Home studio self build in Suffolk, UK

[tombboy]

Hi all, first post and quite a long one.

Just wanted to tell you all about my home build which we started in December 08.

When Mrs Tombboy and I moved house last year, one of the selling points for buying the place was a bloody great big outbuilding in the garden (6.5m x 4m).
I've always wanted my own recording facility and envisaged this as the perfect place. Only trouble was, is was almost falling down and needed an awful lot of work.
Undeterred I went ahead and purchased all the recording gear (Mac G4 running pro-logic, Mackie 24-8 desk, racks of effects, Mackie monitors, Neumanns mic and bollock loads of leads etc) and had it put in storage until we got round to starting the build.
Essentially a blockwork base with wooden structure under a tiled roof (some RSJ's to support the whole structure), I drew an initial plan...
Small corridor leading to a drum/vocal room then another room for the live mixing, overdubbing etc.
This is the internal before any work was done:



We then cleaned it our for my 40th birthday and it looked like this:

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[soundrick]

Nice Work!!

Looks cozy

[King Ting]

Originally Posted by tombboy

Hi...looks good. I also did a self build, running Logic and am in Suffolk. Where in Suffolk are you?

[Mixbuster]

Looks good. but do you run DAW? If so. as far as I can see you need to stand :p Cheerz!!

[frenkonio]

Man, that's a good work but the way you placed speakers, monitor and the rest is really wack :( How do you think to work in that way?

[echoclerk]

well done: but isn't the Control Room way to small for accurate monitoring?

its hard to see how big it is in the pics - what was the dimensions?


The Hallway seems like a waste of space really as your control room could have been almost twice as big if you knocked out that wall. I don't see what the purpose of the little hall is.

A Serious question: I've never used a 'vocal booth'. Is that really how small they are?

[5thString]

Nice!
Whatever mistakes one might find in the setup, I would give gold to have a recording space such as this one! Lucky you!

Have fun!

[LeMauce]

Whow! Difference between night and day! Great job men, love it! But isnt that git. take it to hard next / above the fireplace?
NOW: post some nice record sample's when your totally done!
Peace

[Tomer1]

First I thought the shelves are for a thick back wall broadband absorber but now I see you used it to place your monitors and what not,
I would give it up or move to the opposite wall ,Thats no good for your monitoring.
You should build a rackmount for the POD and stuff.

[echoclerk]

Originally Posted by Tomer1

First I thought the shelves are for a thick back wall broadband absorber but now I see you used it to place your monitors and what not,
I would give it up or move to the opposite wall ,Thats no good for your monitoring.
You should build a rackmount for the POD and stuff.

Isn't ideal Monitor placement more out in the open then that little enclosure?

[lodstudios@gmail]

Fantastic build! I am EXTREMELY anxious to know how you did your ceilings as I have a very similar size and layout for my new room. I am considering doing the vaulted ceilings as you did, it looks like you simply put some fluffy insulation between the studs and attached dry wall to the studs...is this correct? How is your isolation here? Did you use more than one layer?

Best,
Keith