Fabric Audio - Studio Construction

fabricaudio · 26th June 2008, 08:45 PM

After many months of planing, budgeting worrying and running around like headless chickens we have finally started construction on our new facility.

We will be doing quite a lot of the work ourselves.

So for a couple of months we shall be builder slutz

Here is the funky 3d plan by simeon delikaris manias symewn@gmail.com

fabric-audio-studio-construction-model_studio_final_3.jpg

And here is the actual space

I will post some new pics as soon as i get more time, so let me know what you think.

To view more pictures you can go to our site fabric audio

tamakid1292 · 27th June 2008, 01:17 AM

looks like its gonna be pretty sick when its all done!

fabricaudio · 27th June 2008, 07:28 PM

We hope so too!!

On with the photos...

Here we are conducting the all important ambient noise measurements

We also checked for any possible magnetic/electrical interference (and its all good!)

And some of our extremly complex and expensive test equipment

fabricaudio · 28th June 2008, 05:47 PM

We have now mapped everything out, so we can start cutting the floor tiles. This is so the wall structures dont start from the same height.

Here is the 80cm wall gap designed to give a 75-80db reduction!

fabricaudio · 28th June 2008, 06:01 PM

In order to create me must Destroy!!

We needed to get rid of the two pillars and cut the floor tiles. Difficult job but quite rewarding.

fabricaudio · 28th June 2008, 06:04 PM

The results...

What a mess (that someone needs to clean up)

The cut:

The Grand Canyon angle

5thString · 8th July 2008, 09:11 AM

[Billy Idol]More! More! More![/Billy Idol]

fabricaudio · 8th July 2008, 08:03 PM

The Rockwool has arived (thats one third of our order)

The Ytong has also arived we can finnaly start raising the walls

And here is the first one of many

fabricaudio · 10th July 2008, 12:02 PM

Building is continuing at full speed!

fabricaudio · 15th July 2008, 12:06 PM

We have reached the top!

Started puting up the rockwool (ps its nasty stuff to work with)

fabricaudio · 15th July 2008, 12:09 PM

We also put in the pipe channels to carry the audio/video cabling from machine -> Controll -> live room. You can also see the main power lines going through too. We descided to split the AC phases and use one for the controll one for the live and one for lights+HVAC.

Keldog · 15th July 2008, 09:36 PM

Very cool. sir!

Damn...mine's a closet compared to the room you've got.

(pics) I'd like some more, please....

fabricaudio · 19th July 2008, 01:34 PM

Here are some more photos of our progress. Hope you like them.

The soon to be machine room.

The soon to be (presentable) studio corridor

And this one is in between the control and live room.

These walls have an 80cm gap between them. And will have another rockwool wall added soon.

fabricaudio · 22nd July 2008, 09:22 AM

Here is a quick update.

The control and live room walls have finished.

We have also installed the frame for the window system.

inlinenl · 22nd July 2008, 11:46 AM

looks cool, where is this build city/country etc. etc.
how did you team up !!
enjoy ...
any nice gear-plans ???

fabricaudio · 23rd July 2008, 02:36 PM

Thanks,

The build is in Athens Greece,

We are a team of Engineers/Sound designers who met and worked in London. After a couple of years we decided to start up a project in Greece.

As for gear I will be posting a full setup soon but the basic layout is a mixture of boutique pres/outboard, control surface all being recorded and edited on Nuendo.

We will also have a nice selection of tube amps and two drum kits

(pics to follow)

inlinenl · 23rd July 2008, 03:47 PM

cool, I'll be in greece in two weeks ( pilion mountains ) ... chipero and fresh grilled octopus ... I can't wait. I have some family there.

I'll enjoy the beachlife while you swet :-)

fabricaudio · 23rd July 2008, 06:07 PM

Sounds great (griled octupus is exelent) also try some dolmades(stufed vine leaves).

Hope you have a good time, you can always drop by if you are in Athens.

fabricaudio · 8th September 2008, 09:57 AM

The HVAC system has finnaly arrived, and we have started installing it.

This is one of the external units

This is the air suction duct for the controll room

These are some of the ducts leading into the controll room

fabricaudio · 8th September 2008, 10:04 AM

This is one of the HVAC units

This is some of the ducts for the live room running behind its walls.

This is part of the Three-phase electricity supply to the studio being wired up for the HVAC.

fabricaudio · 18th September 2008, 12:06 PM

Our first equipment order has arrived today!

All the studio cabling, pa and power.

So here is the first real slluty picture

fabricaudio · 9th October 2008, 08:54 AM

Sorry for not updating but we have been quite busy. We have been plastering and constructing the inside sound treatment.

Here is the plaster work started

And this is the structure of the inside sound treatment

We have also started passing the mic tie cables (2x 24 channel snakes)

Also here is what the floating floor is going to stand on (very dence and thick rubber)

fabricaudio · 17th October 2008, 02:06 PM

Here is a quick update,

We have finished the framing, and started putting in the wooden faces. Its finally starting to take shape.

We will soon be start working on the floating floor.

castel88 · 22nd October 2008, 02:10 PM

Realy Great...

Congratulation i'll follow you with a lot of attention

fabricaudio · 10th November 2008, 06:07 PM

Here is a quick update, we have finnaly started construction of the floating floor.

I do really hope this is the last time we have to handle so much rockwool

Fuel · 10th November 2008, 07:09 PM

looks Fat!

fabricaudio · 15th November 2008, 10:35 AM

Thanks!

Heres another update, the floor boards have been placed, starting to look prety good.

The Live room

The corntrol before and after

This is where the riser for the clinet couch is going to be.

These are the mic tie lines coming in from the live room, and some network and sync cabling

fabricaudio · 16th February 2009, 12:53 PM

New photos!!!

You can always visit fabric audio for more details about the construction

fabricaudio · 18th February 2009, 03:19 PM

Quick update.

One diffuser is ready for painting. We will start the other side tomorrow

Mixbuster · 18th February 2009, 06:50 PM

Really nice!
Good work

26th June 2008, 08:45 PM	#1
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Fabric Audio - Studio Construction After many months of planing, budgeting worrying and running around like headless chickens we have finally started construction on our new facility. We will be doing quite a lot of the work ourselves. So for a couple of months we shall be builder slutz Here is the funky 3d plan by simeon delikaris manias symewn@gmail.com And here is the actual space I will post some new pics as soon as i get more time, so let me know what you think. To view more pictures you can go to our site fabric audio

28th June 2008, 05:47 PM	#4
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	We have now mapped everything out, so we can start cutting the floor tiles. This is so the wall structures dont start from the same height. Here is the 80cm wall gap designed to give a 75-80db reduction! Last edited by fabricaudio; 28th June 2008 at 08:00 PM..

28th June 2008, 06:01 PM	#5
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	In order to create me must Destroy!! We needed to get rid of the two pillars and cut the floor tiles. Difficult job but quite rewarding. Attached Thumbnails

8th July 2008, 09:11 AM	#7
5thString Gear nut Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 144	[Billy Idol]More! More! More![/Billy Idol] __________________ Less-than-stellar voice, limited musical skills in nothing-close-to-a-recording-room --> Shure sm57, sm81 or M-Audio Sputnik --> Modded PreSonus MP20 --> * new * Apogee Duet --> iMac 20" 2.4GHz 3Mb RAM + Apple's Garageband --> * new * Yamaha HS-50M

15th July 2008, 09:36 PM	#12
Keldog Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 267	Very cool. sir! Damn...mine's a closet compared to the room you've got. (pics) I'd like some more, please.... __________________ myspace/doghausrecords

27th June 2008, 01:17 AM	#2
tamakid1292 Gear addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 455	looks like its gonna be pretty sick when its all done!

27th June 2008, 07:28 PM	#3
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	We hope so too!! On with the photos... Here we are conducting the all important ambient noise measurements We also checked for any possible magnetic/electrical interference (and its all good!) And some of our extremly complex and expensive test equipment

28th June 2008, 06:04 PM	#6
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	The results... What a mess (that someone needs to clean up) The cut: The Grand Canyon angle

8th July 2008, 08:03 PM	#8
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	The Rockwool has arived (thats one third of our order) The Ytong has also arived we can finnaly start raising the walls And here is the first one of many

10th July 2008, 12:02 PM	#9
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Building is continuing at full speed!

15th July 2008, 12:06 PM	#10
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	We have reached the top! Started puting up the rockwool (ps its nasty stuff to work with)

15th July 2008, 12:09 PM	#11
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	We also put in the pipe channels to carry the audio/video cabling from machine -> Controll -> live room. You can also see the main power lines going through too. We descided to split the AC phases and use one for the controll one for the live and one for lights+HVAC.

19th July 2008, 01:34 PM	#13
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Here are some more photos of our progress. Hope you like them. The soon to be machine room. The soon to be (presentable) studio corridor And this one is in between the control and live room. These walls have an 80cm gap between them. And will have another rockwool wall added soon.

22nd July 2008, 09:22 AM	#14
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Here is a quick update. The control and live room walls have finished. We have also installed the frame for the window system.

22nd July 2008, 11:46 AM	#15
inlinenl Lives for gear Join Date: May 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,308	looks cool, where is this build city/country etc. etc. how did you team up !! enjoy ... any nice gear-plans ??? __________________ Greetings/Regards Wim Bult www.inlinemastering.com

23rd July 2008, 02:36 PM	#16
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Thanks, The build is in Athens Greece, We are a team of Engineers/Sound designers who met and worked in London. After a couple of years we decided to start up a project in Greece. As for gear I will be posting a full setup soon but the basic layout is a mixture of boutique pres/outboard, control surface all being recorded and edited on Nuendo. We will also have a nice selection of tube amps and two drum kits (pics to follow)

23rd July 2008, 03:47 PM	#17
inlinenl Lives for gear Join Date: May 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,308	cool, I'll be in greece in two weeks ( pilion mountains ) ... chipero and fresh grilled octopus ... I can't wait. I have some family there. I'll enjoy the beachlife while you swet :-) __________________ Greetings/Regards Wim Bult www.inlinemastering.com

23rd July 2008, 06:07 PM	#18
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Sounds great (griled octupus is exelent) also try some dolmades(stufed vine leaves). Hope you have a good time, you can always drop by if you are in Athens.

8th September 2008, 09:57 AM	#19
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	The HVAC system has finnaly arrived, and we have started installing it. This is one of the external units This is the air suction duct for the controll room These are some of the ducts leading into the controll room __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

8th September 2008, 10:04 AM	#20
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	This is one of the HVAC units This is some of the ducts for the live room running behind its walls. This is part of the Three-phase electricity supply to the studio being wired up for the HVAC. __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

18th September 2008, 12:06 PM	#21
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Our first equipment order has arrived today! All the studio cabling, pa and power. So here is the first real slluty picture __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

9th October 2008, 08:54 AM	#22
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Sorry for not updating but we have been quite busy. We have been plastering and constructing the inside sound treatment. Here is the plaster work started And this is the structure of the inside sound treatment We have also started passing the mic tie cables (2x 24 channel snakes) Also here is what the floating floor is going to stand on (very dence and thick rubber) __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

17th October 2008, 02:06 PM	#23
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Here is a quick update, We have finished the framing, and started putting in the wooden faces. Its finally starting to take shape. We will soon be start working on the floating floor. __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

22nd October 2008, 02:10 PM	#24
castel88 Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brescia - ITALY Posts: 2	Realy Great... Congratulation i'll follow you with a lot of attention

10th November 2008, 06:07 PM	#25
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Here is a quick update, we have finnaly started construction of the floating floor. I do really hope this is the last time we have to handle so much rockwool __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

10th November 2008, 07:09 PM	#26
Fuel Gear addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 319	looks Fat!

15th November 2008, 10:35 AM	#27
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Thanks! Heres another update, the floor boards have been placed, starting to look prety good. The Live room The corntrol before and after This is where the riser for the clinet couch is going to be. These are the mic tie lines coming in from the live room, and some network and sync cabling __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

16th February 2009, 12:53 PM	#28
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	New photos!!! You can always visit fabric audio for more details about the construction Attached Thumbnails __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

18th February 2009, 03:19 PM	#29
fabricaudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greece, Athens Posts: 559	Quick update. One diffuser is ready for painting. We will start the other side tomorrow Attached Thumbnails __________________ Sound Recording-Audio Post facilities-Record Label www.fabricaudio.com

18th February 2009, 06:50 PM	#30
Mixbuster Gear addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 469	Really nice! Good work __________________ Use your volume knob! Mixbuster.

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