chicago burbs basement studio

[elginchris]

hey every one.

ive been collecting construction photos of our studio. In the next few days i hope to have them sorted out on a time line. for now here is a basic print i whip out using sketchup. the white dashes are where doors are and the boxes on the walls are windows.

check back often because i have a ton of photos and info. we welcome any suggestions especially regarding bass traps, diffuser placement, cable routing etc...

Thanks

[elginchris]

here is a "blue print" of sorts of the layout

[elginchris]

looking down at the control room and iso room from the live room

[elginchris]

looking into the control room from the iso room window

[elginchris]

looking out to the live room from the control room. (note double wall)

[elginchris]

One of the ~4'x5'X1" pieces of glass for the control room windows

[elginchris]

Here are some examples of outlets and cable distribution.

[elginchris]

Looking into the drum corner

[elginchris]

filling the walls with rockwool

[themadnun]

what are the dimensions of that control room? looks quite small to me

[Jaybug]

Looks pretty sweet, what gear you getting in?

[elginchris]

Originally Posted by themadnun

what are the dimensions of that control room? looks quite small to me

: the control room is 10'x12'. its going to be a squeeze but we have to make do with what we have.

Originally Posted by Jaybug

Looks pretty sweet, what gear you getting in?

: Allen Heath GL2400, 2 MOTU 24IO, REAPER DAW...

[elginchris]

Here are a few more shots of the Rockwool walls before the double layers of 5/8" drywall

[elginchris]

This junction box houses all the audio cables. The PVC pipes on the right will lead to custom patch bays.

[elginchris]

The 2 PVC pipes will carry audio cables from the live room into the control room

[elginchris]

Unfortunately, the sump pump is in the corner of the control room but we are going to put a box over it and use the box as a table.

[elginchris]

I wanted to point out that originally the air vents were solid duct work but we have replaced that with insulated tubing. This will help cut the noise down (especially harmonic resonating).

[elginchris]

Here are the beginning stages of drywalling. We used double layer 5/8" on the ceilings and the walls. In some areas we have used backer board instead of drywall so we can an easier way to anchor shelves and other crap off the walls.

[elginchris]

Here are some angles from the live room.
picture 1: Looking from the drum corner
picture 2: Looking at the wall (which is only framed at the moment) where the amp closets will be.
Picture 1 and 4: Note the shop vac (vacuum cleaner), that's where the bathroom will go.

[elginchris]

More dry wall pics

[elginchris]

Here's my Pops looking things over.

[elginchris]

First layer of drywall tape and mud.

Heres a pan around the control room

[elginchris]

1st layer mud and tape in the. iso room

The unfinished corner will be a utility closet.

[TRA]

What suburb are you in?

[elginchris]

Originally Posted by TRA

What suburb are you in?

Elgin

[elginchris]

Painted walls.

[elginchris]

Control room has a floor! Windows are in! Trim Trim Trim! Desk almost finished!

[elginchris]

*Gear update*

After construction, we plan to get 2 MOTU 24io and a 40 channel Allen Heath GL2400. I have fallen in love with REAPER and plan to use that as the primary DAW. Ofcourse, we will have ProTools as a standby for exporting and etc...

Thoughts?

[maticlee]

Originally Posted by elginchris

*Gear update*

After construction, we plan to get 2 MOTU 24io and a 40 channel Allen Heath GL2400. I have fallen in love with REAPER and plan to use that as the primary DAW. Ofcourse, we will have ProTools as a standby for exporting and etc...

Thoughts?

Long Live the reaper..no pun intended..!!!!

how is that motu?

[fossaree]

Hey Chris ,
I'm following yours ;-)

Make sure you follow mine too :
recording studio @ a office building


Congrats to yours !