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[MrSandMan]

[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.   

[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 

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 

[characterzero]

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