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Originally Posted by musicguitar  The room I am building will be in my house that I am going to purchase in May upon graduation from school. I am allotting $12,465 to construction costs of the studio. Weird number, I know. I am well schooled in construction, so I will save a lot of money doing it myself. I've been reading Gerv.'s book about studio acoustic/construction. |
Sean, I have a very good friend that I list as a free consultant on my website under Acoustics, named Jeff Hedback. Jeff has done rooms for friends and customers of mine, and also gives me advice on treating my own space. He is able to help with planning and construction on a 'for hire' basis, but if you have a plan you'd like to submit to him to discuss he can give you commentary on it and help avoid pitfalls, whether you hire him or not. He is the nicest, most non-pushy / soft spoken guy you could ever imagine: another great reason I promote him...!
I cannot stress this enough: the room matters so much and it's nice to know you have budgeted for it...! But be sure somebody out there takes a look at your plans, or that you bring somebody in who knows the pitfalls of construction and the process to (A) save money and (B) make effective use of the money you spend.
It's amazing what little steps you can overlook that compromise a room's effectiveness.
War
