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My New Studio Build (perhaps overly detailed)

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pnchad said:
It will go faster now. Did you pre wire 120vac yet? If you really want to be hip (which I didn't do - still pissed) you can pre wire XLR & 1/4" Jack plates at strategic locations to avoid cables everywhere. I ended up running some hooks up above door height but still have cables everywhere on the floor.
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Electrical will happen after I insulate since it's all channeled through a single penetration of the SMS wall inside the exterior wall. Right now I'm just getting everything together so I can finish up my STFI permit with the Seattle DPD.

To keep things simple and minimize wall penetrations I'll be using a 16-channel snake with either a floor box or a wall-mounted box. There are a few outfits that custom build using high quality cable and connectors. I haven't settled on one yet, but they all look pretty good.
 
#823
We're using a Berenger X18 to grab all the signals. It's really effective even though I'm old school and had my doubts. 18 in & 6 out (I think) along with phone out which we split with a little headphone mixer/amp. Everything controlled by iPads or MacBooks. Ppl can do their own mixes on their iPads. All captured and mixed on Apple Logic. Very cost effective.

Last studio I built in the late 90s cost about $15k in gear. This one including weighted piano controller, Mac, software, etc. $3,500 - new tech is amazing and cheap.
 
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silky smoove said:
To keep things simple and minimize wall penetrations I'll be using a 16-channel snake with either a floor box or a wall-mounted box. There are a few outfits that custom build using high quality cable and connectors. I haven't settled on one yet, but they all look pretty good.
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I know that these people make good and affordable ATA cases. They also make cable systems. I would insist on Neutrik connectors. They are located in WA.

Audiopile Distributing - Pro Audio / EWI Cables and Cases
 
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Mogami is the cable of choice for many when reburbishing consoles and for patch bays. Studio supply shops such as vintage king and my local place highly recommend their products. I use nothing else.

I'm seeing more Neutrik knockoffs on the market. They don't perform well. Any cable company worth their salt wouldn't use them.
 
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Making progress with the cooler weather. Still hot though, haha.

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Ikeep getting partially inspired and partially intimidated by watching this build. I've set up a band's worth of gear in my living room since my wife died. Now I'm thinking I might want to set it up in the bedroom across from mine. It's a tighter space. The whole band couldn't get in. But I could isolate it down a lot more than the living room. The last band basically evaporated. But the drummer and I are still friends and both write. So a smaller recording-oriented space might work.
 
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Bard2dbone said:
Ikeep getting partially inspired and partially intimidated by watching this build.
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As the OP/builder all I can say is... You and me both! :p

Bard2dbone said:
I've set up a band's worth of gear in my living room since my wife died.
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Sorry to hear about your wife. I'd be a mess if my wife died.

Bard2dbone said:
Now I'm thinking I might want to set it up in the bedroom across from mine. It's a tighter space. The whole band couldn't get in. But I could isolate it down a lot more than the living room. The last band basically evaporated. But the drummer and I are still friends and both write. So a smaller recording-oriented space might work.
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Isolating a small space is certainly less costly than doing it in a large space, but it comes with its own set of complications. Typically, being a bedroom, you're going to have existing drywall already on the walls. You have to make a decision as to whether or not you're willing to tear down the existing drywall or not. Tearing it down will allow you to obtain much higher TL/STC/NRC values, but will be more costly overall and will undoubtedly make an absolute mess. If you tear it down you can build MSM walls (either standard or inside-out), or a clips/channel system. In either approach you can maximize effectiveness by building with two or more layers of drywall with Green Glue sandwiched between. If you don't want to tear down the existing drywall, about all you can do is add another layer of drywall with Green Glue. That will accomplish two out of the three tenants of sound isolation (mass and dampening), but will leave out perhaps the most important (decoupling). Tough call. Small rooms also come with a host of acoustic complications that are difficult to treat. Put all of your treatment money into bass trapping up front to get the best results. Treat the lows and low mids, and let the mids and highs take care of themselves (relatively speaking of course).
 
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Had another setback today. This one is minor, but none the less, pretty annoying. I was at the gym working out over my lunch break as I typically do Monday through Friday. In the middle of my workout I tweaked something in my left wrist. At present I can't fully rotate it or put any weight on or against it without getting a shooting pain through my wrist and hand, and continuing up my left forearm. I'm going to give it some time to heal before I begin using it to build. Looks like I'm out until at least this weekend to finish the insulation.
 
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I explained what was happening with my wrist to my doctor wife (remotely since I'm at my office, which is about 22-miles from my house). She said it sounded like a bone was out of place in my wrist. I'm sure there's a fancy medical term for that, but she's more of a layman's term person when describing these things to me. I do not offer her the same courtesy when discussing audio stuff, because I'm sure she knows what to do with the term "Helmholtz resonator" haha :D

I took my right hand and put the palm on the underside of my left wrist and then began squeezing my left wrist. Gradually bringing up the pressure until... BANG! Something popped back into place and just like flipping a light switch all of my wrist's motion was restored. It still hurts a little, but it is markedly better. I'll be staying off it tonight, but maybe I'll be able to get back to it as early as tomorrow night.

The weather is looking mostly agreeable to working in that sweat lodge. Thursday and Friday are going to be a little toasty. Thursday is about the upper limit of what's doable without pushing it too hard since the space currently has no ventilation other than the front door (i.e. no pass-through for air). Friday I'll pass entirely on working when I get home. Saturday and Sunday are looking great for it.

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You know, it's wonderful to have a 'studio' that's 'right'. But, it's also wonderful to have an environment that's comfortable and inviting to the hang. I've recorded a fair amount and some spaces are intimidating and NOT fun. We BBQ and sit outside and talk as well as being serious. Trust me it helps for the place to be fun.
 

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