Relative newcomer to the forum. I read quite a lot but don't post often. That's about to change!
A little about me: Musician and producer, living on Vancouver Island (Canada). I make music that's fairly soft, but usually with guitar amps and drums.
Building a new detached building on 10,000sqft property - New foundation, double wall construction, minimal windows with thick separate glass. Interior building dimensions roughly 33' x 22' x 13' (ceiling has slight pitch from 12-14'). Two iso rooms and a small WC. Iso1 is a small vocal booth (7x9) with exterior window and Iso2 is a dead drum room (10x9) with an interior window to CR. The "control room" (CR) is a blended space, where I can pop on headphones and cut vocals and acoustic musicians in the same room, or pop loud amps into the Iso1, Drums in Iso2, and have Keys and Bass DI'd with the speakers on. Or I can put the drums out in the larger space and have mics further away. I prefer to work this flexible way, and I like having a larger inspiring space as opposed to a smaller CR. Especially when I'm not tracking. Which is a fairly large amount of time for me, probably 70/30 split between tracking and editing/mixing/arranging/responding to bands who need more money to finish their EP.
A couple other non-traditional things about my plans: Minimal holes in the walls, everything including electrical and audio will run through conduit-protected channels in the floor to accessible panels around the Iso's and main room. All the audio will run analog over Cat6/7. Headphones as well (Behringer p16). Video monitors as well, potentially.
I already have many questions, for anyone with experience in trying to create no holes in their walls/ceiling: How do you deal with lighting? And how do you deal with HVAC without using a massive amount of space inside your room? I have read quite a bit about baffle boxes/chases for quieting down HRV systems. I am attempting to build this building quite close to Passive House spec: Can I trust an HVAC install company to know how to spec a recording studio for proper air flow and noise levels while keeping my building envelope tight? How hands-on should I be with them?
Looking forward to posting my newest draft of the floor plan later this week. Let's start making bets: How long until I have a treated control room and a working toilet. I'm gonna say 19 months 22 days from today.
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