a new GERMAN mic for me....

My latest toy ...a NEUMANN M149 TUBE microphone,mounted on a SE REFLEXION filter and a STEDMAN pop filter.......it sounds heavenly ........

how the panels look now

this is how the structures below would look days after it is finished and painted
the left is the front(absorbers ) and below the ceiling structures(5 pcs ...2 deepbass traps,a single black high bass,and grey and brown colored Mid/hi absorbers)

absorbers,front and ceiling too

the control room must be fully absorbent up to the engineers position,below is the front with 2 mid/hi absorbers,and a photo above of the 5 panel absorbers,2 deep bass traps ,2 hi and mid freq absorbers and a single hi/bass combi.all unfinished yet ...you will see what it looks like after the rooms finishing....believe me they make the room sound great. note below on the right side is the vocal booth.

lets change topic for a moment ....

i urge music producers and engineers,studio managers to get a hold of PHIL RAMONES book,MAKING RECORDS ...with highlights on his experience with so many popular artist.
i had searched hi and low for this book ,and i found it in MOA ,"fullybooked"bookstore.....
an amazing book,an amazing producer and author...
i cannot express enough gratitude ,
learning so much after reading it.

windowsssss,the bane of isolation

the studio windows are the challengers of studio sound transmission prevention.....if not constructed well ,will allow sound to pass from 1 room to another.
using 2 glasses of unequalled thickness,resonation is prevented and the huge air gap between glass dissipate the sound...bear in mind that the integrity of the glass wall structure is PARAMOUNT for success.the photo on the left is a prepared window for the vocal booth ,the right is the window between the recording room and control .this structure can be seen in its unprepped form below on some photos.

a better studio CEILING

ceiling structure must be torn down and strengthened ,to accomodate the heavy acoustic absorption materials and diffusors to be installed on finishing the rooms.notice the previous,not so good construction below and how it looks a week later...notice the rockwool ,fiber batting installed under the 2ndary structure to beefed up the walls isolation capability ,reducing transmission of sound within and from the outside.

the window between the recording room and control room

the window structure ,notice the sandwiching of the wall structure seen through the unfinished window,1 and half foot thick ,and note the 1 inch air spaces within,also the rockwool within the 2 outer structures .the walls are a combination of materials(disney style) to prevent sounds from passing through,the concept of Isolation.take note of the double door structure now installed too.

replace structures

you see the old room below with old wall demolished and rockwool installed prior to the drywall install.
above it you see the new wall partition with the DISNEY wall configuration structure,the same type of structure used in the orlando construction site for its sound isolation ability.AC has
been installed ,this new wall is 1 and half foot thick.the hole is for the window.

construction studio 101

right -when the drywall is up and the isolation booth is
finished


lower photo -the rockwool and studs wall.

i construct studios for my clients

first off is you double wall the rooms you need done.
using gypsum boards on studs,with rockwool and plywood.