28th July 2012
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#1 | | Gear maniac
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Thread Starter  | New barn studio build
Just bought a house with a two story barn I'll be turning into a studio over the next six months or so, thought ide keep a photo journal of the progress here. More for myself but of course comments and suggestions are more then welcome. Here's a picture of the room I have to work with, long way to go 
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28th July 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by mus1k_freak  Just bought a house with a two story barn I'll be turning into a studio over the next six months or so, thought ide keep a photo journal of the progress here. More for myself but of course comments and suggestions are more then welcome. Here's a picture of the room I have to work with, long way to go
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28th July 2012
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#3 | | Gear maniac
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WOW, that looks AWESOME!
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28th July 2012
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#4 | | Gear maniac
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Thanks! Its on the second floor of a old barn with a really nice deck. Should be a awesome space to work in! Not sure if I want to split the space in half and do a tracking room and a mixing room or just make it one big open room (got a small ISO closet for guitar amps framed out already) I'll snap a few more pics tomorrow
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28th July 2012
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#5 | | Gear nut
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Tons of potential in a space like that! Can't wait to see the progress man!
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28th July 2012
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#6 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Mar 2008 Location: SoFo,Stockholm,Sweden | Quote:
Originally Posted by mus1k_freak Just bought a house with a two story barn | Exactly what I'm dreaming of! In my dreams though, I'd remove that floor for some height/space... Going to keep my eyes on this one. Good luck!
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29th July 2012
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#7 | | Moderator
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Wow, looks a great starting point!
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30th July 2012
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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Subscribed.
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30th July 2012
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#9 | | Lives for gear
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Cant wait to see how this progresses!
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30th July 2012
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#10 | | Gear addict
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Cool space!
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30th July 2012
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#11 | | Gear maniac
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Thanks guys I'm super excited! Trying to figure out what I'm going to do for an heating cooling system. Any suggestions? Gonna be redoing some siding next week
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30th July 2012
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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Looks like a cool space, fun project!
Where are you located? I would think hot summers, harsh winter, rain, etc would be considerations when thinking about heating, cooling, insulation, etc.
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30th July 2012
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#13 | | Moderator
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Originally Posted by mus1k_freak Thanks guys I'm super excited! Trying to figure out what I'm going to do for an heating cooling system. Any suggestions? Gonna be redoing some siding next week
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Gearslutz App | Well it depends on a few things.
How much you are going to insulate.
How much gear, and what gear you have. (Gear generates heat)
The number of people that will be in the space.
The volume of the space.
You'll have to run a few formulas to calculate the heat generated, cooling required, and air flow required.
Have you read this book? I would definitely recommend it, its only a few dollars and it'll save you lots of trouble in the long run: Amazon.com: Home Recording Studio: Build It Like the Pros (9781435457171): Rod Gervais: Books
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30th July 2012
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#14 | | Lives for gear
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Wolf whistle!
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30th July 2012
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#15 | | Gear maniac
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Thanks I'll have to check that book out! I have quite a bit of construction experience (what I do for a living) but something like that certainly can't hurt! Rock wool insulation and 5/8 sheetrock most likely. I'm I'm Pennsylvania so hot summers and cold winters more worried about the instruments then anything, temperature humidity etc.
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30th July 2012
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#16 | | Lives for gear
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Yes GREAT BOOK!!!!
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30th July 2012
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#17 | | Moderator
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Yes, that book should be absolutely compulsory reading before spending a cent or lifting a finger. If you do construction for a living it'll probably be the perfect level for you.
The author is an active user here (and elsewhere) too
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31st July 2012
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#18 | | Gear interested
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What an awesome space!
I have always dreamed of a barn studio. I can't wait to see what you do with it.
Question: you say this is the second floor, what are you doing with the bottom floor?
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31st July 2012
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#19 | | Moderator
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Depending on how much weight you add, you may have to check that the structure can take it too. then again, since you are in a barn, you may not have neighbours, so you may not need to sound proof so much, so you may not need to add a lot of weight..
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31st July 2012
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#20 | | Gear maniac
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A new cement slab was poured about 5 years ago and a bunch of new support beams added but I'm still going to have a architect look it over before any heavy building. Downstairs will be my work shop I have a small boutique music company I build microphones and guitar pedals and stuff. And also a work shop for the Harley
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31st July 2012
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#21 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by mus1k_freak A new cement slab was poured about 5 years ago and a bunch of new support beams added but I'm still going to have a architect look it over before any heavy building. Downstairs will be my work shop I have a small boutique music company I build microphones and guitar pedals and stuff. And also a work shop for the Harley
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31st July 2012
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#22 | | Moderator
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Originally Posted by mus1k_freak A new cement slab was poured about 5 years ago and a bunch of new support beams added but I'm still going to have a architect look it over before any heavy building. Downstairs will be my work shop I have a small boutique music company I build microphones and guitar pedals and stuff. And also a work shop for the Harley
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Gearslutz App | Wow, sounds like quite the set up. Any pictures of the landscape outside?
Another thing I was thinking. The glass in the windows will have to be of the same mass as the walls, otherwise "soundproofed" walls wont be soundproof at all.
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31st July 2012
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#23 | | Gear maniac
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Yea I'm not sure what to do with the windows. Two in the back Im Going to frame out and get rid of. Ide like to keep the 2 on each side so at least I can open them on nice days. They are almost brand new replacement windows, far from sound proof. Right now the front door off the deck is a big sliding glass door, I think I'm going to remove that and frame it out for a storm door for security purposes.
I'll try and get some mire pictures of the space up tonight if its not raining.
Behind the barn is a big furniture store storage garage but they're are neighbors probably about 50 yards away on each side
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31st July 2012
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#24 | | Gear nut
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Originally Posted by mus1k_freak Yea I'm not sure what to do with the windows. Two in the back Im Going to frame out and get rid of. Ide like to keep the 2 on each side so at least I can open them on nice days. They are almost brand new replacement windows, far from sound proof. Right now the front door off the deck is a big sliding glass door, I think I'm going to remove that and frame it out for a storm door for security purposes.
I'll try and get some mire pictures of the space up tonight if its not raining.
Behind the barn is a big furniture store storage garage but they're are neighbors probably about 50 yards away on each side
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Gearslutz App | what about a DIY diffuser or gobo that fits in the window when you don't want them open?
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31st July 2012
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#25 | | Gear maniac
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That's a great idea I was thinking something along those lines too something that's easy to set up and take down and still looks decent. Got a few ideas Quote:
Originally Posted by TjTminds what about a DIY diffuser or gobo that fits in the window when you don't want them open? |
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31st July 2012
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#26 | | Gear addict
Joined: May 2006 Location: Stockholm,Sweden
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Lovely looking space!
I'd start with the controlroom,
Really nice to have the
natural light coming in from behind if you're sitting
by the mixing console...
Good luck!
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1st August 2012
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#27 | | Gear maniac
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A couple more pictures, its dark out so only some temporary barn lighting
A view of the down stairs you can kind of see the new support beams
And a couple more shots of upstairs and the little framed out ISO booth
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16th September 2012
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#28 | | Gear interested
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Any progress on the build. I was hoping to see an update. Hope you have something new for us.
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16th September 2012
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#29 | | Gear maniac
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Unfortunately been super busy really haven't gotten much done. Starting to get building supplies together and gear up to start working on it next month. In the mean time I set up a spare bedroom in my house as a mix room for projects until the barns done. Heres a few pictures of that build. Building the desk foe the studio this afternoon.
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16th September 2012
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#30 | | Lives for gear
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For the HVAV system you can think of a line duct distributing system with dispersion diffusers since the space is large and long.
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