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OT: IDEAL SMALL STUDIO SPECIFICATIONS FOR LOOPERS -- Was: Re: OT:Studio pics.



Greetings earthlings and other pilgrims,

While the previous OT discussion was being kicked about, it suddenly 
dawned on me that this question is perhaps NOT so off-topic for loopers 
per se. As often as not, perhaps even more often, looping is a solitary 
occupation not needing a large room for a whole band to fit in -- even 
though some of us do have a lot of gear to consider. And, sometimes being 
the painfully weird, experimental noise-makers that we often are, 
practicing in the family living room (or even out in the  garage) does not 
make much of a recipe for domestic bliss. A safe and sane sonic sanctuary 
situated somewhere in the sideyard (or the south 40) sounds like a simply 
splendiferous idea.

I am contemplating building a small, detatched  studio room/structure 
beside my home here in Oregon. The funny thing is, in this area you can 
legally build up to a 200 square foot building without any expensive 
building permits -- which suddenly makes it not only a rather feasable but 
even an affordable idea -- no permits, fees, licenses and I can 
more-or-less build it myself (with a little help for parts where I either 
don't own the tools or have adequate knowledge).

Since, as the discussion last mentioned that "SIZE MATTERS" (as well as 
shape and sound baffling/controlling surfaces), what sort of layout might 
anyone here
recommend for a room of that size. I was a thinking of a just a 16' x 
12.5' rectangle. But, I sort of surmised that perhaps those dimensions 
might not be ideal. I was thinking of modifying a regular garage/shed kit 
of some sort -- so trying to build the perfect seven-sided saucer-shaped 
audio igloo thingy won't work either. I gotta think WITHIN THE BOX as it 
were.

Do any of you have any expert thoughts about shapes and sizes for 
MUSICALLY pleasing recording rooms at or under 200 square feet and are 
still fairly rectangular? This is not the sort of thing one can log on ans 
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE is it. So . . . I am asking you all.

Cheers,

tEd ® kiLLiAn

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---- "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Thanx Per!
> Now i am caught in a dream just look at this gorgeous
> magical place:
> 
>http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dreal%2Bworld%2Bstudios%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-500%26x%3Dwrt&w=540&h=271&imgurl=www.recordproduction.com%2Freal-world-studios1.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.recordproduction.com%2Frealworld.htm&size=113.1kB&name=real-world-studios1.jpg&p=real+world+studios&type=jpeg&no=2&tt=495&oid=96eb9b3ae21088f2&ei=UTF-8
> 
> Luis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 6 okt 2006, at 10.23, L.A. Angulo wrote:
> > 
> > > By the way,if anybody has experience about setting
> > up
> > > studio walls floors proper acoustics(which is
> > better
> > > carpet,wood? etc.) but cost effectively(no egg
> > boxes
> > > please)let me know.
> > 
> > 
> > I've been to many studios and what usually matters
> > most, when the  
> > facility is not designed and built according to
> > studio acoustics, is  
> > that the room should be big enough (to minimize
> > reflection  
> > interference - may be worked around a bit by using
> > small monitors,  
> > though). It's also good to keep big objects in the
> > room. Tony's  
> > Spaghetti Sofa is a good bass trap for example, but
> > even hard  
> > surfaced big objects are good for splitting up
> > reflections to prevent  
> > standing frequency peaks in the rooms resonance
> > character. The rooms  
> > listening environment is really the most important
> > factor because  
> > even top speakers can't deliver what you need them
> > for if placed in a  
> > bad room.
> > 
> > Greetings from Sweden
> > 
> > Per Boysen
> > www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> > www.looproom.com (international)
> > http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast)
> > http://www.myspace.com/looproom
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> www.myspace.com/luisangulocom
> 
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