My own mix & overdub-studio

Gie-Sound · 29th November 2009

I am moving into Sander vd Heide his "new building". You can read more about the building & Sander his new mastering room in this thread:
Rebuilding our mastering room in Soest, The Netherlands

While working on his new room, Sander used to work in the controlroom that is now becoming my mixroom. At that time the room looked like this;

ControlRoom size: length is 5,03 m (16,5 ft)
width is 5,90 m (19,35 ft) in the back, 5,40 m (17,7 ft) in the front
hight is 3,73 m (12,23 ft) in the middle of the room

Big basstraps in the back of the room. (btw; the door leads to his machineroom, wich I will change into a overdubroom)

This was his machineroom:

I have been working on these rooms for the last 10 days with friends.

Gie-Sound · 29th November 2009

allright... so I wanted to turn the machineroom into an overdub-room where I would be able to record vocals, guitars etc etc

Stripping the basstraps

Stripping the floor (notice the spot/lit where I can put cables underground to the dubroom)
The red rolls are "underfloor" they will form an extra layer on top of the "Silent Floor"

Cable-tunnel before cleaning etc

Gie-Sound · 29th November 2009

The control room is already isolated with double doors, multiple layers of glass for the window and double (stone)walls.
The former machineroom does have double walls, but just one door on each side. So we are going to add an extra door where you go to the controlroom. And we are adding an extra (absorbtion) wall near the other door (to the hallway).

Good friend Ronnie working his a$$ of;

Bring in nice floor:

Three layers of rockwool:

Gie-Sound · 29th November 2009

After we stripped the controlroom we started with some new colour ;-)

Backside with stripped traps/absorbtion on the top. All the white panels at the bottom are from wood and they contain rockwool.
The white panels in the middle are V-shaped into the room; althoug it's difficult to see the full impact at these pictures.

Gie-Sound · 30th November 2009

Skyline diffusers:

A friend of mine made 4 of them for the back wall. I am going to spraypaint em in silver

Gie-Sound · 30th November 2009

Underfloor (red) & floor;

New fabric with extra absorbing panels;

greatgreatriver · 30th November 2009

It looks marvelous! Love the intense blue color...

Gie-Sound · 30th November 2009

Glad you like it.
The light on the pics is quite harsh... But it will become warmer once the spots are installed (and the big construction light leaves

)

I am working on absorbtion right now, but I want to avoid some obvious "looks" and try to incorporate some "functionality" into design/atmosphere. You will see...

Darius van H · 1st December 2009

Yo G, looking good!

How's the console coming along?

Gie-Sound · 1st December 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darius van H

Yo G, looking good!

How's the console coming along?

The first 24 channels are scheduled to arrive on te 8th of december...

Gie-Sound · 1st December 2009

The Argosy desk that is going to hold my custom-build mixing desk came in...

Darius van H · 1st December 2009

this is looking serious

greatgreatriver · 2nd December 2009

haha wow! Awesome - still digging the blue color...

Gie-Sound · 2nd December 2009

The diffusers after the first layer of silver(spray)paint:

fossaree · 2nd December 2009

nice painting. I'm definitely following this thread

Gie-Sound · 2nd December 2009

The big & heavy trafo that is going to balance my power!

[sorry for the dust

]

2nd layer of silver paint for the diffusers:

Gie-Sound · 2nd December 2009

Absorbtion for the dubroom.

You can still see the rockwool from the absorberwall. We are going to cover that with frames with the same purple fabric as in the controlroom.

Gie-Sound · 2nd December 2009

hanging the diffusers on the back-wall

the first 3;

All four:

fossaree · 3rd December 2009

that was fast !

Gie-Sound · 5th December 2009

Still no purple fabric in my dubroom...
BUT... I added something else;

and more;

BTW; there is absorbing foam behind the NY canvas

more to come...

slowjett · 5th December 2009

are those poly muffin baking sheets?

Also this room looks exactly like the room Sander is re-doing.. are there two rooms identical??

fossaree · 5th December 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowjett

are those poly muffin baking sheets?

If it is , that's a good thing .

Just imagine , you're hungry . So you give yourself a break , stop that mixing project take your sheets from the wall and guess what ... lets bake some muffin !

As soon you're done eating , wash and put them back to the walls .

;-)

Multi purpose studio treatment !

Gie-Sound · 5th December 2009

Cables under my desk (going to the overdubroom)

And comming out of the ground in the overdub-room;

Gie-Sound · 5th December 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowjett

are those poly muffin baking sheets?

Also this room looks exactly like the room Sander is re-doing.. are there two rooms identical??

1; yessss

(or should I say: "NO!, they are exclusive, new, warm sounding, custom-build, tube diffusers"

2; almost... We are in the same building

Darius van H · 5th December 2009

G, i've got loads of new unused mono and stereo neutrik 1/4 jacks, you can have some if you want .............. D

Gie-Sound · 15th December 2009

work in progress....

First "seating for clients"

Trying to figure out in wich order I should put my gear in the new racks;

I want to keep one flighcase, so I am still able to bring gear to recordings I do in other studio's (since mine is just for mixing and overdubs)

Gie-Sound · 15th December 2009

Here we go with something special ;-)

Building basstraps wich are decorative as well....
So I use.....

.......
Empty guitar cabs ;-)

First layer of rockwool

the one in front should not "shine through" the fabric;

Almost filled.... alsno notice the backplate

In the room (2 in each front-corner)

fossaree · 15th December 2009

Great idea to use cabs as BT !
Superb

benonline · 15th December 2009

wow, that's just crazy to use koch cabinets as bass traps! VERY nice and original. You probably got the cabs at a good price, right? Otherwise you wouldn't do such a thing, haha

Gie-Sound · 15th December 2009

I made a deal with Koch ;-)

29th November 2009	#1
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	My own mix & overdub-studio I am moving into Sander vd Heide his "new building". You can read more about the building & Sander his new mastering room in this thread: Rebuilding our mastering room in Soest, The Netherlands While working on his new room, Sander used to work in the controlroom that is now becoming my mixroom. At that time the room looked like this; ControlRoom size: length is 5,03 m (16,5 ft) width is 5,90 m (19,35 ft) in the back, 5,40 m (17,7 ft) in the front hight is 3,73 m (12,23 ft) in the middle of the room Big basstraps in the back of the room. (btw; the door leads to his machineroom, wich I will change into a overdubroom) This was his machineroom: I have been working on these rooms for the last 10 days with friends. __________________ *** GRTZ GIE _________________________________________ "If you can limit your choices so that every decision supports a specific production goal, that's what makes great records." [Geoff Emerick] Last edited by Gie-Sound; 5th August 2010 at 12:46 PM.. Reason: added roomsize

29th November 2009	#2
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	allright... so I wanted to turn the machineroom into an overdub-room where I would be able to record vocals, guitars etc etc Stripping the basstraps Stripping the floor (notice the spot/lit where I can put cables underground to the dubroom) The red rolls are "underfloor" they will form an extra layer on top of the "Silent Floor" Cable-tunnel before cleaning etc Last edited by Gie-Sound; 2nd August 2010 at 08:20 PM.. Reason: Some pics did not show anymore

29th November 2009	#3
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	The control room is already isolated with double doors, multiple layers of glass for the window and double (stone)walls. The former machineroom does have double walls, but just one door on each side. So we are going to add an extra door where you go to the controlroom. And we are adding an extra (absorbtion) wall near the other door (to the hallway). Good friend Ronnie working his a$$ of; Bring in nice floor: Three layers of rockwool: Last edited by Gie-Sound; 2nd August 2010 at 08:22 PM.. Reason: fix picture links

29th November 2009	#4
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	After we stripped the controlroom we started with some new colour ;-) Backside with stripped traps/absorbtion on the top. All the white panels at the bottom are from wood and they contain rockwool. The white panels in the middle are V-shaped into the room; althoug it's difficult to see the full impact at these pictures. Last edited by Gie-Sound; 2nd August 2010 at 08:25 PM.. Reason: fixing pics

30th November 2009	#5
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	Skyline diffusers: A friend of mine made 4 of them for the back wall. I am going to spraypaint em in silver Last edited by Gie-Sound; 2nd August 2010 at 08:29 PM.. Reason: pics

30th November 2009	#6
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	Underfloor (red) & floor; New fabric with extra absorbing panels;

30th November 2009	#7
greatgreatriver Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,204	It looks marvelous! Love the intense blue color...

1st December 2009	#9
Darius van H Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 1,716	Yo G, looking good! How's the console coming along?

2nd December 2009	#13
greatgreatriver Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,204	haha wow! Awesome - still digging the blue color...

2nd December 2009	#15
fossaree Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: SP , Brazil Posts: 1,666	nice painting. I'm definitely following this thread

2nd December 2009	#17
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	Absorbtion for the dubroom. You can still see the rockwool from the absorberwall. We are going to cover that with frames with the same purple fabric as in the controlroom.

3rd December 2009	#19
fossaree Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: SP , Brazil Posts: 1,666	that was fast !

5th December 2009	#20
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	Still no purple fabric in my dubroom... BUT... I added something else; and more; BTW; there is absorbing foam behind the NY canvas more to come...

5th December 2009	#21
slowjett Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 266	are those poly muffin baking sheets? Also this room looks exactly like the room Sander is re-doing.. are there two rooms identical??

15th December 2009	#26
Gie-Sound Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands (yes that's the country surrounding Amsterdam!) Posts: 477 Thread Starter	work in progress.... First "seating for clients" Trying to figure out in wich order I should put my gear in the new racks; I want to keep one flighcase, so I am still able to bring gear to recordings I do in other studio's (since mine is just for mixing and overdubs)

15th December 2009	#29
benonline Gear nut Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 85	wow, that's just crazy to use koch cabinets as bass traps! VERY nice and original. You probably got the cabs at a good price, right? Otherwise you wouldn't do such a thing, haha __________________ producer/mixing engineer

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