Hi.rod gervais wrote:A studio I designed in the Phillipeans that recently opened it's doors was similar construction.
Unlimited load capacity - very thick concrete floors - the structural engineers said I could add anything I wanted to.
What I ended up doing was a new design I have never used before - but my analysis suggested that it really should work fine.
What is consisted of was this:
2" of 703 covered with 2 layers of 1/2" plywood with staggered joints - and green glue between layers.
OK - all of that being said - the owner (a great guy by the name of Dennis Cham) decided not to do this in the control room because at the low end of the ceiling we were already down to a 7'6" height - and we had a concrete beam we had to deal with that kept the ceiling low for the first 4' into the room - but we did use it in the tracking room, string room and iso-booth.
When it was all said and done - there was not a single sound that could be heard in the rooms with that floor assembly (which will make it into the next edition of my book) - but the same was not true in the control room.
There was some air handling equipment downstairs hanging from the ceiling that could be heard clearly in that room -
this was solveed (in this case) by Dennis investing some money to decouple that equipment from the deck above - but sound travels both ways - so it is possible that something upstairs could make it downstairs.
If you had asked me for any ideas - I would have pointed you in that direction (the same way I did with Luna in the other forum.
You can see the control room of that studio (and part of the tracking room through the window) here:
http://www.hitproductions.net/blog_index.php
Just scroll down the page......
Oh - BTW - what you see on the contron room floor is not a wood framed deck - (that would make me crazy if it was - right?) It is the frame for the ceiling cloud that is hung off the threaded rods you see coming out of the ceiling above.
Good luck,
Rod
I am in the process of constructing a recording facility, and i have a problem with the floor (don´t everybody?)
The room ( 8 by 8 meters roughly) is constructed on a 2.nd floor, and the room in which it is being build is located next to some offices, which is only separated from the (my) room by a gypsum wall. The floor (a wooden planck floor) is shared between the rooms.
- I think that the floor will be the biggest issue soundproofing wise, and as it is a wooden floor i don't think it is going to be able to handle a concrete slab.
I read Rons book, and saw a mention about the hing quoted above, and i thought that it would be a nice solution for me (weight wise) if it would work on a wooden planck floor like mine. - So the question is - will it work do you think ? - Or is there any improvements that could be made or other things that i could do to maximize noise reduction. - better/more/other filler or air gap
I could perhaps a add a sand filled deck (up to a certain degree) on springs or rubber, but it is said that it wouldnt work.. so any good ideas or comments would be appreciated
(as a note, the rest of the construction will be made of a double (with separate framing for each wall) 2 layer gypsum wall probably with green glue between ) floating either on floor or on pads.)