My Control Room Wall is Up!

[dbbubba]

I have been wanting to convert my 23' x 25' garage into a studio space for a few years, but everything has lived in a big extra den we have until now.

Tonight I will have the wall that forms the division between the control room and what will eventually be the studio space completed!

I framed the wall today and I just hung a door.
I now need to hang the sheetrock.

The wall I built is in a "V" shape with the apex of the "V" poking into the control room.
The room is 14.5' at the narrowest point and the outside walls are 16'.
I plan to use the tapered section of the wall as space for one or two bass traps, so the room will end up being 23' x 14' of useable space.
I have a lot of stuff, so that is barely enough room.

Eventually I will build another room that will take up the space that still is the garage.
By framing in an fully floated room in that space I will have a small room big enough to record drums in quite comfortably. Yeah, I'd rather have a big room for them.
I'll be plenty big for GTR, vocal and other ODs though.
That room will be about 22' x 12' which is a decent space to work in.
Can't do a full band, but that takes a real space and that requires a big investment.
Been there, done that.... quite a few times in fact!

I'm getting jazzed here!
Working in the house has S U C K E D!!!!!
I have kids and they all go to bed early as does my wife.
For some reason my studio is the center of the house's universe for them.

[soupking]

Congrats! You should posts a pic or two.

Construction is crazy and much more expensive than one would think. I swear the most expensive piece of gear in my little studio is the lumber and drywall.

And it's just a 8' x 12' wall.

Working in your house. Yikes!

[dbbubba]

Yeah... the house is MUCH cjeaper and convenient!

I have had, let's see... four different studios that were full on, stand-alone building outfits and one I was in ten years later, so that kinda' makes five.
I also used another room everyday for five years, so that is really sic because I completely gutted that place... twice really.
So six rooms?

I know of a studio that I used to own (number four) that is probebly closeing in the near future. the building will probebly go up for sale.
It is in a 10K sq. ft.commercial building which also has a 5K sq. ft. space that is not the studio. That space has been rented to other businesses in the past and that pays the mortgage and such.

Me and my good friend that I work for/with have been kicking around the idea of buying it should it become available. We already rent a 5K sq. ft. warehouse for the p.a., lighting, video company.

The part I dread is the maintenance on the studio portion.
Four thirty year old HVAC units on the roof.
The roof itself.
A studio is such a headache to run.

...and then, would it make any money to justify it's existance? No!

The house is just so convenient!
Plus I can deduct the space on my taxes.

[Led]

Woohoo...no more working on headphones for you late at night.
Ya know the plastering, or I should say sanding the plaster, is the worst part....
Cheers.

[dbbubba]

I am not worring about the finish of the walls because I am hanging fabric panels that will cover the entire wall.
In essence they will be the equivelent of flats like they use on stages.

I am toying with the idea of making them rigid which will work for better absorbtion.

The existing walls were already textured, so I may keep one or two and they'll just require cleaning and paint.

[drBill]

Originally Posted by dbbubba

I have been wanting to convert my 23' x 25' garage into a studio space for a few years, but everything has lived in a big extra den we have until now.

Tonight I will have the wall that forms the division between the control room and what will eventually be the studio space completed!

I framed the wall today and I just hung a door.
I now need to hang the sheetrock.

The wall I built is in a "V" shape with the apex of the "V" poking into the control room.
The room is 14.5' at the narrowest point and the outside walls are 16'.
I plan to use the tapered section of the wall as space for one or two bass traps, so the room will end up being 23' x 14' of useable space.
I have a lot of stuff, so that is barely enough room.

Eventually I will build another room that will take up the space that still is the garage.
By framing in an fully floated room in that space I will have a small room big enough to record drums in quite comfortably. Yeah, I'd rather have a big room for them.
I'll be plenty big for GTR, vocal and other ODs though.
That room will be about 22' x 12' which is a decent space to work in.
Can't do a full band, but that takes a real space and that requires a big investment.
Been there, done that.... quite a few times in fact!

I'm getting jazzed here!
Working in the house has S U C K E D!!!!!
I have kids and they all go to bed early as does my wife.
For some reason my studio is the center of the house's universe for them.

Congrats! I love the framing part of construction where you get to actually start to see what you've imagined in your mind for quite some time. Sounds like a fun project. Good luck with it!

bp