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Space Pickle

Space Pickle

Apr 15, 2013
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So I'm moving in a few months to a place with sufficient space to renovate two studio rooms. I have two goals:

1. put up enough sound isolation so that I can jam without bothering the neighbours

2. treat the space so that it's nice for recording

I have Home Recording Studio by Rod Gervais and will be doing a detailed reading of that, but are there any other suggested resources I should check out to prepare for this project? I'm familiar with the Gearspace and John L Sayers forums as well.
 
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When I built my studio I had read through Rod's book twice. I had also paid for eight hours of consultation time with GIK Acoustics. I thought I had a handle on everything, but then I posted some questions on the John L Sayers forum. Based on some photos of the structure the user Soundman2020, who's a senior member that lives in Santiago Chile and is very active on that forum, provided a couple of insights that I otherwise would have missed. Had I missed them my isolation would have been much less effective than it is currently in the finished space. The moral of the story is that even with all of the information at-hand, another set of professional eyes can be a welcome addition. I would recommend posting your studio construction build on John L Sayers in the appropriate forum to get progress assistance from the very knowledgeable folks that participate in that forum. Additionally, you can do a build thread like both @peterpalmieri and I did here on TB to solicit advise from those of us that have done what you're planning to do.
 
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Take your time think it through many times and start a thread here. I posted my plan thought it through and got advice. Do step one thoroughly and completely. Make sure you didn’t cut corners and move on to step two.

mine is not perfect but I can practice when the kids are asleep and make lots of noise without disturbing neighbors. It’s going to take a long time and the materials are not cheap or always easily available locally but it’s worth it.
 

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