Hawaii Studio build in progress! - Page 9

Gravity8058 · 5th December 2006, 02:56 AM

Where exactly is the studio? I have relatives that live in Kailua, Oahu.

Seti808 · 5th December 2006, 03:42 AM

Kailua Kona on the Big Island, Gravity check me out next time you are in Hawaii if you can.

To answer your question Mrlouie

I'm going to have some rules intergrated into my recording contracts to hopefully head off problems before they start and trust me they wont get in the 1st door if I see beach clothes or sand on their feet.

Also I have had my fair share of problems working with people I don't know (everyone thinks they are rock stars) and I'm going to try to pick my projects wisely.

MX582 · 5th December 2006, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seti808

Also I have had my fair share of problems working with people I don't know (everyone thinks they are rock stars) and I'm going to try to pick my projects wisely.

amen to that..ive my fair share of bands that show up drunk/high..i just tell them to leave and not to come back

Mount Cyanide · 6th December 2006, 07:04 AM

Drunk--- no.
High--- come on!!!!!!

orksnork · 6th December 2006, 07:09 AM

i've never shown up at a studio drunk or high...

but when when i'm not tracking for the rest of then night....i dont mind enjoying some beers or some bourbon on the couch in the back of the control...all within moderation and control...as to not hamper the process..

Psychoguitarz · 6th December 2006, 07:13 AM

WOW! This is really amazing looking at these pictures and watching it all come together! Looks Fantastic!!!

filoandperi · 6th December 2006, 07:17 AM

first off, great thread! i wish you the best of luck with the project

how is the business and music scene in Hawaii? you can prob attract some bigger groups to record there if you market it right...who wouldnt love a nice album recording session there?

XSergeantD · 6th December 2006, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seti808

XSergeantD yes they are IAC 3 hinge doors and you got me worried they might have got a little dust in the hinges from sitting exposed for a few nights.

They open and close smooth as butter right now.

These things are a serious bitch to install and taking them out will not be fun.

I might have to paint one or 2 of them of them due to a little pain scrape here and
there. Tell me more about your issues with painting them.

Well, just cover the hinges as best you can until all the construction is done. As for taking the doors off th hinges, a big guy pulled one off here by himself - NOT ME. Being gravity hinges, they just slide right off provided there is 2 or 3 inches of room overhead to be able to lift th door up. After thatm they took the male and female parts o the hinges down to the shop for cleaning and greased them up nicely with some white lithium grease. Once they were back on, they were better than my memory from day 1. No damage to the hings, no looseness, nothing - I was afraid the friction migh o filed some metal off and then those filings took more metal off. But everything turned out great. (and I'm talking bout the worst dorr, which one needed to place their hands on the wall to continue pulling he door open) So don't sweat too much over them, just be sure to maybe take em off and lube em up after construction isdone, but the big guy is still around to pull the doors off the hinges.

Arrgh, painting. I'd send an email to iac. our paint guys didn't do anything speacial and even when we hung a sign up with scotch tape, the paint came off when the tape was pulled off. Be sure to order kick plates and install them too, and when you hold a painted door open w/ your foot, eventually the base o the door will start to look like cr@p. I've place little magnets on the back of all our signage for the doors, so there's no need to tape anything there again. Let me know if you find a better way to get the paint to adhere, maybe IAC will advise scuffing the door first.

Samara says hey. Sorry I missed you when you were in, I remember her saying someone from HI was stopping by the next day, but I guess we missed meeting when you were in.

Playback · 8th December 2006, 06:57 AM

LOOKS DOPE!!
How is the Build going
about to start one as well can't wait!!!!
Good luck with the studio wiring.
You are in the home stretch.

Bradahman · 8th December 2006, 08:13 AM

I have been watching you build up. Looks great. Just wondering what's the market like in Kona. Ho'aikane?

orksnork · 8th December 2006, 12:07 PM

no new pictures???

COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNN

you posted a lot...........asked if it was too much....we agreed we wanted to see every step...

POST POST POST POST POST POST POST

Hotstuff · 8th December 2006, 02:02 PM

Firstly great looking place you got coming on!

Im a pro painter so befor you get the painters in make shure the plaster on the dry wall is realy dry as it takes longer than you think and even if the surface looks dry the plaster can still be soft underneath! I would say let it dry out for a couple weeks.
Then befor you apply paint be shure your painter applyes a good water based primer specificaly made for dry wall and plaster.
If you dont do it this way the paint will eventually peal off very easily even if you put some tape and then pull it off!
You have been advised!!
Good luck and all the best

AMIEL · 8th December 2006, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seti808

Lounge

OMG

this guy will be deaf! no ear protection!

AMIEL · 8th December 2006, 02:29 PM

Seti your studio will sound great!

Man you are spending a fortune! each door 5k plus!! I can see you really are building a great studio!
when are u planning to do the opening?
Good luck and if I go to hawaii will pass to check the studio!
Best!

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:27 AM

Update time!

Looks like my Christmas present will be a month late.

The good news is we have been busy in the final phase of construction. We have started the finish work such as putting up the Diffusors (which look really nice), spraying the clouds with 3 layers of clear coat, working late into the nights and much more etc...
The control room is all framed in and ready for the finish acoustic panels. We got the electrical and HVAC just about finished in all rooms. With a few more minor touches we can fire up the electricity and AC.

The control room looks awesome, I’m very glad I hired a designer!

I'm just about to put in the order for the patch bays and cables, I had to put it off due to my budget and other issues. Anyway the cables should all be here in a few weeks along with the Tonelux console and the rest of my gear. I should be able to wire it all up, test everything and open doors by Feb 1st (fingers crossed).

It is very cool to see the blueprints and the whole plan come to life!

I will start of with a few warm up shots, I will have some sweet ones within the next few days so stay tuned!

Merry Christmas or as we say in Hawaii Mele Kalikimaka

AMIEL · 25th December 2006, 01:30 AM

Seti!! do you have more pics! would love to see the advances!
Good luck!!

Merry Christmas!!

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:35 AM

late night spray session

picture of Dave Cervantes making the clouds look pretty!
Dave used to build guitars for Yamaha, he has built some sweet guitars and basses for some big time cats out there!

We went till 2am

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:37 AM

another

djui5 · 25th December 2006, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMIEL

OMG

this guy will be deaf! no ear protection!

He's not your mix engineer is he?

AMIEL · 25th December 2006, 01:39 AM

Yeah! he is a pro mixer!!!

hahahahahaa!

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:39 AM

starting to frame in the control room

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:43 AM

another

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:46 AM

cutting out the holes for the HVAC

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:47 AM

blurry but let there be light!

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:49 AM

more HVAC penetrations

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:54 AM

HVAC Plenum boxes

these things are really cool, yell in one side and barely hear anything on the other

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:55 AM

close up

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 01:57 AM

going up!

Seti808 · 25th December 2006, 02:03 AM

I'm off to Christmas eve dinner

The pictures are going to pick up from here on out!

One last one to hold you guys over for a few days

wait till you see the Diffusors!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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5th December 2006, 02:56 AM	#241
Gravity8058 Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 906	Where exactly is the studio? I have relatives that live in Kailua, Oahu. __________________ Doug McBride www.gravitystudios.com

5th December 2006, 03:42 AM	#242
Seti808 Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: hawaii Posts: 496	Kailua Kona on the Big Island, Gravity check me out next time you are in Hawaii if you can. To answer your question Mrlouie I'm going to have some rules intergrated into my recording contracts to hopefully head off problems before they start and trust me they wont get in the 1st door if I see beach clothes or sand on their feet. Also I have had my fair share of problems working with people I don't know (everyone thinks they are rock stars) and I'm going to try to pick my projects wisely. __________________ Seti Orion Island Vortex Recording Studio

6th December 2006, 07:04 AM	#244
Mount Cyanide Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: La Villa de Atwater de Los Angeles, CA Posts: 329	Drunk--- no. High--- come on!!!!!! __________________ myspace.com/cyrusmelchor

6th December 2006, 07:13 AM	#246
Psychoguitarz Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA Posts: 87	WOW! This is really amazing looking at these pictures and watching it all come together! Looks Fantastic!!! __________________ http://www.myspace.com/icehouseproductionswashington

6th December 2006, 07:09 AM	#245
orksnork Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: long island, ny Posts: 741	i've never shown up at a studio drunk or high... but when when i'm not tracking for the rest of then night....i dont mind enjoying some beers or some bourbon on the couch in the back of the control...all within moderation and control...as to not hamper the process..

6th December 2006, 07:17 AM	#247
filoandperi Gear Head Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 32	first off, great thread! i wish you the best of luck with the project how is the business and music scene in Hawaii? you can prob attract some bigger groups to record there if you market it right...who wouldnt love a nice album recording session there?

8th December 2006, 06:57 AM	#249
Playback Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 175	Nice LOOKS DOPE!! How is the Build going about to start one as well can't wait!!!! Good luck with the studio wiring. You are in the home stretch. __________________ www.PlaybackRecordingStudio.com

8th December 2006, 08:13 AM	#250
Bradahman Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: honolulu Posts: 223	I have been watching you build up. Looks great. Just wondering what's the market like in Kona. Ho'aikane?

8th December 2006, 12:07 PM	#251
orksnork Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: long island, ny Posts: 741	no new pictures??? COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNN you posted a lot...........asked if it was too much....we agreed we wanted to see every step... POST POST POST POST POST POST POST

8th December 2006, 02:02 PM	#252
Hotstuff Gear Head Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oz Posts: 40	Painting tips Firstly great looking place you got coming on! Im a pro painter so befor you get the painters in make shure the plaster on the dry wall is realy dry as it takes longer than you think and even if the surface looks dry the plaster can still be soft underneath! I would say let it dry out for a couple weeks. Then befor you apply paint be shure your painter applyes a good water based primer specificaly made for dry wall and plaster. If you dont do it this way the paint will eventually peal off very easily even if you put some tape and then pull it off! You have been advised!! Good luck and all the best

8th December 2006, 02:29 PM	#254
AMIEL Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 2,366	Seti your studio will sound great! Man you are spending a fortune! each door 5k plus!! I can see you really are building a great studio! when are u planning to do the opening? Good luck and if I go to hawaii will pass to check the studio! Best! __________________ Peace. Reuven Amiel. Focal Monitors ? PM me "There are no rules, just knowledge, good taste and experimentation" "Music was designed to escape from reality for a moment, not to magnify our fears and problems"

25th December 2006, 01:27 AM	#255
Seti808 Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: hawaii Posts: 496	Update time! Looks like my Christmas present will be a month late. The good news is we have been busy in the final phase of construction. We have started the finish work such as putting up the Diffusors (which look really nice), spraying the clouds with 3 layers of clear coat, working late into the nights and much more etc... The control room is all framed in and ready for the finish acoustic panels. We got the electrical and HVAC just about finished in all rooms. With a few more minor touches we can fire up the electricity and AC. The control room looks awesome, I’m very glad I hired a designer! I'm just about to put in the order for the patch bays and cables, I had to put it off due to my budget and other issues. Anyway the cables should all be here in a few weeks along with the Tonelux console and the rest of my gear. I should be able to wire it all up, test everything and open doors by Feb 1st (fingers crossed). It is very cool to see the blueprints and the whole plan come to life! I will start of with a few warm up shots, I will have some sweet ones within the next few days so stay tuned! Merry Christmas or as we say in Hawaii Mele Kalikimaka __________________ Seti Orion Island Vortex Recording Studio

25th December 2006, 01:30 AM	#256
AMIEL Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 2,366	Seti!! do you have more pics! would love to see the advances! Good luck!! Merry Christmas!! __________________ Peace. Reuven Amiel. Focal Monitors ? PM me "There are no rules, just knowledge, good taste and experimentation" "Music was designed to escape from reality for a moment, not to magnify our fears and problems"

25th December 2006, 01:35 AM	#257
Seti808 Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: hawaii Posts: 496	late night spray session picture of Dave Cervantes making the clouds look pretty! Dave used to build guitars for Yamaha, he has built some sweet guitars and basses for some big time cats out there! We went till 2am Attached Thumbnails __________________ Seti Orion Island Vortex Recording Studio

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25th December 2006, 01:39 AM	#260
AMIEL Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 2,366	Yeah! he is a pro mixer!!! hahahahahaa! __________________ Peace. Reuven Amiel. Focal Monitors ? PM me "There are no rules, just knowledge, good taste and experimentation" "Music was designed to escape from reality for a moment, not to magnify our fears and problems"

25th December 2006, 01:39 AM	#261
Seti808 Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: hawaii Posts: 496	starting to frame in the control room Attached Thumbnails __________________ Seti Orion Island Vortex Recording Studio

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Seti808 Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: hawaii Posts: 496	blurry but let there be light! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Seti Orion Island Vortex Recording Studio

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Seti808 Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: hawaii Posts: 496	I'm off to Christmas eve dinner The pictures are going to pick up from here on out! One last one to hold you guys over for a few days wait till you see the Diffusors! Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Attached Thumbnails