New WireWorld construction - Page 10

Marija · 20th May 2009

Now All you need is a girl in a bikini ..... somewhere in the Showroom! wow, Im so proud of you !!!!! I have tons of before pics too for an album if you ever want to do that.

Marija BSF

nek · 21st May 2009

It's the 21st!!! Did you make it? Did you make it? We need pictures!!!

**mwagener** · 21st May 2009

Still hooking stuff up. I fired up the console last night and the room sounds absolutely amazing

pan60 · 21st May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwagener

Still hooking stuff up. I fired up the console last night and the room sounds absolutely amazing

congrats!
i bet you are beet!

artbeat77 · 21st May 2009

I would definitely like to be a fly on the wall in your studio this week with all of the progress that has been made! It would be fun to watch all of you in the zone.

. . . · 23rd May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by nek

It's the 21st!!! Did you make it? Did you make it? We need pictures!!!

Or even better post a quicktime movie! thumbsup

**mwagener** · 23rd May 2009

Well, we're up and running. It took a few 22 hour days to get it all done and I was completely beat, but the workshop is on (sorry for the blurry picture) and the room sounds awesome and I finally got some sleep today. We are still missing trim and other small stuff as well as the table for the console etc., but the electronics are all working, no hum, no buzz. The tracking room is still in it's "virgin" state, needs floor and painting, but the drums sound awesome in there and I am contemplating leaving it acoustically the way it is right now, sounds massively big.

Looks like we got lucky

smoore98 · 24th May 2009

that looks like the back of Steve Lamm's head in the chair!

**mwagener** · 24th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoore98

that looks like the back of Steve Lamm's head in the chair!

Nope, it's not Steve.

The MPCist · 24th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwagener

Well, we're up and running. It took a few 22 hour days to get it all done and I was completely beat, but the workshop is on (sorry for the blurry picture) and the room sounds awesome and I finally got some sleep today. We are still missing trim and other small stuff as well as the table for the console etc., but the electronics are all working, no hum, no buzz. The tracking room is still in it's "virgin" state, needs floor and painting, but the drums sound awesome in there and I am contemplating leaving it acoustically the way it is right now, sounds massively big.

Looks like we got lucky

Looks great but.....

WE NEED MORE PICS!!!!!!

Guest · 24th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by The MPCist

WE NEED MORE PICS!!!!!!

King Size please!

**mwagener** · 24th May 2009

I am very involved in the workshop right now, but I try to take some more today.

The MPCist · 25th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwagener

I am very involved in the workshop right now, but I try to take some more today.

tomdarude · 25th May 2009

Great to see you´re up and running !!! looks great, michael !

PS: I haven´t "forgotten" you, sorry about not answering your mail earlier, was on a tight schedule myself for the last 2 weeks!
I got some ideas for a possible workshop at my show and will get back to you soon!!!

Congrats on your new awesome place

Tom

**mwagener** · 27th May 2009

as promised some random pictures, please excuse the mess, still lots of cleanup and finishing work to do when the workshop is over.

pan60 · 27th May 2009

nice!!!!!!

mikesilence · 27th May 2009

Very nice... well done.

Robzilla · 27th May 2009

it looks great michael, have fun in the new space..

what's the white amp in the guitaramp rack?

**mwagener** · 27th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robzilla

it looks great michael, have fun in the new space..

what's the white amp in the guitaramp rack?

That is a INDUSTRIAL AMPS - Rock 120. Love that thing, very big sounding amp, closest sound I've heard to the original STRAMP amps I used to build in the 70s.

Here are some links:
Industrial Amplifiers Severe Duty Amplification..

Industrial Amps Rock 120: Harmony Central User Reviews

smoore98 · 27th May 2009

hey. no one criticizes Michael when HE uses a drum throne in HIS control room!!!

I was ahead of my time.

**mwagener** · 27th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoore98

hey. no one criticizes Michael when HE uses a drum throne in HIS control room!!!

I was ahead of my time.

Well, the drummer has to sit somewhere too

lalune · 27th May 2009

Looks very nice!

Can you give us an indication how much it costs to build a studio like this? (excluding equipment)

I am thinking about building one myself in a year or two and I am working on a budget at the moment.

Threads like this are a great help
Thanks

**mwagener** · 27th May 2009

Hard to say. It all depends on how deep you want to get into it. It can be anywhere from $100,000 to infinity. Whatever you do, once you have a budget worked out, triple it and you will get almost close to the real cost.

lalune · 27th May 2009

That doesn't sound very encouraging, on the other end thanks for the warning.
I plan to spend most of my budget on the building itself.
I guess it is easier to add some equipment over the years, than to remodel the rooms.

I don't know yet if I will construct it from the ground up, like you did, or if I'll fit it into an existing building.
Depends on what I'll find, and on my budget...

GPl · 27th May 2009

Looking great Michael. I might have to come down for a workshop and check it out

Robzilla · 27th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwagener

That is a INDUSTRIAL AMPS - Rock 120. Love that thing, very big sounding amp, closest sound I've heard to the original STRAMP amps I used to build in the 70s.

Here are some links:
Industrial Amplifiers Severe Duty Amplification..

Industrial Amps Rock 120: Harmony Central User Reviews

Thanks Michael

Guest · 28th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by mwagener

as promised some random pictures, please excuse the mess, still lots of cleanup and finishing work to do when the workshop is over.

Who's the pictured guitarplayer left to the AWS 900?

**mwagener** · 28th May 2009

That is Rory Gallagher playing a STRAMP amp I built in 1973. Those are the amps I was referring to when talking abut the Industrial Amp in a previous post.

I actually jammed with him a few times and he let me play that guitar in the picture. The strings were almost an inch above the fretboard at the end of the neck and I hard a hard time getting a clean chord out of it but he kicked ass on that guitar, also playing a lot of slide. Rory was one of my fav guitar players at that time. The picture is in the current issue of Premier Guitar magazine.

dkatz42 · 28th May 2009

I don't see any empty rack space. Do you have plans for another rack? Or have you adopted the "nothing new unless I get rid of something" plan for self-control?

**mwagener** · 29th May 2009

I left empty spaces in strategic correct places, where I expect growth to happen, as in: right next to the Bricasti, next to the Chandler Germanium compressor, the Chandler TG2 and the Chandler Germanium EQ. There is also an almost empty 500 rack (except for the Little Devils) that might see a few new compressors and EQs over time.

Everything seems to be working fine. Now if i could only figure out how to get those big racks all the way back into the corner. There is just too much cable behind it to fit, oh well...

20th May 2009	#271
Marija Gear interested Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1	Wow! Now All you need is a girl in a bikini ..... somewhere in the Showroom! wow, Im so proud of you !!!!! I have tons of before pics too for an album if you ever want to do that. Marija BSF

21st May 2009	#272
nek Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Music City Posts: 188	It's the 21st!!! Did you make it? Did you make it? We need pictures!!! __________________ Nicholas

21st May 2009	#273
mwagener High End Moderator Joined: May 2002 Location: Music City USA Posts: 3,627 Thread Starter	Still hooking stuff up. I fired up the console last night and the room sounds absolutely amazing __________________ Michael Wagener http://www.michaelwagener.com Next production workshop planned for July 15th through 21st, right after Summer NAMM in Nashville, Click here for production workshop DVD updates.

23rd May 2009	#277
mwagener High End Moderator Joined: May 2002 Location: Music City USA Posts: 3,627 Thread Starter	May 22nd, 2009 Well, we're up and running. It took a few 22 hour days to get it all done and I was completely beat, but the workshop is on (sorry for the blurry picture) and the room sounds awesome and I finally got some sleep today. We are still missing trim and other small stuff as well as the table for the console etc., but the electronics are all working, no hum, no buzz. The tracking room is still in it's "virgin" state, needs floor and painting, but the drums sound awesome in there and I am contemplating leaving it acoustically the way it is right now, sounds massively big. Looks like we got lucky Attached Thumbnails

25th May 2009	#284
tomdarude Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: germany Posts: 1,616	Great to see you´re up and running !!! looks great, michael ! PS: I haven´t "forgotten" you, sorry about not answering your mail earlier, was on a tight schedule myself for the last 2 weeks! I got some ideas for a possible workshop at my show and will get back to you soon!!! Congrats on your new awesome place Tom __________________ "You'd be surprised that "f*ck it!" can be a profound philosophy." picksail; 28th August 2008, 08:55 AM "The best sounding sluttiest gear of all time... is a great song" --Greg Wells http://www.hi-endgear.com http://www.audio-import.de

21st May 2009	#275
artbeat77 Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 542	I would definitely like to be a fly on the wall in your studio this week with all of the progress that has been made! It would be fun to watch all of you in the zone.

24th May 2009	#278
smoore98 Gear addict Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 341	that looks like the back of Steve Lamm's head in the chair!

24th May 2009	#282
mwagener High End Moderator Joined: May 2002 Location: Music City USA Posts: 3,627 Thread Starter	I am very involved in the workshop right now, but I try to take some more today.

27th May 2009	#285
mwagener High End Moderator Joined: May 2002 Location: Music City USA Posts: 3,627 Thread Starter	May 26th, 2009 as promised some random pictures, please excuse the mess, still lots of cleanup and finishing work to do when the workshop is over. Attached Thumbnails

27th May 2009	#286
pan60 500 series nutjob Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; ) Posts: 10,940	nice!!!!!!

27th May 2009	#287
mikesilence Gear addict Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Between Cologne and Dusseldorf Posts: 401	Very nice... well done.

27th May 2009	#288
Robzilla Gear Head Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 54	it looks great michael, have fun in the new space.. what's the white amp in the guitaramp rack?

27th May 2009	#290
smoore98 Gear addict Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 341	hey. no one criticizes Michael when HE uses a drum throne in HIS control room!!! I was ahead of my time.

27th May 2009	#292
lalune Gear Head Joined: Sep 2006 Location: france Posts: 71	Looks very nice! Can you give us an indication how much it costs to build a studio like this? (excluding equipment) I am thinking about building one myself in a year or two and I am working on a budget at the moment. Threads like this are a great help Thanks __________________ http://roll-in-recording.com

27th May 2009	#293
mwagener High End Moderator Joined: May 2002 Location: Music City USA Posts: 3,627 Thread Starter	Hard to say. It all depends on how deep you want to get into it. It can be anywhere from $100,000 to infinity. Whatever you do, once you have a budget worked out, triple it and you will get almost close to the real cost.

27th May 2009	#294
lalune Gear Head Joined: Sep 2006 Location: france Posts: 71	That doesn't sound very encouraging, on the other end thanks for the warning. I plan to spend most of my budget on the building itself. I guess it is easier to add some equipment over the years, than to remodel the rooms. I don't know yet if I will construct it from the ground up, like you did, or if I'll fit it into an existing building. Depends on what I'll find, and on my budget...

27th May 2009	#295
GPl Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 1,511	Looking great Michael. I might have to come down for a workshop and check it out __________________ Michael Scott --------------------------------------------- "Two degrees in bebop, a PHD in swing, he's the master of rhythm, he's a rock and roll king" -Lowell George- "In my reality it is important that people who use these tools go into them with both eyes wide fvcking open and evaluate them in the context of their work rather than from the perspective of trying to "keep up with the herd" mentality. Peace." -Fletcher-

28th May 2009	#298
mwagener High End Moderator Joined: May 2002 Location: Music City USA Posts: 3,627 Thread Starter	That is Rory Gallagher playing a STRAMP amp I built in 1973. Those are the amps I was referring to when talking abut the Industrial Amp in a previous post. I actually jammed with him a few times and he let me play that guitar in the picture. The strings were almost an inch above the fretboard at the end of the neck and I hard a hard time getting a clean chord out of it but he kicked ass on that guitar, also playing a lot of slide. Rory was one of my fav guitar players at that time. The picture is in the current issue of Premier Guitar magazine. Attached Thumbnails

28th May 2009	#299
dkatz42 Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Santa Fe, NM Posts: 988	I don't see any empty rack space. Do you have plans for another rack? Or have you adopted the "nothing new unless I get rid of something" plan for self-control?

29th May 2009	#300
mwagener High End Moderator Joined: May 2002 Location: Music City USA Posts: 3,627 Thread Starter	I left empty spaces in strategic correct places, where I expect growth to happen, as in: right next to the Bricasti, next to the Chandler Germanium compressor, the Chandler TG2 and the Chandler Germanium EQ. There is also an almost empty 500 rack (except for the Little Devils) that might see a few new compressors and EQs over time. Everything seems to be working fine. Now if i could only figure out how to get those big racks all the way back into the corner. There is just too much cable behind it to fit, oh well...

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