Soundman2020 - Studio Design Forum

I am sorry, Ron, that this slipped by me. After all your years of work on it and my being rather firm with you at a panic stage I would really love to know how the studio is doing and what the church's leadership thinks. Also, are you happy with it?

Soundman2020 wrote:Qr BbpostBoth MDF and plywood have very good sheer strength.

I would add OSB to that list as its shear strength is very good, too.

gullfo wrote:Qr Bbpost... you should also conduct tests using the neighbors floor above you ...

A minor point, but Christian did say at the start:

interstahler wrote:Qr Bbpost... the top two floors of a seven story brick building ...

Hello Christian. I fell in love with Norway when the band I was in played a few times in Tønsberg. I stayed in an apartment out on a peninsula east of the town, with fresh air and beautiful views over the fjords on both sides. Like you, I live in a flat with neighbours below and on the other side of...

Scott, I can sense your wanting things to happen a bit quicker, like not having to wait a few days for some workers to come again. I don't know what relationship you have with them but what I have been doing is asking my builder about what I can do to help him, whether painting a wall, clearing up h...

4301 Funny how we (as musicians) are now looking for excuses to buy power tools instead of that next guitar, snare drum, synth, etc. Paul, I think you are onto something. I have nowhere I can rehearse at the moment so the musical dreams are on hold. I am enjoying the journey of the studio build but...

4299 (while wearing a suitable mask and eye protection!) 4689lester.jpg I am wearing a FFP2 (N95) mask and a Buff on the outside to pull the mask tight against my face around the edges. When I finished, the outside of the mask was tile dust red while the inside was pure white, proving how good thes...

gullfo wrote:Qr Bbpostbetter late than never

Call it an initiation of some sort!

gullfo wrote:Qr Bbpostaw, well. next studio build

I am hoping there won't be a next studio but if there is maybe I can work cleaner by avoiding unnecessary jobs.

The last 3 weeks have been about the foundation for what will be a linoleum floor in the corridor, through the little kitchen and into the toilet (bathroom in US lingo). When we ordered the flooring we were told to sand the tiled floor to give the contact layer something to adhere to as shiny tiles ...

Nicely done, having a time lapse build video. Your studio is an impressive achievement.

Off topic: will that be (maybe now is) a raised flowerbed on the right of the garden?

Thank you for the compliment, Glenn. Gareth, that is a good and necessary question. We are fortunate in that the building is on a slight slope and we are under a row of shops (whose front doors are at ground level on the other side of the building) with the flats above. The chaps that run the electr...

garethmetcalf wrote:Qr BbpostStill enjoying using the room, though! Those Neumann monitors sound so good in there.

The icing on the cake!

4043 Did you manage to do any isolation testing yet, to see what your actual level is? LP1632.jpg Not a proper test. I used a PA speaker and sub to run a quick test. I turned up Robin Williams's Rock DJ (because of the thumping bass and kick drum) to 110dBC on my SPL meter (louder than I will ever ...

I was amused by the comment by one customer who complained it doesn't sound like a train.

4161 if not... ... I hear that a fan (plus filter) pumping air into the room is more useful than a fan pumping air out as it creates a higher pressure in the studio and air tries to find a way out, such as when a door or window is opened, not only through the unpowered exit duct. I know Glenn is ri...