Finally finished the studio build

octatonic · 21st March 2007, 02:22 AM

After 6 months of building I finally have something to show...

2 rooms- 18 x 13 (control room) and 13 x 10 (vocal booth/amp booth)
The control room is all 2 x 4 framing with 703 in the walls. The framing is sloped to not have parallel walls- I have had to work around some water pipes that I boxed in but managed to get as much space as I possibly can.

Here are a couple of pics...

3rd photo is a preliminary fabrication of a centre console control panel so I can have Mackie Control, monitor controller, keyboard and mouse.
My monitor arms will be mounted on the top of the board- they have been reinforced with angle iron- I am hoping it will look pretty good when stained and finished.

Next few days will be tidying up and building the console- which will be a 9 1/2 foot monster, including the control centre. It is a D&R series 4000 btw.

stevep · 21st March 2007, 06:07 AM

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Next few days will be tidying up and building the console- which will be a 9 1/2 foot monster, including the control centre. It is a D&R series 4000 btw

nice,

Where are you going to put the PSUs ?

Have fun with the desk !

octatonic · 21st March 2007, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by stevep

nice,

Where are you going to put the PSUs ?
Have fun with the desk !

Cheers Steve,
I have a small machine room just behind where I was standing when I took the pics...
All the computers and power supplies will be in there.

stevep · 22nd March 2007, 04:31 AM

nice ! post some pics of the console install

peach

octatonic · 23rd March 2007, 12:16 AM

Okie doke... you asked for it so here it is... :-)

Various bits being stained....

octatonic · 23rd March 2007, 12:17 AM

Console bits bolted together...

octatonic · 23rd March 2007, 12:19 AM

legs about to go on...

octatonic · 23rd March 2007, 12:20 AM

more stained stuff about to go on...

octatonic · 23rd March 2007, 12:26 AM

Ok last pics for today...

Everything is bolted together- the centre console will be pretty cool- have two apple cinema displays mounted onto it on swing arms, with mackie control and monitor controller as well.

All the wood was done in red oak- except the original cheeks which are some unknown wood- I tried to get it all to match as much as possible.

Tomorrow will be putting the support cross bar in (which is being machined/extended by 3ft) and then I can start putting the channels in and mount all the centre console bits and pieces.

octatonic · 26th March 2007, 11:20 PM

Ok everything is kinda in its place- but still a bit of cosmetic work to do on the console- like convering the wrist rest- which should be done tonight.

octatonic · 27th March 2007, 12:24 AM

outboard and synth racks- still have to build the guitar gear racks.
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is anyone interested anymore or am I just amusing myself?

cosmos · 27th March 2007, 01:22 AM

we here

, keep'em comming ...

what kind of music you make there ? nice rack ... i love the pulse, i need 2 more !

The dman · 27th March 2007, 01:36 AM

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s anyone interested anymore or am I just amusing myself?

Bring it on. A new room is something to be proud of, nice Job

dpianomn · 27th March 2007, 01:42 AM

that's awesome man! i live in NJ, so let me know if you ever need someone to play the rhodes :)
dave.

Chris G · 27th March 2007, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by octatonic

outboard and synth racks- still have to build the guitar gear racks.
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.
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.

is anyone interested anymore or am I just amusing myself?

looks good man!

yo.... are you using that 888 as an extra 8 in to the 96IO? just curious how that is working out?

AlexLakis · 27th March 2007, 01:42 AM

Is the second half of that Funk Logic rack with the RNLA in it empty? That ain't right, man! Put another FMR in there, for Godssake!

Keep it comin', J!

bobwarren · 27th March 2007, 01:49 AM

Cool synth rack! What Roland MDC's do you have? MDC-1 Dance? Had one but sold it for the expansion version for more editing features. I run it with my JV-1080 expanded with the Techno, Drum and Bass, and Dance. Still sounds cool after all these years. Keep the progress coming. Tight work.

octatonic · 27th March 2007, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by cosmos

we here

, keep'em comming ...

what kind of music you make there ? nice rack ... i love the pulse, i need 2 more !

I mostly do mostly guitar sessions, breakbeat/electro and corporate audio gigs- have a long standing rock project I need to finish also.

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Originally Posted by Chris G

looks good man!

yo.... are you using that 888 as an extra 8 in to the 96IO? just curious how that is working out?

Works great if you don't mind staying at 44.1 or 48khz.
I'm planning to get rid of both of them soon and go for a pair of Aurora 16's though.
The D&R is 32 channel's so it would be nice to use the full board on mixdown- I just need to find $6k somewhere to do it.

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Originally Posted by AlexLakis

Is the second half of that Funk Logic rack with the RNLA in it empty? That ain't right, man! Put another FMR in there, for Godssake!

Keep it comin', J!

:-) Yeah been planning on another RNLA- waiting for one to come up on evilbay...

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Originally Posted by bobwarren

Cool synth rack! What Roland MDC's do you have? MDC-1 Dance? Had one but sold it for the expansion version for more editing features. I run it with my JV-1080 expanded with the Techno, Drum and Bass, and Dance. Still sounds cool after all these years. Keep the progress coming. Tight work.

I have the Dance and the Vintage Synth expanders and the Techno, Hiphop, World and Bass and Drum's boards in the JV1080.
Looking for a Vintage card for the 990- but ebay prices are stupid at the moment.

The Rolands are good workhorses- nothing spectacular but they do the job.

I have a bunch of other synths in another rack which hasn't made it into the room yet- Oberheim Matrix, more Emu's, MS2000r, most of the Roland drum machines.

My main synths though are the Quasimidi's- they are wonderful- highly underrated pieces and cheap as chips- I've been able to collect all of them for less than $1000.
The Polymorph and Sirius are out of this world.

Sqye · 27th March 2007, 03:38 AM

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great job, james - rock on....

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octatonic · 1st April 2007, 02:19 AM

A couple more....

All the wood and leather has been done on the console now.
I am about to start cabling and soldering the patchbays.

I still have a couple of cosmetic trim type things to do around the doors and the window to the vocal booth.

Still waiting for the monitor stands to arrive.

stevep · 1st April 2007, 02:40 AM

Lookin good

are there cable troughs ? will the mac be in the machine room? any pics of the machine room....

Keep up the good work, your getting close

steve

octatonic · 1st April 2007, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by stevep

Lookin good

are there cable troughs ? will the mac be in the machine room? any pics of the machine room....

Keep up the good work, your getting close

steve

I'm putting the wall plates on tomorrow.
The Mac will be in the machine room- it is just in there temporarily.
No pics of that yet- I still have to finish the drywall in there but will get to it soon.

stevep · 1st April 2007, 03:08 AM

Cool, i like the layout

AMIEL · 1st April 2007, 07:59 AM

cool desk!

can you tell us the brand?

AvS · 1st April 2007, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by octatonic

outboard and synth racks- still have to build the guitar gear racks.
.
.
.
.
.

is anyone interested anymore or am I just amusing myself?

Very nice!

Just a quick offtopic question: What's your oppinion of the Summit TLA-50?

**Jules** · 1st April 2007, 01:36 PM

Cool post!

It looking good

So you built your own custom chassis for an old consoles modules?

Here is a tip for you. It looks like you will be rolling around on that nice wood floor a LOT. It might be worth researching some soft rollers for the chair(s) or you will tear up (if its thin laminate) or wear down (any type of wood) that floor fairly soon with a standard issue office chair.. Here is a link for you.. http://www.castercity.com/elite-chair-casters.htm

Soft chair rollers..

(probably make l

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octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	Finally finished the studio build After 6 months of building I finally have something to show... 2 rooms- 18 x 13 (control room) and 13 x 10 (vocal booth/amp booth) The control room is all 2 x 4 framing with 703 in the walls. The framing is sloped to not have parallel walls- I have had to work around some water pipes that I boxed in but managed to get as much space as I possibly can. Here are a couple of pics... 3rd photo is a preliminary fabrication of a centre console control panel so I can have Mackie Control, monitor controller, keyboard and mouse. My monitor arms will be mounted on the top of the board- they have been reinforced with angle iron- I am hoping it will look pretty good when stained and finished. Next few days will be tidying up and building the console- which will be a 9 1/2 foot monster, including the control centre. It is a D&R series 4000 btw. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Jim Richmond "I don't go to mythical places with strange men." Douglas Adams

22nd March 2007, 04:31 AM	#4
stevep Lives for Jesus Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: orange county ca. Posts: 2,938	nice ! post some pics of the console install peach __________________ Steve Perkins Creation Recording Studios .com Take a Kid Fishing Outreach John 3:16

23rd March 2007, 12:16 AM	#5
octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	Okie doke... you asked for it so here it is... :-) Various bits being stained.... Attached Thumbnails

23rd March 2007, 12:17 AM	#6
octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	Console bits bolted together... Attached Thumbnails

23rd March 2007, 12:19 AM	#7
octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	legs about to go on... Attached Thumbnails

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octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	more stained stuff about to go on... Attached Thumbnails

23rd March 2007, 12:26 AM	#9
octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	Ok last pics for today... Everything is bolted together- the centre console will be pretty cool- have two apple cinema displays mounted onto it on swing arms, with mackie control and monitor controller as well. All the wood was done in red oak- except the original cheeks which are some unknown wood- I tried to get it all to match as much as possible. Tomorrow will be putting the support cross bar in (which is being machined/extended by 3ft) and then I can start putting the channels in and mount all the centre console bits and pieces. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Jim Richmond "I don't go to mythical places with strange men." Douglas Adams

26th March 2007, 11:20 PM	#10
octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	Ok everything is kinda in its place- but still a bit of cosmetic work to do on the console- like convering the wrist rest- which should be done tonight. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Jim Richmond "I don't go to mythical places with strange men." Douglas Adams

27th March 2007, 12:24 AM	#11
octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	outboard and synth racks- still have to build the guitar gear racks. . . . . . is anyone interested anymore or am I just amusing myself? Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Jim Richmond "I don't go to mythical places with strange men." Douglas Adams

27th March 2007, 01:22 AM	#12
cosmos Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Red Sea, IL. Posts: 976	we here , keep'em comming ... what kind of music you make there ? nice rack ... i love the pulse, i need 2 more ! __________________ The Red Sea.

27th March 2007, 01:42 AM	#14
dpianomn Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 189	that's awesome man! i live in NJ, so let me know if you ever need someone to play the rhodes :) dave. __________________ www.thedpband.com www.myspace.com/davepittenger

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AlexLakis Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD/L.A. Posts: 3,612	Is the second half of that Funk Logic rack with the RNLA in it empty? That ain't right, man! Put another FMR in there, for Godssake! Keep it comin', J!

27th March 2007, 01:49 AM	#17
bobwarren Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 720	Cool synth rack! What Roland MDC's do you have? MDC-1 Dance? Had one but sold it for the expansion version for more editing features. I run it with my JV-1080 expanded with the Techno, Drum and Bass, and Dance. Still sounds cool after all these years. Keep the progress coming. Tight work.

27th March 2007, 03:38 AM	#19
Sqye Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: undergound railroad Posts: 6,989	... great job, james - rock on.... .. __________________ Sqye (sky) *wired planet new music CREDITS link directly above ipod player *wired planet *fallen planet "he who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death" .... Thomas Paine

1st April 2007, 02:19 AM	#20
octatonic Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,796	A couple more.... All the wood and leather has been done on the console now. I am about to start cabling and soldering the patchbays. I still have a couple of cosmetic trim type things to do around the doors and the window to the vocal booth. Still waiting for the monitor stands to arrive. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Jim Richmond "I don't go to mythical places with strange men." Douglas Adams

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stevep Lives for Jesus Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: orange county ca. Posts: 2,938	Lookin good are there cable troughs ? will the mac be in the machine room? any pics of the machine room.... Keep up the good work, your getting close steve __________________ Steve Perkins Creation Recording Studios .com Take a Kid Fishing Outreach John 3:16

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stevep Lives for Jesus Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: orange county ca. Posts: 2,938	Cool, i like the layout __________________ Steve Perkins Creation Recording Studios .com Take a Kid Fishing Outreach John 3:16

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AMIEL Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 2,365	cool desk! can you tell us the brand? __________________ 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"