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19th November 2009
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | 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. |
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19th November 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | here's pics of the studs going up. i'll try to scan in the floor plan soon! |
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19th November 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden
Posts: 2,205
| Looks like a clean comfy place. I really dig the window. Nice with some real light. Keep us posted! Thx for sharing!
__________________ 8 track analog studio / N3 - Living off grid since 2004 - Yoga instructor and Apache healer. Fanzine editor and Creative Director for New Age Health Magazine. CEO and Vice President for Natural Apache Association. Experienced in Yoga, Meditation, Healing, LSD mentor. Used to be a sex guru but lately I have experienced problem producing wood for our fire. Hello! It's not 1983 anymore. We have computers now. No need to travel or write on silly paper. |
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20th November 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | More pics. Studs, insulation, and dry wall is up! |
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23rd November 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | tomorrow we build the acoustic treatment, paint the walls, and build the new studio desk. stoked! |
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23rd November 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Paris, Amsterdam, London
Posts: 1,666
| Looks clean men! Classic size for nice first studio  Congrats! |
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26th November 2009
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| Gear addict  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Texas
Posts: 460
| looking good man. i think i came across your studio myspace page via rise rise record's myspace the other day? |
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28th November 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | 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 |
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28th November 2009
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden
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| It looks so clean!!! Cristal clean!!! |
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29th November 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,104
 | Looking good drew!  When do you look to be up and running in the new studio? |
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29th November 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | 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 |
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2nd December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | here's an update with the acoustic bass traps and drum/mix clouds. now onto regular treatment... |
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6th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | 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) |
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6th December 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mexico City
Posts: 588
| 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 |
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6th December 2009
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: North Carolina
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What kind of mics are you using on the overheads? Nice looking space by the way Drew! | |
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7th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
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Thread Starter | Quote:
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! | |
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7th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
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Thread Starter | Quote:
thanks! i use shure ksm 44s on the overheads thru my api 3124+. love my api's for drums thumbsup | |
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7th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Slovenia
Posts: 350
| 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 |
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7th December 2009
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mexico City
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cheers!! | |
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7th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | Quote:
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. | |
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7th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | Quote:
youre studio looks SO NICE bro! | |
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8th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | 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 |
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10th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | final pics of the live room and vocal booth! |
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10th December 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 539
| Where are the rest of your preamps? I thought you had a lunch box. |
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10th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | 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! |
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10th December 2009
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Italy
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| very nice and clean job drew! i like it! |
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13th December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 387
Thread Starter | 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! |
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13th December 2009
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden
Posts: 2,205
| 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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