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| Studio furniture, wow! [message #77036] |
Thu, 14 December 2006 11:02  |
excelav
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Registered: July 2005
Location: Metro Detroit
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I thought I would post this. I always thought Nigel B. studio furniture was
great stuff, but check this out. http://www.akadesign.co.uk/
The furniture you can buy is one thing, but the custom work they have done
is something else, wow! The site is a little funny to navigate. From the
menu bar at the top, the sub categories appear below. Select from the sub
categories, then the pictures from the numbered boxes on the left of the
screen, then select each picture to the right of the main picture to see
all of them.
Under facilities, check out Space Studios, it look likes something strait
from a si-fi movie set. The designs rock!
Warning! These pictures might give you wood, or just some crazy ideas for
your studio.
James
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| Re: Studio furniture, wow! [message #77041 is a reply to message #77036] |
Thu, 14 December 2006 16:59  |
dc[3]
Messages: 895
Registered: September 2005
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Somebody finally got the speakers up off the console!!
Yeah!
Now they just need to make the tops of those racks acoustically
diffusive or transparent, and you could almost do some work in
there.
DC
"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>I thought I would post this. I always thought Nigel B. studio furniture
was
>great stuff, but check this out. http://www.akadesign.co.uk/
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>The furniture you can buy is one thing, but the custom work they have done
>is something else, wow! The site is a little funny to navigate. From the
>menu bar at the top, the sub categories appear below. Select from the sub
>categories, then the pictures from the numbered boxes on the left of the
>screen, then select each picture to the right of the main picture to see
>all of them.
>
>Under facilities, check out Space Studios, it look likes something strait
>from a si-fi movie set. The designs rock!
>
>Warning! These pictures might give you wood, or just some crazy ideas for
>your studio.
>
>James
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| Re: Studio furniture, wow! [message #77086 is a reply to message #77085] |
Fri, 15 December 2006 12:49 |
DC
Messages: 722
Registered: July 2005
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Hi Graham,
I used to have the typical big KK audio console with the monitors on
it. I could not get good results with it, so I pulled out the analyzer
and took a hard look at it. The top of the console was extending
the baffle of the speaker and causing comb filters and low-mid
boost, while the racks on either side were causing the sub to
produce standing waves and more comb filters. It was just awful.
I can't find the pics right now, but I ended up with a patio table
(with lots space between the boards of the top) from Ikea for the
KB, C16's and computer monitor, the racks pushed off to the side
and angled away so as to not reflect sound from the monitors,
and the speakers on solid steel (filled with lead shot) stands with
cement blocks on top and then Auralex MoPads on top of that.
It was a pretty low-buck solution and both measures and sounds
wonderful. It is so accurate now, and translates so well, that I am
even confident mastering on it.
BTW, there are speakers now, from Tannoy and JBL (and probably
others) that can correct for the baffle extension. What they cannot
correct is the reflection and delays, not the standing waves from
the subs.
DC
"Graham Duncan" <graham@grahamduncan.com> wrote:
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>DC,
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>Do you have some photos of rooms you'd consider workable?
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>Graham
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>"DC" <dc@spammersinhell.com> wrote:
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>>Somebody finally got the speakers up off the console!!
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>>Yeah!
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>>Now they just need to make the tops of those racks acoustically
>>diffusive or transparent, and you could almost do some work in
>>there.
>
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| Re: Studio furniture, wow! [message #77122 is a reply to message #77086] |
Sat, 16 December 2006 01:59 |
Graham Duncan
Messages: 147
Registered: December 2008
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DC,
That's cool. Affirmative on the speaker stands! I always find it a bit
of a compromise since one needs some equipment in front of you to mix, etc.
If you find those pics I'd like to see your solution. I'm using some home-built
stands, Ikea tables and low Raxxess racks at the moment and I'm pretty happy.
What analyzer are you using?
Thanks,
Graham
"DC" <dc@spammersinthestudio.org> wrote:
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>Hi Graham,
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>I used to have the typical big KK audio console with the monitors on
>it. I could not get good results with it, so I pulled out the analyzer
>and took a hard look at it. The top of the console was extending
>the baffle of the speaker and causing comb filters and low-mid
>boost, while the racks on either side were causing the sub to
>produce standing waves and more comb filters. It was just awful.
>
>I can't find the pics right now, but I ended up with a patio table
>(with lots space between the boards of the top) from Ikea for the
>KB, C16's and computer monitor, the racks pushed off to the side
>and angled away so as to not reflect sound from the monitors,
>and the speakers on solid steel (filled with lead shot) stands with
>cement blocks on top and then Auralex MoPads on top of that.
>
>It was a pretty low-buck solution and both measures and sounds
>wonderful. It is so accurate now, and translates so well, that I am
>even confident mastering on it.
>
>BTW, there are speakers now, from Tannoy and JBL (and probably
>others) that can correct for the baffle extension. What they cannot
>correct is the reflection and delays, not the standing waves from
>the subs.
>
>DC
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| Re: Studio furniture, wow! [message #77131 is a reply to message #77122] |
Sat, 16 December 2006 09:05 |
DC
Messages: 722
Registered: July 2005
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Basically, there is nothing between me and the speakers but a patio table
barely bigger than 2 C16's, the computer monitor, the computer KB, and a
couple of HD's. All racks are out of line of sight of the speakers and
angled so
they don't reflect at me.
It made a huge improvement. It's funny, I will build a studio for a client
that is tweaked to the last decimal, but my own was not. Well now it is
and I like it.
The analyzer is an Audio Toolbox Contractor version and Terralink
software. I can go up to 1/12 oct FFT analysis and do RT60, and a lots of
other useful tests
DC
"Graham Duncan" <graham@grahamduncan.com> wrote:
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>DC,
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>That's cool. Affirmative on the speaker stands! I always find it a bit
>of a compromise since one needs some equipment in front of you to mix, etc.
> If you find those pics I'd like to see your solution. I'm using some home-built
>stands, Ikea tables and low Raxxess racks at the moment and I'm pretty happy.
>
>
>What analyzer are you using?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Graham
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>"DC" <dc@spammersinthestudio.org> wrote:
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>>Hi Graham,
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>>I used to have the typical big KK audio console with the monitors on
>>it. I could not get good results with it, so I pulled out the analyzer
>
>>and took a hard look at it. The top of the console was extending
>>the baffle of the speaker and causing comb filters and low-mid
>>boost, while the racks on either side were causing the sub to
>>produce standing waves and more comb filters. It was just awful.
>>
>>I can't find the pics right now, but I ended up with a patio table
>>(with lots space between the boards of the top) from Ikea for the
>>KB, C16's and computer monitor, the racks pushed off to the side
>>and angled away so as to not reflect sound from the monitors,
>>and the speakers on solid steel (filled with lead shot) stands with
>>cement blocks on top and then Auralex MoPads on top of that.
>>
>>It was a pretty low-buck solution and both measures and sounds
>>wonderful. It is so accurate now, and translates so well, that I am
>>even confident mastering on it.
>>
>>BTW, there are speakers now, from Tannoy and JBL (and probably
>>others) that can correct for the baffle extension. What they cannot
>>correct is the reflection and delays, not the standing waves from
>>the subs.
>>
>>DC
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