Hello,
The time has come for me to convert my garage into a recording studio. It tok a little while for me to decide how and what I should do.
At first I was considering purchasing a mini-barn and using that. You can find them locally rather cheap (not really) and they drop them off for you. A 12 foot by 24 foot shed would have been more than enough I suppose. Then I would convert the garage into a guestroom/bar thing.
Scratch that. I already have a yurt on a platform for overflow sleeping space and the garage is spacious. I think you could squeeze 6 Toyota Corrolas in there is you wanted to.
So the plan is quite simple. Cover the floor in plastic and lay a floor made of separate 12×8 or 8×8 platforms. Then you split the room with a “soundproof” wall, complete with angled double window. I also saved a section for “garage stuff” like tools and stuff and things -just some shelves with socket wrenches and paint rollers that can be hidden behind a curtain.
That is basically what “Studio Phase I” is. After that’s completed I can get to making some music happen before I continue with constructing things. Sometime in the near future I will also be adding a vocal booth and raising the drum platform and filling it with sand or something. O and of course I will need some baffles.
Which brings me to my next question: Do I make the separate vocal booth and keep the drums out in a large room with everything? Sonically that could be cool and would save a bit of trouble making a huge wall split across the entire garage… but…
First things first, set up the floor and then set everything up. Once that happens I can get back to the projects with Joe Larrivee (h00t), Contingency Plan, Blake Ian, Submersible Unit Crew, Paul Wenzel, the soundtracks and voiceovering as well as my own personal insanities.
Pics are forthcoming!
(I just got the idea I think! Floor to ceiling movable baffle-walls! Must ponder this…)
April 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Blake Ian, Contingency Plan, Joe Larrivee, Kingston, New York, Paul Wenzel, Soundtrack, Studio | Category: Construction | Leave a comment