Ultrasonic Studio - Italy

[Riccardo]

Here we go........... we gonna get dirty.
Dust , bricks, rockwool here we come

fingers crossed

[Riccardo]

Ok, so the place is in an industrial area and was used as a warehouse/storage space for the last fifteen years or so. We are letting the place "breathe" as the place has been literally shut for so long.

We are going to build a control room , tracking room, mastering suite and a space that can double up as a second recording space as well as a rehearsal spot when needed. On top of that there will be a tiny pre-production/editing space and an office. The empty space is about two hundred square metres plus another twentyfive or so for the office.

[macc]

Good luck!

[Grumblefoot]

Where in Italy are you located?

[fossaree]

Ciao Riccardo ,

Fingers crossed for you !
Make sure you visit mine : recording studio @ a office building

Abracci ;-)

[irko]

bella li!

[Riccardo]

Cheers guys!
It is going to be really hard work the next couple of months

[Riccardo]

Originally Posted by fossaree

Ciao Riccardo ,

Fingers crossed for you !
Make sure you visit mine : recording studio @ a office building

Abracci ;-)

Thanks!

And congrats, if you have those girls pictured in your thread wondering around the studio you must be an happy man! Are they you assistant engineers?

[fossaree]

I may send them to you if you want ! I'm sure they will enjoy their time in Italy , having a seat with Riccardo at Ultrasonic's sofa ;-)

Ciao

[Riccardo]

Originally Posted by fossaree

I may send them to you if you want ! I'm sure they will enjoy their time in Italy , having a seat with Riccardo at Ultrasonic's sofa ;-)

Ciao

[Riccardo]

Originally Posted by Grumblefoot

Where in Italy are you located?

Abruzzo, central Italy on the Adriatic coast.

[Riccardo]

Well... here we go ... after a few days of fresh air and some white paint the place looks a bit tidier

[judah]

Can't wait to see walls goin up.
Are you doin' this all by yourself or did you hired a designer?

[fossaree]

carissimo Riccaro , tu.tto bene ?

Let me ask you , don't you have any model like made on SketchUP or stuff like that ?

It's sorta we're curious to see how it's supposed to look like

Ciao amico!
;-)

[iwobic]

Ciao Riccardo,

buona fortuna per i lavori! seguirò il thread che si prospetta molto interessante


C.

[inlinenl]

Originally Posted by Riccardo

Ok, so the place is in an industrial area and was used as a warehouse/storage space for the last fifteen years or so. We are letting the place "breathe" as the place has been literally shut for so long.

We are going to build a control room , tracking room, mastering suite and a space that can double up as a second recording space as well as a rehearsal spot when needed. On top of that there will be a tiny pre-production/editing space and an office. The empty space is about two hundred square metres plus another twentyfive or so for the office.

great setup / nice combi .... make sure you get some nice steinway or fazioli grand in there ..
enjoy the build ... thumbsup

[Riccardo]

Originally Posted by inlinenl

great setup / nice combi .... make sure you get some nice steinway or fazioli grand in there ..
enjoy the build ... thumbsup

I wish ................. I guess we'll have to keep on buying Lotto tickets in order to buy a Fazioli.......... it would indeed be very, very nice ........

[Riccardo]

Originally Posted by judah

Can't wait to see walls goin up.
Are you doin' this all by yourself or did you hired a designer?

We spoke to some very higly regarded (and very nice) professionals but unfortunately as this project has no external financing it just wouldn't fit into the budget. To make things worse we wanted the place for its central location, parking space ans soon but the owner would only consider letting as opposed to selling therefore we opted for a more realistic (financially I mean) approach for the time being.

[Grumblefoot]

Originally Posted by Riccardo

Abruzzo, central Italy on the Adriatic coast.

Looks good so far, hopefully you have a fantastic trattoria nearby. Manual labor makes me hungry.thumbsup

[judah]

Originally Posted by Riccardo

We spoke to some very higly regarded (and very nice) professionals but unfortunately as this project has no external financing it just wouldn't fit into the budget. To make things worse we wanted the place for its central location, parking space ans soon but the owner would only consider letting as opposed to selling therefore we opted for a more realistic (financially I mean) approach for the time being.

Got it. Fully understand.

Are you goin' with some kind of floating floor? Wood or metal studs? Any technical details? Any sketchup or drawing?

[Riccardo]

Originally Posted by judah

Got it. Fully understand.

Are you goin' with some kind of floating floor? Wood or metal studs? Any technical details? Any sketchup or drawing?

Wooden joists on u-boats. We would have gone with floating concrete but it would have worked out more expensive and since we are letting the place ............

[Riccardo]

Starting to take shape!

[Riccardo]

Originally Posted by Grumblefoot

Looks good so far, hopefully you have a fantastic trattoria nearby. Manual labor makes me hungry.thumbsup

Yep! Plenty of places as we are about 3/4 of a mile from the old town.
The beach is just over a mile away.

[nukmusic]

Your studio name has me thinking about New Orleans.

Big ups on your build.

[judah]

Originally Posted by Riccardo

Wooden joists on u-boats. We would have gone with floating concrete but it would have worked out more expensive and since we are letting the place ............

Great Riccardo, thanks for the infos.
You if have a plan I'd (and maybe a few others here around) like to have a look at it.

Thanks again.

ITA: Grazie per le informazioni. Complimenti, auguri e buona fortuna per il progetto. Di questi tempi è davvero coraggioso vedere qualcuno che non si arrende.

[Grumblefoot]

Originally Posted by Riccardo

Yep! Plenty of places as we are about 3/4 of a mile from the old town.
The beach is just over a mile away.

Timballo!!!!thumbsup

[Riccardo]

Polyrex roll, can be used under bricks/walls. In iour case it will go between the concrete outer "ring" of each room and the first row of bricks.

Spring seems to be coming later than usual and to keep us warm we ordered juts a tiny bit of insulating material ......... thepicture shows just a fraction of the whole lot .......

[Riccardo]

Walls start to go up! Next will be ceilings.
Also shown the temporary directional high prestige office (soon to become the toilet/restroom)

[Riccardo]

Ok, ceilings are up. Waiting for the concrete to dry.

ATM we are having fun filling gaps between the perimetral bricks and removing some of the cocrete left over the floor from the ceiling build ........

The window between ctrl room and one of the live rooms will get its frame fitted shortly.

[Riccardo]

Filling the gaps ........... mastering room shell.
And lots of concrete left over to clean up. It goes without saying that in the mastering room pic picture is a linear phase broom.......