Soundman2020 - Studio Design Forum

Hi Civvie I am undoubtedly the LEAST experienced or knowledgeable person here so treat anything I say with caution but here are my thoughts anyway. These ideas would need further consideration and analysis/testing by others to check if they will help or make matters worse. 1 - the room seems long en...

endorka wrote:Qr Bbpost I can't wait to see how the windows are done!

You and me both

SoWhat wrote:Qr Bbpost So how much was the helicopter rental for those aerial shots???

The building company had a drone as they wanted to use the pictures for their own marketing.

2468 Thank you for the photos and progress report. It looks big. What is the section with the lower roof going to be? There isn’t really a section with a lower roof. The whole roof has a 7 degree slope. The highest end is in the live room and the lowest end at the back of the control room. The othe...

A few more pictures that give perspective on the overall project and location. These show how close/far the studio is from the main house. C008963C-5F95-44CF-8F29-24163661AC01.jpeg BF13A038-CA41-4C06-9215-D56A2704DCAF.jpeg 8F60E169-0BE9-4E21-ABEA-67B2587ACE5D.jpeg Our closest neighbour will be build...

The roof went on the Studio and Workshop yesterday and I have finally managed to find time to post some pictures of the progress so far. I can’t find many pictures of the setting out and laying foundations but here is the start of the build. 2B8F2BD3-C7C3-40EE-A6B0-A0B5F3EA2C2E.jpeg CE57543D-9E94-4C...

Thanks again guys. Stuart already designed a previous studio that I never got the chance to build. However, I did get the FULL Sketchup plans. The one thing that is truly obvious about them is just how much work is actually involved in doing a full design. I’m pretty good with a CAD program and unde...

Thanks Eric and Starlight. Your input is MUCH appreciated. Starlight: I also worry about the lorries although logging in Scotland is a bit smaller scale than places like the US and Canada. We have a maximum of eight loads a day which typically go past in pairs. They either don’t run in the winter mo...

Thanks For the detailed response Starlight. I don’t have the Marshalls book but I have read Rod Gervais book from cover to cover a few times, plus Philip Newel’s book, and made some progress on Everest’s Master Handbook of Acoustics. I understand the basic principles but my maths isn’t great when it...

I did actually investigate the idea of making it a bunker but costs multiply when you go underground.

Starlight is bang on :D It is Balquhidder. Between Callander and Lochearnhead. The water is Loch Voil. It is oart of the Loch Lomon and Trossachs National Park. Jennifer - the answer is “lots” :D I want to be able to play full rock band or soul band with horn section without annoying my wife (who ca...

This is the location for the studio 9580AF16-96EA-4697-B7B5-03F65D877DC2.jpeg You can probably see why I have made the windows a little larger than normal in relation to isolation requirements. D67F2A5C-95EE-4242-A04B-DF44D3646974.jpeg 332242FE-E070-48CF-A6E7-E2DABECAB441.jpeg DF395F7F-3CEF-4772-A62...

Thanks Jennifer and Kevin. Kevin, it was actually that chapter in Rod’s book that caused me to ask the question :D The roof is a also concrete so the windows are clearly the weak link in the system. I have rather more window than would be considered Ideal as I have stunning views which would be a sh...

Thanks Eric. That is really helpful if slightly scary :o I understand the concept at a superficial level but wasn't’ sure about the conversion from m 2 to m 3 as all the info I could find for concrete was m 3 but for glass was m 2 . I was hoping for around 25mm per pane. The internal glass will be p...

Hi everyone, My wife and I are building our new dream home and one of the main criteria is that I get a studio and workshop. We originally intended to build just a studio at our existing home. We got as far as architects designing the building and commissioned Stuart to design the studio itself. Stu...