audio-machinery studio : the building thread

Andi Rauscher · 23rd March 2006

Hi all...

well, it seems that now it´s my turn...
I found rooms I will build my first "real" studio in!
It will be a mixing studio with a vocal booth, located on the ground floor of the house I live in (my flat is on 3rd floor.)
It´s 70 m2; and has a bathroom, a kitchen, and 3 rooms.
One will be the Office and Lounge Room; one will be the control room; and the third will become a Vocal Booth.
Control Room Size is 5,7 m x 3,2 metres; Vocal Booth Rooms is a little bigger than the Booth, the Booth will be 3,2 x 2,1 metres. Ceiling is 3,2 m high.
Pics and Plans will be added soon!

Yesterday the Acousticians were here, and everything looks pretty well... there is a dip a 70 Hz in the Control Room, but that´s it!
The neighbour doesn´t hear anything, too, so that´s alright, too...

I am pretty excited, and a little nervous, too, but finally my Pro Tools will become a new home!!

Love it....

Andi

Andi Rauscher · 5th April 2006

OK, tonight a friend of mine was so kind to draw me a sketchup file, and here it is!
we already learned a lot from it.
Also, today we bought the windows for the CR - LR sight...
next monday the build will begin, we will start with the window.

Peter Morrison · 5th April 2006

There seems to be a lot of parallel walls in your sketch. But as long you and your acoustician are happy thumbsup

I wish you the best of luck

Peter

Andi Rauscher · 5th April 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Morrison

There seems to be a lot of parallel walls in your sketch. But as long you and your acoustician are happy thumbsup

Peter

Yes, but won´t be a problem, since there will be lots of acoustics on the walls and ceiling.

Berolzheimer · 5th April 2006

Congrats and......Nice hairdo!

Andi Rauscher · 13th April 2006

so the build hast begun...
here are some first pictures!

this is where the window to the control room will be.

Andi Rauscher · 13th April 2006

this is Stefan, making the first cut!
holy shit, so much dust!

Andi Rauscher · 13th April 2006

a hole in the wall!

Andi Rauscher · 13th April 2006

again the hole for the window

Andi Rauscher · 13th April 2006

the wooden frame, that will hold the window.

Andi Rauscher · 13th April 2006

the window is in!
oh, this was a great moment for me.
Shure, I know, compared to other building threads here this all what I do is "Kindergarten", but, hey, this will be MY STUDIO!!!
a dream come true.

Andi Rauscher · 13th April 2006

last picture for today.

today also the SKB Cases arrived, I´ve just unpacked them and set them up in my living room. look good, work the way I planned.

Tomorrow we´ll start with the floor in the vocal booth.

ohmnoise · 13th April 2006

Hello Andi,

congratulations for your expansion.
Please consider you are living in a high-rated criminal area.
I know here in Neukölln (A part of Berlin) professionals whom become very frustated when somebody broke into their studio, even through a so called "security-door".
Mostly these thiefes have no overview of prices for studioequipment, but they know they will get money very easy for a mac or lcd-screen.
The old double-windows should be changed into new ones with a higher sound-isolation, in summer the berlin backyards can be very noisy, also i would put iron-bars infront of your window, specialy when you are located on the ground floor.
That your direct neighbours will not be disturbed from your actions is a real luck for this area, when I play at higher tunes at home I get very fast a visit.

Anyway I wish best luck for your enterprise and greetings

from the Weichselstraße

Andi Rauscher · 13th April 2006

I apprecheate your comment, really.
This is something I already thought about, and was reminded of by some collegues already.
When I am not in the Studio, there are Roller Blinds that I will close, and then it should be fine.
Also I live in the same house, on 3rd floor.
The whole equipment is also covered by insurance.

I talked to the landlord and owner of the house, and he said that there has never ever been a housebreaking.

But we will see! ;-)

-----

maybe we want to meet someday, your website looks interesting!?

ohmnoise · 13th April 2006

Hello Andi,

yes the Roller Blinds is a good first step for security.
The LKA at Alexanderplatz has a office and consults you for free.
I do not like to panic, but that no one has broken in before has nothing to mean.
The victims told me about being more angry about loosing the hds with all the data(music) on it than being safed from the insurance.

I will consult following days some concerts and you can see me performing live electro-accoustic-ambient at Samacafe, Samariterstr. 32 on Tuesday night.

Best Greetings

Markus

WEAPON_X · 14th April 2006

hey, keep us informed and and all the best for you and your studio !
greetings from munich !

stevep · 14th April 2006

NICE !

Its great to see someone else doing the hard work !!!!

Get used to the dust , and dont even try to clean until your done.....

I love the pic. of the hammer in the wall ! gotta start somewhere

Keep us posted,

steve

Andi Rauscher · 23rd April 2006

thanks, Steve!
it´s an honour for me to know you reading my thread.
I Love your building thread, its awesome.
Mine is KINDERGARTEN compared to yours!

Andi

Andi Rauscher · 23rd April 2006

last wednesday the material got delivered.
now we will start building without having to go shopping every morning...

Andi Rauscher · 23rd April 2006

Friday evening, we got the first two wall built. this is one of them.
we will continue on monday, and this week there should be some real improvements!
Can´t wait for it all...

Andi Rauscher · 26th April 2006

the entrance wall, nearly finished!

Andi Rauscher · 26th April 2006

same wall!

Andi Rauscher · 28th April 2006

since the board won´t let me upload any more photos for whatever reason, all future pics will be found here:
http://www.audio-machinery.com/studiobau

thank you.

ohmnoise · 11th January 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andi Rauscher

The whole equipment is also covered by insurance.

I talked to the landlord and owner of the house, and he said that there has never ever been a housebreaking.

But we will see! ;-)

Now we have seen.

Do not get me wrong - but i only needed some seconds with google to find this thread and one minute to find your homepage and the myspace-page, so to earase your identity is impossible in these times, e.g. Google or WayBackMachine of archive.org.

Hope not to get you in panic, but consider that these "turkish" (2 of 3 criminal youngster in Berlin are coming from a ethnic minority - so that is not rascim - just a fact) gangster and his probaly gang have now a radar on your space.

Have a spy-hole at your door and an inside security-lock.

Good luck!

Andi Rauscher · 11th January 2010

Hi Ohm!

Thanks for your message / reply!

I assume you write with the best intentions.

But you seem to oversee something:

of course it only took you seconds to find my website and myspace: I WANT TO BE FOUND!!!!
I want it for my clients and maybe future clients to be easy to find me!!!
Of course this also has downsides; as you mentioned, you are totally right about that.

BUT what to do about that?

I have a spyhole etc, I always lock the place, the shutters are down all the time etc....
and I have video surveillance of the whole place 24/7, the cameras feed directly to the internet and everything is on an UPS - so even if they brake the power, pictures will be uploaded and sent to my iPhone immideately - which is pretty cool!

also I can spy in the studio when my engineers work there - wich is also cool! ;-)

One is NEVER totally 100% save.... But that´s another thread....

Have a nice week, and maybe we once meet in real life!

Cheers!

Andi Rauscher · 11th January 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohmnoise

Now we have seen.

By the way, Markus, what do you mean with that comment?

23rd March 2006	#1
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	audio-machinery studio : the building thread Hi all... well, it seems that now it´s my turn... I found rooms I will build my first "real" studio in! It will be a mixing studio with a vocal booth, located on the ground floor of the house I live in (my flat is on 3rd floor.) It´s 70 m2; and has a bathroom, a kitchen, and 3 rooms. One will be the Office and Lounge Room; one will be the control room; and the third will become a Vocal Booth. Control Room Size is 5,7 m x 3,2 metres; Vocal Booth Rooms is a little bigger than the Booth, the Booth will be 3,2 x 2,1 metres. Ceiling is 3,2 m high. Pics and Plans will be added soon! Yesterday the Acousticians were here, and everything looks pretty well... there is a dip a 70 Hz in the Control Room, but that´s it! The neighbour doesn´t hear anything, too, so that´s alright, too... I am pretty excited, and a little nervous, too, but finally my Pro Tools will become a new home!! Love it.... Andi __________________ www.audio-machinery.com www.myspace.com/audiomachinery

5th April 2006	#2
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	OK, tonight a friend of mine was so kind to draw me a sketchup file, and here it is! we already learned a lot from it. Also, today we bought the windows for the CR - LR sight... next monday the build will begin, we will start with the window. Attached Thumbnails

5th April 2006	#3
Peter Morrison Gear maniac Join Date: May 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 192	There seems to be a lot of parallel walls in your sketch. But as long you and your acoustician are happy thumbsup I wish you the best of luck Peter __________________ Peter Kendall Morrison peterkmorrison@gmail.com Creative Producer Hilton Media Management www.hiltonmm.com Find me online www.PeterKMorrison.com www.imdb.com/name/nm2947879/

13th April 2006	#6
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	so the build hast begun... here are some first pictures! this is where the window to the control room will be. Attached Thumbnails

13th April 2006	#7
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	this is Stefan, making the first cut! holy shit, so much dust! Attached Thumbnails

5th April 2006	#5
Berolzheimer Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: El Lay Posts: 2,207	Congrats and......Nice hairdo!

13th April 2006	#8
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	a hole in the wall! Attached Thumbnails

13th April 2006	#9
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	again the hole for the window Attached Thumbnails

13th April 2006	#13
ohmnoise Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 74	Hello Andi, congratulations for your expansion. Please consider you are living in a high-rated criminal area. I know here in Neukölln (A part of Berlin) professionals whom become very frustated when somebody broke into their studio, even through a so called "security-door". Mostly these thiefes have no overview of prices for studioequipment, but they know they will get money very easy for a mac or lcd-screen. The old double-windows should be changed into new ones with a higher sound-isolation, in summer the berlin backyards can be very noisy, also i would put iron-bars infront of your window, specialy when you are located on the ground floor. That your direct neighbours will not be disturbed from your actions is a real luck for this area, when I play at higher tunes at home I get very fast a visit. Anyway I wish best luck for your enterprise and greetings from the Weichselstraße

14th April 2006	#16
WEAPON_X Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 315	hey, keep us informed and and all the best for you and your studio ! greetings from munich ! __________________ WEAPON_X HARDER FASTER MORE MORE MORE ! NOW ! VORSICHT: NICHT STREICHELN! BISSIG !

14th April 2006	#17
stevep Lives for Jesus Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: orange county ca. Posts: 2,935	NICE ! Its great to see someone else doing the hard work !!!! Get used to the dust , and dont even try to clean until your done..... I love the pic. of the hammer in the wall ! gotta start somewhere Keep us posted, steve __________________ Steve Perkins Steve Perkins Fishing.com Creation Recording Studios .com Take a Kid Fishing Outreach John 3:16

23rd April 2006	#18
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	thanks, Steve! it´s an honour for me to know you reading my thread. I Love your building thread, its awesome. Mine is KINDERGARTEN compared to yours! Andi

26th April 2006	#21
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	the entrance wall, nearly finished! Attached Thumbnails

26th April 2006	#22
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	same wall! Attached Thumbnails

28th April 2006	#23
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	since the board won´t let me upload any more photos for whatever reason, all future pics will be found here: http://www.audio-machinery.com/studiobau thank you.

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11th January 2010	#25
Andi Rauscher Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 340 Thread Starter	Hi Ohm! Thanks for your message / reply! I assume you write with the best intentions. But you seem to oversee something: of course it only took you seconds to find my website and myspace: I WANT TO BE FOUND!!!! I want it for my clients and maybe future clients to be easy to find me!!! Of course this also has downsides; as you mentioned, you are totally right about that. BUT what to do about that? I have a spyhole etc, I always lock the place, the shutters are down all the time etc.... and I have video surveillance of the whole place 24/7, the cameras feed directly to the internet and everything is on an UPS - so even if they brake the power, pictures will be uploaded and sent to my iPhone immideately - which is pretty cool! also I can spy in the studio when my engineers work there - wich is also cool! ;-) One is NEVER totally 100% save.... But that´s another thread.... Have a nice week, and maybe we once meet in real life! Cheers!