Studio Pics--

[MrSandMan]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/Chazzy29/Studio/DSCN2502Medium.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/Chazzy29/Studio/DSCN2506Medium.jpg

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http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/Chazzy29/Studio/DSCN2510Medium.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/Chazzy29/Studio/DSCN2509Medium.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/Chazzy29/Studio/DSCN2507Medium.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/Chazzy29/Studio/DSCN2501Medium.jpg

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[indytruckboy]

You should invest in some studio foam. To many straight hard surfaces. It would sound so much better.

Old egg-cartons work well to if you are on a budget.

[Monster]

hey nice studio you have there and nice peavy amp....

[jackal]

i have no studio yet, but i do have audio foam, looks like your ahead though, lol

[Brian Krashpad]

Cool! One of the few things I don't like about Florida-- no basements. :frownz:

[Ludwig]

I am new here, but thought this might be a good place to poke my head in.

I just recently finished building a studio from the ground up...took a bit over three years. In the process I did quite a bit of research in the acoustic treatment realm. I suggest you consider constructing your own absorbers using 3" rigid fiberglass and/or mineral wool mounted on 2"x"2 or 2"x4" wood frames, covered with fabric of your choice. It is much less expensive and much more efficient than alot of high end foam products. Egg crates can help slightly to contain high end reflections but do nothing to help control low end, a critical oversight in most home recording environments.

Check out www.musicplayer.com for some great info and insight.

[MrSandMan]

Sweet brotha, thanks for sharing :2thumbups:

my 'studio' really isn't nothing more than a rehearsal area that we happen to record in. But it was fun!

[matt31]

Cool lookin set up ya have there man

[Ludwig]

You bet...another thing you might try is hanging (as thick as possible) curtains or blankets, but make sure you are at least three inches away from the wall or surface. You'll be surprised at the result.

[characterzero]

Cool setup. Do you have any tips on how to get a good drum recording with a minimal amount of Mics? I'm planning on recording with some people in a few weeks, but we're recording live and have pretty limited resources for the project. Any mic placement tips or anything would be great.

[Redline68]

Very cool set-up. I agree that some foam mught be worth a try.

[Ludwig]

Considering limited resources, for drums you do need to get some degree of absorption around the drums in order to minimize flutter. Again, try the thick blankets or curtains to the left and right of the kit, off the wall. If you are using just three mics for example, put one mic in your kick (remember, the closer the mic is to your head, the less low and more attack you will have) and two mics above as overheads. It is important to get the two mics equal distance from your snare to avoid phase problems, so use a string to measure the distance to center of snare and adjust overheads accordingly.

I am not a huge Beatles fan, but their early recording used one mic in the kick and one overhead.

[characterzero]

It is important to get the two mics equal distance from your snare to avoid phase problems, so use a string to measure the distance to center of snare and adjust overheads accordingly.

Ooh, that's a really good point that I would never think of! Me and some friends are doing a little recording this afternoon, I'll be sure to try the string thing. We've been using the 1 kick, 2 overhead ways and it sounds pretty good, we just have some trouble picking up the low toms. We're recording into this sweet digital 12 track deal, so we can do everything live and end up with very good quality for a demo recording. The only problem is our bassist forgot to save one of our best takes!

[MrSandMan]

Great advice ludwig. Rep added :sweet:

[characterzero]

^ Oh yeah, I'll add rep too. Thanks again.

[Ludwig]

Sure thing guys...I am into the recording aspect of music and would be happy to help any way I can.

Thanks on the "rep" props, but what does that mean?

[Ludwig]

Never mind...just spotted it off to th left. :yess:

[ninja636]

Thats a nice studio dude. My "studio" sans my recording gear, and most of my guitar gear(thanks to the local crackheads that stole it), is little more than a spare bedroom in our "new" house.It's pretty sweet though, hardwood floors, and DOUBLE walls. Thats right, all the walls in this house were "doubled", meaning, instead of replacing the old walls, they just built new ones up in front of the old ones. I did a little sound proofing research too, and found that this is supposed to be the best way to sound proof. I can be playing , and have my amp up pretty loud, and you can barely hear it through the rest of the house, till you open the door that is, then the sound waves will rip the flesh from your face. Or at least thats the way one friend of mine put it. Since this house has a crawl space, I'm gonna double the floor as well sometime in the near future, and the ceiling will get the double up treatment too. The only weak spot is the window, short of closing it off, which ain't gonna happen, I just stuff sheets of foam in it. Also, upon inspecting the walls, I found they are all brick covered with tile or some kinda stucco material(under the sheet rock thats up now) actually I found this out when I was trying too install some shelving, and my drill bit quit penetrating, started smoking, and then broke.

[Vintageheadbox]

That very cool Mr S.. Heres My control room Just a basement studio
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/vintageheadbox/Studio.jpg

[MrSandMan]

Wow Jerry! You know what's more amazing than your studio, is the fact that you can successfully operate it.

I would love to hear some of your recordings.

[Vintageheadbox]

Ill post some stuff next week . I m getting ready to start a new project of all original stuff Might just have to make a CD....lol

[Sportsguy]

Very cool looking. Nice setup.



Watch that gatorade near all the equipment!