Our New Studio Build in Calgary, Canada... Yet another photo thread! - Page 6

**Jules** · 8th December 2007, 09:23 PM

Great pix - so when is the Duality getting installed..

Matthew Murray · 9th December 2007, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jules

Great pix - so when is the Duality getting installed..

Ha, just as soon as that gearslutz sponsorship comes through... when can I expect that cheque, Jules?

**Jules** · 21st December 2007, 11:35 AM

Its in the mail...

Keldog · 21st December 2007, 07:53 PM

Lookin damn good man!

Much props to you and your pals. Dassa lotta work but it looks to be coming together quite well.

Mo' pics pleez.

Kel

Matthew Murray · 24th December 2007, 09:19 PM

Thanks for all the nice things you've all said thus far! It's been great to have you cats along for the ride.

This is a modest photo update -- I only had my camera phone so pardon the crap quality.

We took delivery of our GIK order. There were two forklifts full in all .. sixteen boxes of 4' x 2' x 1'. Was quite a load. Here's a few pictures of the boxes, though they were all spread out around the place.

Since we had already rented a huge truck for the GIK, we decided to spend the whole day and move all of our gear from the basement it has all been hiding out in for the last four months ... and bring it to its new home!!! Most of it is now hiding out in the ISO booth for the time being.

We also have a bunch of instruments and amps waiting in the hallway.

And finally, here's a couple of shots of the slatted ceiling piece that will have eight globe lights hanging from it it shortly. Right now there's just a couple of temp bulbs in there.

That's it for now. Stay tuned, this week we're going to be hanging all of the bass traps, slapping all the gear into the desk, and as long as the Redco order comes in, wiring it all up!!!

Happy Christmas to you all, this has been fun so far, and it's only just beginning I'm sure.

Farout · 24th December 2007, 09:53 PM

Excellent! I have been loving this thread for a while. thanks for the update.
Merry Christmas.

pan60 · 25th December 2007, 02:32 AM

looking so nice!
what's in the API boxs?

Matthew Murray · 25th December 2007, 08:34 AM

Ahh, yes, well, we've got our new 10-space API rack, two 550's, two 560's ... also an API 3124+. So that's what we have for API's. Yay API!

Glenn Kuras · 25th December 2007, 01:32 PM

Matthew,

I am going to be in and out of the office this week, but if you need anything tell the guys at the GIK plant that you want my cell number.

Looks like you are getting pretty close to pushing record!!!!!

Glenn

Matthew Murray · 25th December 2007, 06:45 PM

Hey Glenn - thanks a whole lot! Happy Holiday.

pan60 · 25th December 2007, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Murray

Ahh, yes, well, we've got our new 10-space API rack, two 550's, two 560's ... also an API 3124+. So that's what we have for API's. Yay API!

awesome!
so you have room to feed the addiction!
cool!!!!!

Matthew Murray · 25th December 2007, 09:08 PM

Not much more! We're also popping in two A Designs P1's, an A Designs P-EQ, and a Shadow Hills Mono Gama

.. they're all hiding in the ISO booth too!

pan60 · 25th December 2007, 10:30 PM

have you tried the A-Designs EM-PEQ?
that thing is wicked packed full of MOJO!
and of course everyone knows, i am a freak for those P-1s.
congrats it looks like you are going to have a wicked cool set up! :)~

Matthew Murray · 26th December 2007, 12:16 AM

No, haven't gotten to try it yet -- they're all sitting brand new in the iso ... I can't wait!!!! Best Christmas ever for us over here.

pan60 · 26th December 2007, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Murray

No, haven't gotten to try it yet -- they're all sitting brand new in the iso ... I can't wait!!!!

i think i would be in panic mode .

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Murray

Best Christmas ever for us over here.

sounds like it!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you!

lildrummerboy70 · 2nd January 2008, 02:20 AM

Any news? Loving this thread!!!

Matthew Murray · 2nd January 2008, 02:37 AM

News, but no new photos. We set up our gear and played a rehearsal in the room to get a feel for how it's sounding. We hadn't put any of the GIK traps up yet, nor had we done the second row of homemade traps (we only had traps along the bottom and on the ceiling, so nothing in the corners or on the upper walls) ... and MAN was it ever live. Far too live to play in.

But that's to be expected with that much exposed drywall. Yesterday we were back in installing more traps, and we'll hopefully have one more solid day of that tomorrow and then we'll try it again. I bet it'll sound glorious once they're all up.

But it's a reminder that this is certainly not an easy science, tuning a live room! :-)

Happy New Year all you crazy cats.

Matthew Murray · 3rd January 2008, 11:02 PM

Alright, more photographic evidence. Feels so nice to have all the traps up now. Looking pretty great. Made the room feel even bigger, strangely. And, sounding very focused and still nice and lively in there. Last few pictures will show our good old ancient piano after it arrived....

Farout · 3rd January 2008, 11:05 PM

AWESOME!!!!!

True North · 3rd January 2008, 11:12 PM

Mathew, the place is looking GREAT!!!! Congrats!!!

Couldn't hold back on getting the equiptment and instruments in the room EH

I remember barely finishing my home studio and staying up to 5 in the morning setting everything up......good memories

Good Luck with everything, cheers

themaidsroom · 3rd January 2008, 11:15 PM

looks great

AMIEL · 3rd January 2008, 11:15 PM

Great looking room!

all panels are GIK???

pan60 · 3rd January 2008, 11:44 PM

Mathew, this is looking AWESOME!!!! Congrats!!!

keep the photos coming!

Matthew Murray · 3rd January 2008, 11:53 PM

Hey, thanks gents.

AMIEL - The black ones are all GIK. All of the red ones are homemade, and covered with variations of a deep red persian kind of fabric. The black and red are going great together!

TRUE NORTH - yeah, we set up the instruments even before the traps were up .. which before resulted in an overly echoey and unplayable room. But now, things are nice and focused....

Oh God, we're closing in on this thing now....

Lectra · 4th January 2008, 12:07 PM

Wow i somehow missed this thread....
Congrats on the new studio.
It looks great !

pbell · 4th January 2008, 03:11 PM

Wow, the place is looking awesome!

Glenn Kuras · 4th January 2008, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Murray

Hey, thanks gents.

AMIEL - The black ones are all GIK. All of the red ones are homemade, and covered with variations of a deep red persian kind of fabric. The black and red are going great together!

TRUE NORTH - yeah, we set up the instruments even before the traps were up .. which before resulted in an overly echoey and unplayable room. But now, things are nice and focused....

Oh God, we're closing in on this thing now....

That was pretty damn smart of you to put those red panels in that way!! I did my own drum room that way and found it to have a very nice mix of reflective/absorption sound to the room. Bryan (the guy who I work with) turned me on to doing this way. Not that it is a true diffusor but the wells in between the panels does diffuse some what. I try to talk our customers into doing this a lot, but it does get a little pricey, but I think it is well worth it.

BTW, be sure to send me some final pictures to put up on our website. THESE ROCK!!!!!!!

Glenn

Keldog · 4th January 2008, 03:52 PM

The place looks great man!

I've been following this thread from the start. I'm probably not lookin forward to the finished pics half as much as you are but still very much lookin forward to the final product.

Happy Tracking sir!

Kel

bpape · 4th January 2008, 04:11 PM

Nice job Matt. Great looking place you've got there. It's a lot of work but that room should sound great.

Bryan

Matthew Murray · 4th January 2008, 04:41 PM

You guys are all so nice, thanks so much for the nice words.

And a big extra thanks to Bryan and Glenn -- you guys were a great help when planning the trapping in the room. And yes Glenn -- we'll have some final pics once the final lighting is in place and I'll get that to you as soon as it's ready.

Our redco cable order should be in early next week, and then we wire everything up. Still looking forward to seeing that desk all filled up with analog-y goodness!!

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8th December 2007, 09:23 PM	#151
Jules Gearslutz.com admin Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 11,132	Great pix - so when is the Duality getting installed.. __________________ Jules "While we're at it, insert the standard rant about shit being mixed and mastered to "cd quality". - msquared

21st December 2007, 11:35 AM	#153
Jules Gearslutz.com admin Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 11,132	Its in the mail... __________________ Jules "While we're at it, insert the standard rant about shit being mixed and mastered to "cd quality". - msquared

21st December 2007, 07:53 PM	#154
Keldog Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 185	Lookin damn good man! Much props to you and your pals. Dassa lotta work but it looks to be coming together quite well. Mo' pics pleez. Kel __________________ some air came outta my butt. myspace/doghausrecords

24th December 2007, 09:19 PM	#155
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	Thanks for all the nice things you've all said thus far! It's been great to have you cats along for the ride. This is a modest photo update -- I only had my camera phone so pardon the crap quality. We took delivery of our GIK order. There were two forklifts full in all .. sixteen boxes of 4' x 2' x 1'. Was quite a load. Here's a few pictures of the boxes, though they were all spread out around the place. Since we had already rented a huge truck for the GIK, we decided to spend the whole day and move all of our gear from the basement it has all been hiding out in for the last four months ... and bring it to its new home!!! Most of it is now hiding out in the ISO booth for the time being. We also have a bunch of instruments and amps waiting in the hallway. And finally, here's a couple of shots of the slatted ceiling piece that will have eight globe lights hanging from it it shortly. Right now there's just a couple of temp bulbs in there. That's it for now. Stay tuned, this week we're going to be hanging all of the bass traps, slapping all the gear into the desk, and as long as the Redco order comes in, wiring it all up!!! Happy Christmas to you all, this has been fun so far, and it's only just beginning I'm sure. __________________ -Matthew

24th December 2007, 09:53 PM	#156
Farout Gear maniac Join Date: May 2007 Location: Baton Rouge, La Posts: 273	Excellent! I have been loving this thread for a while. thanks for the update. Merry Christmas.

25th December 2007, 02:32 AM	#157
pan60 500 series nutjob Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru land ; ) Posts: 5,652	looking so nice! what's in the API boxs? __________________ www.pan60.com quote: The Hammer is like sonic crack. I'm actually afraid to use it for tracking Brad McGowan IF YOU ARE NOT INTO THE 500 FORMAT, THEN YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS! quote: your secret identity is safe with me superman! Peter Montessi it is easy to sound as though one was endowed with great intelligence, whilst speaking amongst a crowd of total morons

25th December 2007, 08:34 AM	#158
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	Ahh, yes, well, we've got our new 10-space API rack, two 550's, two 560's ... also an API 3124+. So that's what we have for API's. Yay API! __________________ -Matthew

25th December 2007, 01:32 PM	#159
Glenn Kuras Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 3,226	Matthew, I am going to be in and out of the office this week, but if you need anything tell the guys at the GIK plant that you want my cell number. Looks like you are getting pretty close to pushing record!!!!! Glenn __________________ Glenn Kuras - GIK Acoustics www.GIKAcoustics.com GIK Is Now Offering Room Kits

25th December 2007, 06:45 PM	#160
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	Hey Glenn - thanks a whole lot! Happy Holiday. __________________ -Matthew

25th December 2007, 09:08 PM	#162
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	Not much more! We're also popping in two A Designs P1's, an A Designs P-EQ, and a Shadow Hills Mono Gama .. they're all hiding in the ISO booth too! __________________ -Matthew

25th December 2007, 10:30 PM	#163
pan60 500 series nutjob Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru land ; ) Posts: 5,652	have you tried the A-Designs EM-PEQ? that thing is wicked packed full of MOJO! and of course everyone knows, i am a freak for those P-1s. congrats it looks like you are going to have a wicked cool set up! :)~ __________________ www.pan60.com quote: The Hammer is like sonic crack. I'm actually afraid to use it for tracking Brad McGowan IF YOU ARE NOT INTO THE 500 FORMAT, THEN YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS! quote: your secret identity is safe with me superman! Peter Montessi it is easy to sound as though one was endowed with great intelligence, whilst speaking amongst a crowd of total morons

26th December 2007, 12:16 AM	#164
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	No, haven't gotten to try it yet -- they're all sitting brand new in the iso ... I can't wait!!!! Best Christmas ever for us over here. __________________ -Matthew

2nd January 2008, 02:20 AM	#166
lildrummerboy70 Gear nut Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nashville Posts: 105	Any news? Loving this thread!!! __________________ Jason Latham Engineer and (sometimes) Producer JaeL Productions

2nd January 2008, 02:37 AM	#167
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	News, but no new photos. We set up our gear and played a rehearsal in the room to get a feel for how it's sounding. We hadn't put any of the GIK traps up yet, nor had we done the second row of homemade traps (we only had traps along the bottom and on the ceiling, so nothing in the corners or on the upper walls) ... and MAN was it ever live. Far too live to play in. But that's to be expected with that much exposed drywall. Yesterday we were back in installing more traps, and we'll hopefully have one more solid day of that tomorrow and then we'll try it again. I bet it'll sound glorious once they're all up. But it's a reminder that this is certainly not an easy science, tuning a live room! :-) Happy New Year all you crazy cats. __________________ -Matthew

3rd January 2008, 11:02 PM	#168
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	Alright, more photographic evidence. Feels so nice to have all the traps up now. Looking pretty great. Made the room feel even bigger, strangely. And, sounding very focused and still nice and lively in there. Last few pictures will show our good old ancient piano after it arrived.... __________________ -Matthew

3rd January 2008, 11:05 PM	#169
Farout Gear maniac Join Date: May 2007 Location: Baton Rouge, La Posts: 273	AWESOME!!!!!

3rd January 2008, 11:12 PM	#170
True North Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada) Posts: 2,307	Mathew, the place is looking GREAT!!!! Congrats!!! Couldn't hold back on getting the equiptment and instruments in the room EH I remember barely finishing my home studio and staying up to 5 in the morning setting everything up......good memories Good Luck with everything, cheers __________________ "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" - Beck, Loser "I do use compressors/limiters but not for controlling dynamics, I use EQ for that!" Jp22 (damn I miss him) "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." -- Will Durant, historian (1885-1981) "I try to get a boom out of the bass drum, in one of my albums, my CD, boom, I try to get that big boom, I could not get a big boom, I paid bucks, and could not get the boom" - Recording Expert, Tad Donley

3rd January 2008, 11:15 PM	#171
themaidsroom Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 2,662	looks great

3rd January 2008, 11:15 PM	#172
AMIEL Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 2,263	Great looking room! all panels are GIK??? __________________ Peace. Reuven Amiel. "Get your Focal Monitors!" Send me a PM. "There are no rules, just knowledge, good taste and experimentation" "Music was designed to escape from reality for a moment, not to magnify our fears and problems"

3rd January 2008, 11:44 PM	#173
pan60 500 series nutjob Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru land ; ) Posts: 5,652	Mathew, this is looking AWESOME!!!! Congrats!!! keep the photos coming! __________________ www.pan60.com quote: The Hammer is like sonic crack. I'm actually afraid to use it for tracking Brad McGowan IF YOU ARE NOT INTO THE 500 FORMAT, THEN YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS! quote: your secret identity is safe with me superman! Peter Montessi it is easy to sound as though one was endowed with great intelligence, whilst speaking amongst a crowd of total morons

3rd January 2008, 11:53 PM	#174
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	Hey, thanks gents. AMIEL - The black ones are all GIK. All of the red ones are homemade, and covered with variations of a deep red persian kind of fabric. The black and red are going great together! TRUE NORTH - yeah, we set up the instruments even before the traps were up .. which before resulted in an overly echoey and unplayable room. But now, things are nice and focused.... Oh God, we're closing in on this thing now.... __________________ -Matthew

4th January 2008, 12:07 PM	#175
Lectra Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: SunCity Posts: 183	Wow i somehow missed this thread.... Congrats on the new studio. It looks great !

4th January 2008, 03:11 PM	#176
pbell Gear maniac Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 196	Wow, the place is looking awesome! __________________ Paul "He with the most gear goes to Heaven"

4th January 2008, 03:52 PM	#178
Keldog Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 185	The place looks great man! I've been following this thread from the start. I'm probably not lookin forward to the finished pics half as much as you are but still very much lookin forward to the final product. Happy Tracking sir! Kel __________________ some air came outta my butt. myspace/doghausrecords

4th January 2008, 04:11 PM	#179
bpape Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: St. Louis(Wildwood), MO Posts: 431	Nice job Matt. Great looking place you've got there. It's a lot of work but that room should sound great. Bryan __________________ I am serious, and don't call me Shirley Bryan Pape Lead Acoustical Designer GIK Acoustics

4th January 2008, 04:41 PM	#180
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 1,404	You guys are all so nice, thanks so much for the nice words. And a big extra thanks to Bryan and Glenn -- you guys were a great help when planning the trapping in the room. And yes Glenn -- we'll have some final pics once the final lighting is in place and I'll get that to you as soon as it's ready. Our redco cable order should be in early next week, and then we wire everything up. Still looking forward to seeing that desk all filled up with analog-y goodness!! __________________ -Matthew