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20th October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
Posts: 1,682
Thread Starter | Hawaii Studio build in progress!
I have started construction on a studio in Hawaii. I have been planning to build a pro studio for many years and it is all finally happening now. Motivated by the other studio build threads, I wanted to share this project with everyone here at Gearslutz. I have been renting a 1500 sq. ft. warehouse in down town Kailua Kona Hawaii for the past five months. We have done a bunch of little things in preparation for this project, such as plumbing, temporary electrical and toilet. A few weeks ago we had the HVAC air handler installed, we are ready to install the condenser and run the ducts as soon as we get all the framing done. My studio designer Larry Swist of Evenfall Acoustics flew over last week and all of the materials arrived, so things are moving now! Right now I have my father (a general contractor) a couple local workers, a few friends and Larry Swist to oversee everything. I am planning on opening doors in mid December. I'm very excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! So far we have finished the floating floor, now we are starting the framing with medal studs and expect to have all the framing done soon. A few days ago a 6.7 earthquake shook me out of bed and scared the crap out of me. This was a serious quake, I am amazed no one died. After things settled down, we went to check the warehouse, to see if everything was ok. Amazingly I lucked out, to my surprise the floating floor was still rock solid (did not shift at all) and the rest of my warehouse is fine too. There have been a series of aftershocks and I'm pretty spooked! I'm going to try to do my best to remain positive and definitely try to make things earthquake proof in the new studio! I will be posting key pictures along the way, in the end I will post some sort of link to a quick video of the whole process from start to finish. I worked with Larry Swist of Evenfall Acoustics in New York to come up with the design. Mr.Swist is flying back and forth supervising the build. Larry is a great guy and I really like his approach, I have a feeling this project is going to come out better than I expected. Things are looking great so far! More to come soon stay tuned Aloha from the Big Island Hawaii Seti Orion Island Vortex Recording Studio |
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21st October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: USA
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Hey Seti, Congratulations, you're finally doing it! I thought about you the other day when I heard about the quake (I don't know many Hawaii slutz). That must have been some rude awakening 
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21st October 2006
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| High End Moderator  Joined: May 2002 Location: Music City USA
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Hey Seti glad to hear it has finally begun. Good luck with the construction, it's going to be a great room from what I have seen. Keep us posted and post some pictures when you get them, knowing you, that video camera is going to be running all the time...  |
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21st October 2006
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| Lives for Jesus  Joined: Oct 2005 Location: orange county ca.
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Great to see someone else working ! Pics !...  steve |
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21st October 2006
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| Gear Guru  Joined: Aug 2005 Location: underground railroad
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Congrats, i wish you all the luck you'll need |
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21st October 2006
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Southern California
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Time for some pictures (including your Hawaiian view...) Good luck!  |
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21st October 2006
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Carlsbad Ca.
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Best of luck man! Lot's o pics plz!
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21st October 2006
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| Gear maniac Joined: Jan 2006
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Congrats and good luck from Oahu!
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21st October 2006
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| Moderator  Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Sweden
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sweet! don't forget to post pictures!
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21st October 2006
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Haarlem, Holland
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Cool, can't wait! I love studio build threads!   ALOHA |
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21st October 2006
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Netherlands
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Piccies or it didn't happen  .Good luck, Dirk |
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21st October 2006
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jun 2005 Location: germany
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pics !!! ....and include some surf-girls |
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21st October 2006
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Italy
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Congratulations!!! |
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21st October 2006
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto
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grats! pixchurrssssssssssss... =] |
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21st October 2006
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happy to hear you are alright ... just a concerned slut from los angeles ... big quake here is over due ... i can feel the stress on the plates everytime i get out in traffic on the 405 .. best of luck with your studio .. i have a free place to stay out near wiakaloa (i know i spelled that wrong) village ... would love to see it when you are finished .. and maybe cut a track while i am out that way .. peace john |
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21st October 2006
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| Gearslutz.com admin  |
PIX!  Take some shots now of it empty!
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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We have made alot of progress! Pictures coming tonight! Thanks for the support everyone! |
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Oct 2005 Location: USA
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Wow, Hawaii, what a great place to build a studio!! Bands can make a whole vacation out of it, and even get some surfing in when they need a break from recording! Best of luck with your new build, and yes definitely post some pictures soon if you can. |
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22nd October 2006
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| Gear Guru Joined: Aug 2005 Location: underground railroad
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| waiting........4..........pix...........    |
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22nd October 2006
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| Gear interested Joined: Sep 2004 Location: NYC
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Grettings from Hawi, What kind of studio are you building, PT or analog? Maybe looking foward to using your studio. I moved from NYC a year ago to Hawi and love it. Good luck sricabla@yahoo.com |
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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Ok one to get started Later on (when I find them) I will post some of the empty warehouse Sorry for the crappy shots |
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2005 Location: USA
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Holy crap, correct me if I'm wrong, but stevep - Doesn't that look exactly like your studio did the day you started?! - Steve's new Recording Studio from the start  |
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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Aloha Sricabla I will be opening with a Pro Tools Hd2 rig with the new mytek converters, Mac Pro along with a fully loaded Nuendo rig. I have a decent amount of high end analog outboard gear to get started. I'm really trying to make a 24 channel Tonelux rig happen, but my studio build is way over budget. I may have to use my 02R96 until I can afford the Tonelux. A few of my friends have some different tape machines we are going to test out, nothing to special but it should be fun. I will get at you when I got some time or you can email me setiorion@islandvortex.com |
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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A few more boring ones Plumbing |
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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temporary electrical
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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Air handler
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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It's about to pick up! More supplies |
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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Starting the floating floor!
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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more
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22nd October 2006
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: hawaii
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Thread Starter |
Hey Jules Any reason I can't post anymore pictures? |
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