Think Sound Studios - Greensboro, NC

drewrevolution · 19th November 2009, 11:33 AM

Hey!

I'm Drew, 22 yrs. old, from Greensboro, NC. I've been recording out of various studios in NC for the past four years and have finally fallen into a great opportunity to setup and run my own space. I'm excited to finally be in my own environment that I can run and control. I found a great hardwood floor room about seven minutes from my house and decided to put up some walls and make it into a pretty cool, controlled studio.

I don't have much experience in acoustically treating rooms, so I had a fellow engineer who is obsessed over that stuff and has designed multiple rooms lend a helping hand in the plans for treatment. The landlord already went ahead and cut out the window for a vocal booth that was just a closet outside of this room beforehand. That was something that worked out very well!

I know this studio may not be as big or sweet as some of the other construction threads, but I figured I'd post this stuff up anyway!

Soooooo, let the pictures begin!...

Here's pics from inside the main room that, after construction, will be the live/drum room and the control room. It will also have a small storage space.

drewrevolution · 19th November 2009, 11:36 AM

here's pics of the studs going up. i'll try to scan in the floor plan soon!

greatgreatriver · 19th November 2009, 11:42 AM

Looks like a clean comfy place. I really dig the window. Nice with some real light. Keep us posted!

Thx for sharing!

drewrevolution · 20th November 2009, 06:11 AM

More pics. Studs, insulation, and dry wall is up!

drewrevolution · 23rd November 2009, 09:12 AM

tomorrow we build the acoustic treatment, paint the walls, and build the new studio desk. stoked!

LeMauce · 23rd November 2009, 06:39 PM

Looks clean men! Classic size for nice first studio :)
Congrats!

OceanMan · 26th November 2009, 10:34 AM

looking good man. i think i came across your studio myspace page via rise rise record's myspace the other day?

drewrevolution · 28th November 2009, 08:30 PM

yep! rise manages me now, which has been awesome so far!

we ended up building the bass traps for the control and live room out of whitewood (pic below) and dropped mineral wool 2x4x2 pieces stacked in twos into the whitewood frames. Then, we wrapped them in a breathable cloth and are in the process of hanging them.

then we took one 2x4x2 of the mineral wool and made them into a mix cloud and drum cloud. (no pics yet of that... :-/)

we ended up painting the control a firmer mint/earth green to go with the hardwood floors and certain walls the original cream to give it an offset. in the drum room we went with a more grey green to offset the color scheme a tad.

then we assembled the new studio desk! now i'm just waiting to finish wrapping and hanging the bass traps and get the new computer in! (tuesday). i should have my photographer in the new studio by a week from today and i'll be posting final pictures!

thanks!
drew

greatgreatriver · 28th November 2009, 09:54 PM

It looks so clean!!! Cristal clean!!!

beechstudio · 29th November 2009, 05:20 PM

Looking good drew!

When do you look to be up and running in the new studio?

drewrevolution · 29th November 2009, 06:12 PM

thanks everyone! i'm super excited!

i'm planning to be up and running this Friday haha. it's a super fast process because i have so many projects i can't afford any real downtime (which is definitely a good thing!) but yeah, i will be moving in over this week with the small stuff and then Friday I believe will be my first session in the new space. stoked!

i didn't really have to buy any new stuff other than the desk and a computer. I run UAD-1 (PCI version) so I got the fastest Apple G5 w/PCI slots I could find.

-drew

drewrevolution · 2nd December 2009, 03:32 AM

here's an update with the acoustic bass traps and drum/mix clouds.

now onto regular treatment...

drewrevolution · 6th December 2009, 03:07 AM

ill be getting some more professional pics for the site soon, but i had to jump right into a session at the new spot. here's some iphone pics!!

(the gun on the desk is a BB gun...haha)

Tonio Ruiz · 6th December 2009, 06:32 AM

nice looking mate

hey, what are the measures for your liveroom, and how does the drums recording sound in there??

I haven't done drums at my studio and I'm curious about the sound

thanx and best of luck always

beechstudio · 6th December 2009, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drewrevolution

ill be getting some more professional pics for the site soon, but i had to jump right into a session at the new spot. here's some iphone pics!!

(the gun on the desk is a BB gun...haha)

What kind of mics are you using on the overheads? Nice looking space by the way Drew!

drewrevolution · 7th December 2009, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonio Ruiz

nice looking mate

hey, what are the measures for your liveroom, and how does the drums recording sound in there??

I haven't done drums at my studio and I'm curious about the sound

thanx and best of luck always

hey man, the live room is basically a 10.5x11. its the perfect size for fitting in a nice size drum kit, having room to walk around with all the stands, and store other drums in there too. i LOVE the way it sounds. i'll put up some clips soon of them!

drewrevolution · 7th December 2009, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beechstudio

What kind of mics are you using on the overheads? Nice looking space by the way Drew!

thanks! i use shure ksm 44s on the overheads thru my api 3124+. love my api's for drums

soulata · 7th December 2009, 02:10 PM

Hey,

I've got the same desk. Are you happy with it? I have to say I'm reasonably happy eith it but I can't use all of the racks because its sloppy construction...

k

Tonio Ruiz · 7th December 2009, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drewrevolution

hey man, the live room is basically a 10.5x11. its the perfect size for fitting in a nice size drum kit, having room to walk around with all the stands, and store other drums in there too. i LOVE the way it sounds. i'll put up some clips soon of them!

awesome, very similar to what I have at my liveroom... we'll love to hear to those samples

cheers!!

drewrevolution · 7th December 2009, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soulata

Hey,

I've got the same desk. Are you happy with it? I have to say I'm reasonably happy eith it but I can't use all of the racks because its sloppy construction...

k

im pretty happy thus far. i just got it and already had a little problem with the racks, but they seem to be working fine now. the guy at guitar center dropped it so the front right end is kinda cracked, but nothing that affects anything and they took off $20 so whatever there haha.

drewrevolution · 7th December 2009, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonio Ruiz

awesome, very similar to what I have at my liveroom... we'll love to hear to those samples

cheers!!

youre studio looks SO NICE bro!

drewrevolution · 8th December 2009, 12:31 PM

here's some of the final pics for the control room as well as one pic of the vocal booth with me in it looking serious. (hahaha)

i'll have more pics tomorrow of the live room! i also tracked some drums in the live room tonight with just ksm44's as room mics so ill post those soon hopefully as well!

thanks!
drew

drewrevolution · 10th December 2009, 06:45 AM

final pics of the live room and vocal booth!

artbeat77 · 10th December 2009, 06:49 AM

Where are the rest of your preamps? I thought you had a lunch box.

drewrevolution · 10th December 2009, 06:55 AM

i did, but i had to sell them a few months back. right now i have 4 APIs and 4 RME pre's (surprisingly hold up pretty well). now that i have this phase done, i'm planning on investing some serious cash in gear upgrades soon!

iwobic · 10th December 2009, 07:24 AM

very nice and clean job drew! i like it!

drewrevolution · 13th December 2009, 11:48 AM

thanks icy! thanks for all the kind words!

i've done about 2-3 projects in the new studio now and i can say without a doubt that this is the best mixing/tracking environment i've ever been in.

so happy with this place!

greatgreatriver · 13th December 2009, 01:15 PM

Extremely clean - good job! I like the picture where you speak in the phone. It looks busy in a good way. Keep it up. Love to see some session shots soon.

19th November 2009, 11:33 AM	#1
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	Think Sound Studios - Greensboro, NC Hey! I'm Drew, 22 yrs. old, from Greensboro, NC. I've been recording out of various studios in NC for the past four years and have finally fallen into a great opportunity to setup and run my own space. I'm excited to finally be in my own environment that I can run and control. I found a great hardwood floor room about seven minutes from my house and decided to put up some walls and make it into a pretty cool, controlled studio. I don't have much experience in acoustically treating rooms, so I had a fellow engineer who is obsessed over that stuff and has designed multiple rooms lend a helping hand in the plans for treatment. The landlord already went ahead and cut out the window for a vocal booth that was just a closet outside of this room beforehand. That was something that worked out very well! I know this studio may not be as big or sweet as some of the other construction threads, but I figured I'd post this stuff up anyway! Soooooo, let the pictures begin!... Here's pics from inside the main room that, after construction, will be the live/drum room and the control room. It will also have a small storage space. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

19th November 2009, 11:36 AM	#2
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	here's pics of the studs going up. i'll try to scan in the floor plan soon! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

19th November 2009, 11:42 AM	#3
greatgreatriver Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,157	Looks like a clean comfy place. I really dig the window. Nice with some real light. Keep us posted! Thx for sharing! __________________

20th November 2009, 06:11 AM	#4
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	More pics. Studs, insulation, and dry wall is up! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

23rd November 2009, 09:12 AM	#5
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	tomorrow we build the acoustic treatment, paint the walls, and build the new studio desk. stoked! __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

23rd November 2009, 06:39 PM	#6
LeMauce Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Paris, Amsterdam, London Posts: 1,011	Looks clean men! Classic size for nice first studio :) Congrats! __________________ It's never sounding right.... P M P

26th November 2009, 10:34 AM	#7
OceanMan Gear maniac Join Date: May 2009 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 158	looking good man. i think i came across your studio myspace page via rise rise record's myspace the other day? __________________ ______________________________________________ Do what you love, love what you do.

28th November 2009, 08:30 PM	#8
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	yep! rise manages me now, which has been awesome so far! we ended up building the bass traps for the control and live room out of whitewood (pic below) and dropped mineral wool 2x4x2 pieces stacked in twos into the whitewood frames. Then, we wrapped them in a breathable cloth and are in the process of hanging them. then we took one 2x4x2 of the mineral wool and made them into a mix cloud and drum cloud. (no pics yet of that... :-/) we ended up painting the control a firmer mint/earth green to go with the hardwood floors and certain walls the original cream to give it an offset. in the drum room we went with a more grey green to offset the color scheme a tad. then we assembled the new studio desk! now i'm just waiting to finish wrapping and hanging the bass traps and get the new computer in! (tuesday). i should have my photographer in the new studio by a week from today and i'll be posting final pictures! thanks! drew Attached Thumbnails __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

28th November 2009, 09:54 PM	#9
greatgreatriver Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,157	It looks so clean!!! Cristal clean!!! __________________

29th November 2009, 05:20 PM	#10
beechstudio Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 982	Looking good drew! When do you look to be up and running in the new studio? __________________ Rick Chaffin http://www.myspace.com/beechstudio

29th November 2009, 06:12 PM	#11
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	thanks everyone! i'm super excited! i'm planning to be up and running this Friday haha. it's a super fast process because i have so many projects i can't afford any real downtime (which is definitely a good thing!) but yeah, i will be moving in over this week with the small stuff and then Friday I believe will be my first session in the new space. stoked! i didn't really have to buy any new stuff other than the desk and a computer. I run UAD-1 (PCI version) so I got the fastest Apple G5 w/PCI slots I could find. -drew __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

2nd December 2009, 03:32 AM	#12
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	here's an update with the acoustic bass traps and drum/mix clouds. now onto regular treatment... Attached Thumbnails __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

6th December 2009, 03:07 AM	#13
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	ill be getting some more professional pics for the site soon, but i had to jump right into a session at the new spot. here's some iphone pics!! (the gun on the desk is a BB gun...haha) Attached Thumbnails __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

6th December 2009, 06:32 AM	#14
Tonio Ruiz Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mexico City Posts: 525	nice looking mate hey, what are the measures for your liveroom, and how does the drums recording sound in there?? I haven't done drums at my studio and I'm curious about the sound thanx and best of luck always __________________ Regards http://www.gearslutz.com/board/photo...ll-studio.html Enjoy Life!! www.trmixroom.com www.myspace.com/tonioruiz www.myspace.com/trmixroom

7th December 2009, 02:10 PM	#18
soulata Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 130	Hey, I've got the same desk. Are you happy with it? I have to say I'm reasonably happy eith it but I can't use all of the racks because its sloppy construction... k

8th December 2009, 12:31 PM	#22
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	here's some of the final pics for the control room as well as one pic of the vocal booth with me in it looking serious. (hahaha) i'll have more pics tomorrow of the live room! i also tracked some drums in the live room tonight with just ksm44's as room mics so ill post those soon hopefully as well! thanks! drew Attached Thumbnails __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

10th December 2009, 06:45 AM	#23
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	final pics of the live room and vocal booth! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

10th December 2009, 06:49 AM	#24
artbeat77 Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 494	Where are the rest of your preamps? I thought you had a lunch box.

10th December 2009, 06:55 AM	#25
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	i did, but i had to sell them a few months back. right now i have 4 APIs and 4 RME pre's (surprisingly hold up pretty well). now that i have this phase done, i'm planning on investing some serious cash in gear upgrades soon! __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

10th December 2009, 07:24 AM	#26
iwobic Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Italy Posts: 82	very nice and clean job drew! i like it! __________________ www.myspace.com/icytheproducer Follow my studio building thread/photo-blog @ http://www.gearslutz.com/board/photo...amo-italy.html

13th December 2009, 11:48 AM	#27
drewrevolution Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 347	thanks icy! thanks for all the kind words! i've done about 2-3 projects in the new studio now and i can say without a doubt that this is the best mixing/tracking environment i've ever been in. so happy with this place! __________________ Drew Fulk Think Sound Studios www.myspace.com/thinksound / www.drewfulk.com // www.riserecords.com

13th December 2009, 01:15 PM	#28
greatgreatriver Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,157	Extremely clean - good job! I like the picture where you speak in the phone. It looks busy in a good way. Keep it up. Love to see some session shots soon. __________________

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