Definitely a possibility, although if I'm trying to make money with this studio I'm still in the red well north of $50K
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My New Studio Build (perhaps overly detailed)
- Thread starter silky smoove
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Definitely a possibility, although if I'm trying to make money with this studio I'm still in the red well north of $50K
Well, you did excavate a big hole...& in the long run, we’re all dead. Still the right move to be honest with the client, & it may be more profitable
Definitely a possibility, although if I'm trying to make money with this studio I'm still in the red well north of $50K
Even though it is much cheaper these days to set up a very good studio, there are less and less people in need of that kind of studio. I can't recall if you ever said that this was a professional enterprise or a semi-retirement hobby that will bring in some money.
I'm guessing that 20+ years ago it would have taken 10 times the money to get a similar quality studio setup.
It's a professional pursuit in so much as people will have to pay me for my services. It's not my full-time job, not even close. I wouldn't even say it qualifies as a side hustle because I don't pursue it hard enough to generate sufficient income to offset the costs. This may change post-pandemic when I feel comfortable bringing lots of people in to do work, but for now it's a money pit where I'm quite happy to continue throwing money into said pit. So you could call it professional, but with caveats.
I started building this in 2015 when I was 33. It's now 2021 and my birthday was a little over a week ago making me 39. If I were doing so well financially that I could afford to retire before hitting 40 I really would have done a lot of things right... or done things very wrong and just never got caught
All joking aside; It's a professional pursuit where I hope to earn a little money to put back into the studio (new gear, upgrades, upkeep, etc.) but went into it expecting to never break even on the construction costs. The pursuit itself and the associated experiences it brings are the real return on the investment and one that I'm happy to have right outside the backdoor of my house.
From what I've seen of your postings on this, it's been a serious effort to build a pro studio. You maintained a serious level for both the gear and the facility. In my eyes that's quite an accomplishment as a side project. Having restored a 1943 wooden sailboat over a 15 year period, which at times was a labor of love and others just plain labor. I understand the LOE for such projects and the associated costs. At the end of the day here, your boat is ready to cruise and you know the work was done correctly. Plus you know every nook and cranny, something that can't be contracted out. It's even better if you can recover some of your investment in something that you are obviously passionate about. Cheers mate!
Sounds like my racecar!
I'm noticing a trend here
Keep on building everyone!
In semi-related news, I did another session last with my D87 into my TT-73. This time I auditioned my SM7B before going back to the D87. For all the love it gets I find the SM7B to be a pretty lackluster vocal mic. I like it as an instrument mic on snare drums and bass cabs, but that's about it. I think if it weren't for Bruce Swedien putting one in front of Michael Jackson when they recorded the Thriller record that mic wouldn't be anywhere near as popular as it is. The reality is that with Michael's voice they could have used two paper cups attached with a string and it still would have sounded fantastic.
Bruce was incredible. His notions about preserving transient information is what’s made me gravitate so hard to the Scheps/Brauer method of using compression on parallel busses more than directly on the source material. I also like his comments about how he doesn’t really like the sound of mid-side for stereo. I’m right there with you on that one Bruce
Coincidental aside from yesterday. I was listening to Volume on Sirius yesterday morning running an errand and they were doing their May 27th birthdays segment. The focus was on the Thriller recording session and the various outtakes from the Vincent Price rap section. The DJ's were add-lib'ing the dialog between Vincent, Michael, and Quincy which was pretty funny. Anyway it eased the impact of hitting the 65 mark, Quincy is in his 80's and still going strong. And it's just cool sharing a birthday with Vincent Price, not to mention he did the rap for Thriller in his 70's.
I got the Johnson and Johnson vaccine yesterday. I’m now pretty rundown and took the day off work. My left arm is too sore to even want to pick up my new Dingwall, so what am I doing? Buying plugins
Just grabbed Soundtoys Devil-Loc Deluxe which is on sale for the crazy low price of $29. Such an insanely awesome way to saturate and compress sources, especially drums. In parallel it’s magic and when applied directly it can turn live drums into a drum machine/loop kind of thing. Super fun.
I’m also upgrading to Melodyne’s third tier which gives polyphonic tuning options. I’ve got a client who inadvertently played a major chord when it was supposed to be minor on a song they tracked and sent to me for mixing. I’ve been putting it off because of the $199 upgrade price from my current second tier version. I got an email that allows the upgrade at $99. Waiting for it to download and then it’ll be time to flat a third in the chord to make it minor. What a crazy time to be working in audio when things like this are possible. Just crazy.
Anyway, just killing time while I feel poopy from the shot. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
Just grabbed Soundtoys Devil-Loc Deluxe which is on sale for the crazy low price of $29. Such an insanely awesome way to saturate and compress sources, especially drums. In parallel it’s magic and when applied directly it can turn live drums into a drum machine/loop kind of thing. Super fun.
I’m also upgrading to Melodyne’s third tier which gives polyphonic tuning options. I’ve got a client who inadvertently played a major chord when it was supposed to be minor on a song they tracked and sent to me for mixing. I’ve been putting it off because of the $199 upgrade price from my current second tier version. I got an email that allows the upgrade at $99. Waiting for it to download and then it’ll be time to flat a third in the chord to make it minor. What a crazy time to be working in audio when things like this are possible. Just crazy.
Anyway, just killing time while I feel poopy from the shot. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
The fact that this works as well as it does should be criminal. In one move I invisibly changed a C#m7 to a C#7 and it sounds perfect.
I missed the cut off for today’s drawing but I’ll be qualified for the next four. Fingers crossed!Maybe you'll win the Hunger Games tho! Good luck!
@silky smoove - can you remind me what studio desk you chose? I’m in the market and there’s not a ton of choice up here in Canada. Ideal for me would be the Output Platform but there’s no distributor here. Need some more suggestions for brand names to look at. Thanks!
Some IKEA desk. I just wanted a flat desktop that was big enough for all the gear I wanted to put on it and had adjustable height legs since I’m very tall. Nothing fancy. I think it was sub-$100.
Here are some photos of it from my website where it makes an appearance:
Thanks! Good ol IKEA. I’ve got one but a different model - been using for 10-12 years and the form factor is just not working for me anymore. But thanks for the intel nonetheless.
Another quick question since you're here 
Where did you find a guideline regarding how much air has to be renewed every how often ?
Where did you find a guideline regarding how much air has to be renewed every how often ?
There are building codes that dictate this but the common knowledge is 4-6 complete volume changes per hour.Another quick question since you're here
Where did you find a guideline regarding how much air has to be renewed every how often ?
Interesting, thank you.
Here the building codes do not mandate mechanical ventilation in homes, but the common practice seems to be more around 4-6 changes per day.
I have a co2 sensor here and it stays green all the time, so I don't know, 4-6 changes per hour seems useless ?
And would also lead to a crazy heating bill, wouldn't it ?
Here the building codes do not mandate mechanical ventilation in homes, but the common practice seems to be more around 4-6 changes per day.
I have a co2 sensor here and it stays green all the time, so I don't know, 4-6 changes per hour seems useless ?
And would also lead to a crazy heating bill, wouldn't it ?
