendale! A few minor things that aren't apparent from my drawing. First, the diffusors on the back wall are only 4' tall, they will not go floor to…

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jwl, 5 July 2007Hi gullfo I thought about diffusion on the back wall. I was hesitant to add it at all (philosophically, absorption on the back wall makes more sense to me). I like the…
jwl, 6 July 2007I've played a bit with Sketchup. I've figured out how to make the diffusors/shelves the size I had in mind, but I'm now trying to work out the quickest way to draw more…
jwl, 8 July 2007OK, still trying to figure out Sketchup. I've cleaned up some of the lines, erased some redundant stuff, and gotten the absorbers the right size. I still need to draw in…
jwl, 9 July 2007Interesting stuff, Andre. I don't know much about diffusors, especially the specific mechanics of them. Based on what I've heard from diffusion, I think it will be most…
jwl, 11 July 2007OK, I need some sketchup help. I got one of the horizontal absorbers drawn to the right size. I tried to copy and paste them several times (5 or 6 above and below the…
jwl, 11 July 2007Strange. Not sure what's up with that. I'm sending this from my Windows partition. I'm going to go ahead and upload a png as well, even though it's too wide. Once it's…
jwl, 11 July 2007Regarding grouping: I figured out how to copy the absorber. But when I tried to paste it, it kept aligning up in the wrong place. I couldn't grok how to get it to just…
jwl, 11 July 2007Wow, thanks gullfo. That's nearly there. The absorbers are flush with the rear wall, though, to give the back wall some depth and make it look less boxy (still pretty…
gullfo, 11 July 2007i create "absorbers" off to one side of the drawing - maybe 2" x 2' x 4', or 4" thick etc... to make it a "standard size", group it and, then use ctrl, left-click+drag…

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jwl, 11 July 2007awesome, gullfo. I need to keep playing with sketchup. I need to learn it as it's going to be a very useful tool for me. Because of my budget (slow and steady) I will…
jwl, 10 October 2007I haven't updated in a while. The studio build has been put on hiatus for a while; rather than put my limited budget into construction, I've decided to put what I have…
jwl, 11 October 2007wow, very cool. Thanks for the heads up, I'll certainly investigate this more thoroughly if/when I get to the build. Great info! I think that the studio, even though it…