I started building a small studio - Page 5

lpkyer · 22nd July 2007

cool stuff !!

theremin · 22nd July 2007

looks awesome eduardo. keep it up and don't rush to the end :P

S!
Jason

bpape · 22nd July 2007

Nicely done and a great job of documenting things. Looks like you've done your homework from an isolation standpoint.

Looking forward to seeing more.

Bryan

EduardoApolonia · 23rd July 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by perx

I love these kinds of threads and its cool to be able to follow your work..

your thread title is misleading though .. As this is no "small" studio, nor a small task you have undertaken.. he he

;-)

At least for me it isn't a easy task

Quote:

Originally Posted by x99

Isn't hindsight beautiful!

Re:Glass
I'm not sure I get what you mean by this? Are you saying you could have gone glass:air:glass on the studio side, and then also on the control room side in the frame work meaning 4 sheets of glass total?

cheers.

Yes, my first order were all windows 10mm laminated /16mm air gap/ 8mm laminated. I wasn't thinking at the time that most of this windows will have another window parallel.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lpkyer

cool stuff !!

Quote:

Originally Posted by theremin

looks awesome eduardo. keep it up and don't rush to the end :P

S!
Jason

I wished I could rush it up

Quote:

Originally Posted by bpape

Nicely done and a great job of documenting things. Looks like you've done your homework from an isolation standpoint.

Looking forward to seeing more.

Bryan

I've done some homework yes

, besides the project I have read a lot so that I don't fail in anything making all the hard work in the end not worth it.

More updates shortly

True North · 24th July 2007

I love these types of threads

Way to go Eduardo , the place is looking great.

thanks for keeping us in the loop.

EduardoApolonia · 26th July 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by True North

I love these types of threads

Way to go Eduardo , the place is looking great.

thanks for keeping us in the loop.

The windows company (no joke with microsoft please ) have installed 2 guess... windows , they wanted to install all of them but the others will have to wait until the walls sheeting is done, otherwise it would make it more difficult since the openings would be closed or half closed.

A pile of Drywall 15mm (5/8") this should cover both rooms final layer.

More acoustic sealant (24 900ml tubes)

These 3 didn't make it here safely.
But people at Sound Reduction Systems were very helpful and sent me right away 3 new ones

EduardoApolonia · 28th July 2007

Pics of the Control room ceiling 1st layer being installed.

One of the control room lightning isolation boxes

Versatile255 · 28th July 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by EduardoApolonia

The windows company (no joke with microsoft please ) have installed 2 guess... windows , they wanted to install all of them but the others will have to wait until the walls sheeting is done, otherwise it would make it more difficult since the openings would be closed or half closed.

A pile of Drywall 15mm (5/8") this should cover both rooms final layer.

More acoustic sealant (24 900ml tubes)

These 3 didn't make it here safely.
But people at Sound Reduction Systems were very helpful and sent me right away 3 new ones

hey eduardo where can i get something like dat to cover my windows like dat.

EduardoApolonia · 1st August 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Versatile255

hey eduardo where can i get something like dat to cover my windows like dat.

Are you talking about the Acoustic Sealant?

EduardoApolonia · 1st August 2007

Control Room ceiling 1st layer finished.

This is now going faster than I can post.
But I'm going to post every step.

megl · 1st August 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by EduardoApolonia

But I'm going to post every step.

/megl

Versatile255 · 1st August 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by EduardoApolonia

Are you talking about the Acoustic Sealant?

no talking about the doors you put on the windows. that like extra window with the glass to help conceil the noise from the windows.

EduardoApolonia · 2nd August 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Versatile255

no talking about the doors you put on the windows. that like extra window with the glass to help conceil the noise from the windows.

What I have there are the existing room windows and now I'm putting new windows on the studio walls.
Besides that I only have what I think is called in english windowshade as you can see on this pic

It's made of aluminum and has holes.

EduardoApolonia · 2nd August 2007

Control Room wall 1st layer finished.

EduardoApolonia · 8th August 2007

Control Room ceiling 2nd layer finished.

firby · 8th August 2007

Looks beautiful Ed. Anda com cuidado !

Tchau.

EduardoApolonia · 13th August 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by firby

Looks beautiful Ed. Anda com cuidado !

Tchau.

More updates

Control Room walls 2nd layer and ceiling 3rd (final) layer installed

EduardoApolonia · 19th August 2007

Control Room walls 3rd (last) layer is screwed, still needs to be taped.

Here you can see the 3 layers

xmostynx · 21st August 2007

dude...i am so jealous

EduardoApolonia · 30th August 2007

Control room 3rd layer taped and Recording room 3rd layer screwed.

Control room taped:
You can also see the fake beam that's being made to achieve Control room symmetry, since the other beam was made to cover the actual house beam

Recording room screwed
who's been walking on the walls and ceiling???

stevep · 30th August 2007

Nice work , Its looking great ! i like the wood ceiling

.

EduardoApolonia · 1st September 2007

Thanks again

wood ceiling???

EduardoApolonia · 9th September 2007

3rd layer in both rooms is finished

Pics

Here is a pic of the small machine room where the Voltage Regulator, UPS and maybe the computer will stay

here is the air duct box in the control room that connects to the small machine room (this box will have to be extended because the basstrap will cover this box)

and here is the other end on the ceiling of the machine room

Next, the remaining windows will be installed and the wall basstraps will be built

EduardoApolonia · 16th September 2007

More windows installed.

This is the window on the Recording room side

It's 28mm thick and is dual laminated.I only needed 19mm for the recording room side and 15mm for the Control room side.
But after some mistakes in ordering the windows, I found out that the minimum glass thickness for this frames was 24mm, so I had to buy 24mm for the control room side and 28mm for the recording room side.

This is the control room side window that will be installed after I put the vinyl between both windows to hide the gap between rooms

It's 24mm thick. In the pic you can see that it is thicker than the diameter of a 1 Euro coin (if you ever seen one

).

This is the window door on the Control room on the opposite side of the other window.

EduardoApolonia · 1st October 2007

Wall bass traps

turnstile · 1st October 2007

Great thread! Really looks like your doing it properly. Just curious how much you've spent on building the room so far? Supplies and labor.

True North · 1st October 2007

Nice update Eduardo- I am really looking forward to seeing this project completed. Thanks again for posting, cheers!!! thumbsup

EduardoApolonia · 7th October 2007

Thank you all again for checking this out

2007-10-06

More wall bass traps

Walls are being painted, this is the primary coat.

Major problem, I found out that the doors are not plumb. The doors will have to be taken out.

They will have to cut the walls around the doors, take them out, plumb them and then fix the wall.

More construction delay.
This will never end...

jordanh · 7th October 2007

I must say this is really really interesting. Thanks for all the pictures of your process

XLR2XLR · 7th October 2007

Excellent stuff, you are the man for documenting this build.

Quality thread !

22nd July 2007	#122
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22nd July 2007	#123
bpape Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: St. Louis(Wildwood), MO Posts: 756	Nicely done and a great job of documenting things. Looks like you've done your homework from an isolation standpoint. Looking forward to seeing more. Bryan __________________ I am serious, and don't call me Shirley Bryan Pape Lead Acoustical Designer GIK Acoustics

24th July 2007	#125
True North Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada) Posts: 3,203	I love these types of threads Way to go Eduardo , the place is looking great. thanks for keeping us in the loop. __________________ "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" - Beck, Loser "I do use compressors/limiters but not for controlling dynamics, I use EQ for that!" Jp22 (damn I miss him) "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." -- Will Durant, historian (1885-1981) "I try to get a boom out of the bass drum, in one of my albums, my CD, boom, I try to get that big boom, I could not get a big boom, I paid bucks, and could not get the boom" - Recording Expert, Tad Donley

7th October 2007	#149
jordanh Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA / Chicago, IL Posts: 285	I must say this is really really interesting. Thanks for all the pictures of your process __________________ Jordan H Gear\|Addict Clothing (Designer/Creator) Unique Audio/Music/Recording Related Clothing (Mics, Synths, Analogue Gear...Hip Hop and everything in Between)

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22nd July 2007	#121
lpkyer Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montréal Posts: 1,783	cool stuff !!

28th July 2007	#127
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Pics of the Control room ceiling 1st layer being installed. One of the control room lightning isolation boxes

1st August 2007	#130
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Control Room ceiling 1st layer finished. This is now going faster than I can post. But I'm going to post every step.

2nd August 2007	#134
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Control Room wall 1st layer finished.

8th August 2007	#135
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Control Room ceiling 2nd layer finished.

8th August 2007	#136
firby Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,430	Looks beautiful Ed. Anda com cuidado ! Tchau.

19th August 2007	#138
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Control Room walls 3rd (last) layer is screwed, still needs to be taped. Here you can see the 3 layers

21st August 2007	#139
xmostynx Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,302	dude...i am so jealous

30th August 2007	#140
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Control room 3rd layer taped and Recording room 3rd layer screwed. Control room taped: You can also see the fake beam that's being made to achieve Control room symmetry, since the other beam was made to cover the actual house beam Recording room screwed who's been walking on the walls and ceiling???

30th August 2007	#141
stevep Lives for Jesus Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: orange county ca. Posts: 2,935	Nice work , Its looking great ! i like the wood ceiling .

1st September 2007	#142
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Thanks again wood ceiling???

9th September 2007	#143
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	3rd layer in both rooms is finished Pics Here is a pic of the small machine room where the Voltage Regulator, UPS and maybe the computer will stay here is the air duct box in the control room that connects to the small machine room (this box will have to be extended because the basstrap will cover this box) and here is the other end on the ceiling of the machine room Next, the remaining windows will be installed and the wall basstraps will be built

16th September 2007	#144
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	More windows installed. This is the window on the Recording room side It's 28mm thick and is dual laminated.I only needed 19mm for the recording room side and 15mm for the Control room side. But after some mistakes in ordering the windows, I found out that the minimum glass thickness for this frames was 24mm, so I had to buy 24mm for the control room side and 28mm for the recording room side. This is the control room side window that will be installed after I put the vinyl between both windows to hide the gap between rooms It's 24mm thick. In the pic you can see that it is thicker than the diameter of a 1 Euro coin (if you ever seen one ). This is the window door on the Control room on the opposite side of the other window.

1st October 2007	#145
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Wall bass traps

1st October 2007	#146
turnstile Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Laurel Canyon Posts: 326	Great thread! Really looks like your doing it properly. Just curious how much you've spent on building the room so far? Supplies and labor.

1st October 2007	#147
True North Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada) Posts: 3,203	Nice update Eduardo- I am really looking forward to seeing this project completed. Thanks again for posting, cheers!!! thumbsup

7th October 2007	#148
EduardoApolonia Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Almancil, Portugal Posts: 563 Thread Starter	Thank you all again for checking this out 2007-10-06 More wall bass traps Walls are being painted, this is the primary coat. Major problem, I found out that the doors are not plumb. The doors will have to be taken out. They will have to cut the walls around the doors, take them out, plumb them and then fix the wall. More construction delay. This will never end...

7th October 2007	#150
XLR2XLR Gear addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 317	Excellent stuff, you are the man for documenting this build. Quality thread !

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