| Re: Set up advice . . . [message #100896 is a reply to message #100891] |
Sat, 01 November 2008 07:38   |
Robert
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Registered: May 2007
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Your very welcome Sarah, good luck.
Rob
"Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote in message news:490c69a1@linux...
> Thank you very much for the modified .jpg -- I like the looks of that. I
> appreciate you taking the time to do it.
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> S
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> "Rob Arsenault" <mani1147athotmaildotcom> wrote in message
> news:490aff91@linux...
>> Hi Sarah
>> What you could do is use that small room as a machine room and access
>> hall to the ctrl room. That center partition must be a supporting
>> partition of 2' x 6" for the floor above so you cant really mess with it
>> to much but you should be able to add a couple openings with headers for
>> the 2 doors. Then that furnace area needs attention for sure, dbl wall
>> with insulation, RC channel and 5/8" drywall rite from floor to floor
>> above, sealed tight. I attached a jpg of my ideas.
>> That is probably what I would do in your position Sarah.
>> Good luck and keep us posted.
>>
>> Rob
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>> "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote in message
>> news:490ac00e@linux...
>>> Hiya fellas! And gals!
>>>
>>> Hey, the house I lived in for 12 years with the PARIS studio in it
>>> has
>>> been sold, and I had to move out. Waaaa! BUT . . . the owner let me
>>> take
>>> all the recording gear with me cuz he doesn't know how to use it anyway
>>> and
>>> thinks it's too old. Yay! BUT . . . I don't really have a studio
>>> anymore,
>>> at least not with the nice separate control room with the little window,
>>> etc. I just have a big old finished basement with a strange little room
>>> attached. The space is mostly carpeted, except for about the last 8 of
>>> the
>>> 32 foot length, which is linoleum. Low ceiling w/ ceiling tiles (8'?
>>> maybe
>>> even 7')
>>>
>>> I attached a crude diagram of the space that I drew in Photoshop in
>>> hopes of getting some opinions on how best to set up the studio and what
>>> to
>>> do with that little room. (Yeah, I know, I used the " inches symbol
>>> instead
>>> of the ' foot symbol, but no, it's not a doll house. Just translate to
>>> feet
>>> please.) Vocal/drum booth? Machine room? Hookah lounge? Do I need to
>>> barter with some carpenter/songwriter to build me a wall for a separate
>>> control room? Also, what about cheap sound-proofing? I have a bunch of
>>> Auralex bass traps and a few panels, but not enough for the whole space.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyway, I need to get set up soon as I can, cuz we had to dismantle
>>> the
>>> studio right in the middle of the rhythm tracks for the new Sarahtonin
>>> CD,
>>> which is promising to be even better than the first, if that's possible.
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your cogitations.
>>>
>>> Humbly yours,
>>>
>>> Sarahtonin
>>>
>>> PS: Happy Halloween!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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