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3rd February 2010
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| Gear nut  Join Date: May 2008 Location: moved to Florida
Posts: 118
Thread Starter |  Clear Track Productions, New Studio COMPLETE!! (designed by: Wes Lachot) Our studio Clear Track Productions located in Clearwater, FL was designed by Wes Lachot and has been a work in progress since summer of '08. As you may already know, Wes knows how to make good sounding rooms. I don't have the specs in front of me, but IIRC the room was VERY flat all the way down to nearly 24Hz and the imaging IS retained at the back of the room. The live room also sounds even throughout. This is our roughly 2000 sq ft "Studio A" located in our 6,000 sq ft building (which also houses our Studio B, reception, storage, etc, and our soon to come video production studio). Now the fun part, the pictures.................. |
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3rd February 2010
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| Lives for gear  | Congratulations, Mike! You started two years after I did. How did you finish so quickly?
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3rd February 2010
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| Gear interested Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Malmö, Sweden
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| Mmmm... Lovely!  |
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3rd February 2010
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: moved to Florida
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Thread Starter | Quote:
I'll admit it was a LOT of work to get it up the way we did. Tony Brett and his helpers are the guys who really brought to life what Wes did on the drawing board. Aside from Tony's work, I supervised the rest of the building phases every step of the way learning every square inch of the studio. Another positive was having my family (back in Connecticut) who does commercial duct for a living, so we could get that right the first time. Bottom line with our studio, Wes is a GREAT guy and very knowledgeable, and I believe we had all the right guys on his end and our end doing the job.  BTW, I can't wait to see your place finished! I was there in '08 just before your first slab was poured. I regularly check your blog. Cheers, Mike | |
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3rd February 2010
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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| Ummm..... Where is the construction? Or is this just an advertisement? Unless someone wants to lift the hood and show us the goodies, I can see pretty studios on magazine covers. I kind of thought the point of this forum was the process of building, not just pretty pictures when they are done. It is very satisfying to see the completed photos of a project we have been watching all the progress on for a couple years. I could photoshop myself in on top of Mount Everest, but somehow I kind of think that would miss the point of the journey. |
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3rd February 2010
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: moved to Florida
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4th February 2010
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| Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2007
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| Mike, Thanks for the thumbs up. The studio sounds great, and by the way, the final room response measurement was within +/- 3dB throughout the low and low-mid frequency range - within the spec of the monitors themselves! -Wes
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5th February 2010
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| Gear Head  Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Quito, Ecuador
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| Awesome place!! The side walls are made from reflective material (wood) and absorption material in the back?? |
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5th February 2010
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: moved to Florida
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Thread Starter | (duplicate post, can a mod delete it?) |
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5th February 2010
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: moved to Florida
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Perhaps Wes could better explain.... I don't want to misinterpret what's really going on in the room. But the wood is calculated to purposely reflect some of the sound which helps with the imaging throughout the room. The back of course has some very effective bass trapping going on, along with soffits. The end result is a control room that which sounds natural as opposed to "dead", and the sound is consistent wherever you are in the room. The sweet spot is as wide and far as I've ever heard. | |
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5th February 2010
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nevada
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| Is there an echo here...  Great lookin place dude. I'd be interested in construction pics too if you've got em in a blog or somethin somewhere. Props to you... 
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6th February 2010
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| Lives for gear  | gorgeous, the best of luck to you |
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7th February 2010
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: moved to Florida
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Thread Starter | Ok, so we've located some construction pics. |
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7th February 2010
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| Gear addict  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Austin,TX
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| These are awesome.Do you have any more?I would love to see any pictures you have of all the little intricacies of the building of your studio.I think there is a lot to be learned in treads of these nature,especially for the people who cant build these places right no,but would like to know what goes into something of this nature,for future reference,or just out of curiosity. Lovely studio. Thanks Justin
__________________ Ralph Waldo Emerson once famously wrote “If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the World will make a beaten path to his door.” |
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7th February 2010
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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| Awesome construction photos. Very interesting. What kind of property is it? Are there neighbors up/down/sides? Is the slab on the ground? Was it cut at the perimeter for isolation? I notice no floating slab or anything so you must not be concerned about the neighbors. How high is the ceiling to the hard shell? Was the whole build contracted out or did you do some of it yourself? An interesting build. Straight forward, no gimmicks, but careful attention to the details goes a long way. Thanks for the photos! Nathan |
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8th February 2010
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: moved to Florida
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It's a concrete shelled commercial building just off the beaten path of downtown Clearwater, FL. We have a park across the street one way, and other quiet businesses nearby, but not TOO near. Train tracks about 1.5 blocks away with no measurable vibrations whatsoever. The building is 6000 sq foot one story with a interior height of 12'. The finished ceiling is lower due to spring isolator grid system. The slab is a terrazzo on concrete 6" in total. On the contracting side, we did contract out initially, however, I ended up wearing that hat once we got heavy into the project. I also knew that it would be in better hands if I were to personally "make sure" every little detail is done right since I'll be dealing with this place for the rest of my life. Without getting into details, we did the electrical system the way it should be done in a studio, not to mention a lightning and surge protection system. Thanks to you and everyone for checkout out our studio thread! I'm glad to show it as I know how much fun it is to build a studio AND to see one be built! Mike | |
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8th February 2010
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mexico City
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| drawling Wes Lachot Design is always of great taste... amazing studio |
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8th February 2010
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| Gear Head  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Czech Republic
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| Your studio looks amazing !  |
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9th February 2010
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Norway, Trondheim
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| Woaw, that is just beautiful. Made my day  |
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9th February 2010
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| Lives for gear  | Stunning! |
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10th February 2010
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| Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Quito, Ecuador
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| Nice pics congrats!!! |
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11th February 2010
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2008 Location: moved to Florida
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Thread Starter | Thanks to everyone for the comments! The room does sound amazing, we just tracked a drum session going through the 2" machine with CLASP into pro tools...... it's just incredible how good this room sounds on tape. |
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