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My home studio (as you know), is going through a refit at the moment. It is a studio primarily for my own use & as such, it is wired to achieve a certain sound....more on the wiring later. It is a VERY small space, approx 16'x10' & has a vocal/acoustic/amp booth & precious little else. The equipment is pretty good & is capable of release quality mixes, so the brief is basicaly a mix & overdub studio, as drums etc can be recorded elsewhere & brought back here to work on.

I thought that some of you may be interested in it, so here is the progress...

The work commences...



mid way through...

Nice Tony! Looking at a very similar red for my redo... coming soon.

Now if there was anything I could do about the ten-pounds-of-(poo)-in-a-five-pound-bag feeling...

I'm about 3 or 4 days behind schedule, but at least my console's in....

I suppose I should have known Tony. A fireglo studio! It is looking fantastic.

That looks great!

I'm very pleased with it so far, but being honest, I'm sick & tired of the work! As it was stripped out, I decided to do a load of work that I initially hadn't planned, so one weeks work has turned in to three! It had to be done though & I waited for a lull before I started, but I've still had to reschedule some sessions.

Very impressive Tony, will it all be up and running when Howard visits you soon? Maybe the wandering minstrel can add another notch to his belt on the recording front. I'm sure he'd like that!

That looks awesome Tony... I like the painting, almost a sense of calm in what can sometimes be taxing work... but a blast nonetheless!

>As it was stripped out, I decided to do a load of work that I initially hadn't planned, so one weeks work has turned in to three!

LOL Welcome to studio reno. There is always three times more work involved than originally planned! Better to do it while you can rather than decide to rip it all out to fix something later.

I'm glad you like it. It's really gathering pace now & I'm hoping to be wiring up in a day or twos time. Some equipment (about 6 pieces) has gone away to be serviced, so I wont be firing on all cylinders untill it's back.

Jeff...it's not only the obvious work, it's also stupid things, like having to sort out your tools, screws & tool boxes, which leads to tidying the shed, which leads to etc, etc, etc!

What desk is that Tony? Looks great!

It's a Tascam M3700, 32 frame with automation John. It's a stunner! One of the best sounding consoles that I have ever used. No bells & whistles, just super quality throughout.

>Jeff...it's not only the obvious work, it's also stupid things, like having to sort out your tools, screws & tool boxes, which leads to tidying the shed, which leads to etc, etc, etc!

Believe me, I know! I can't remember a time when I wasn't working on one studio or another. The actual construction is (relatively) easy once a plan is in place - it's making sure there aren't glaring problems in the design, services that need to be installed first and all the other prep work that eat up the time.

You're right Jeff. This has taken quite a long time for such a small place, because I planned the 'details' as I went. I knew what I wanted to acheive, but didn't want to sit down & plan it all in one go. This meant many more trips to the merchants (more time consuming), but also has left me with absolutely no waste materials & a working method that enabled me to adapt to my ideas & the problems that I encountered as I went along. The work isn't perfect (I'm a musician, not a builder!), as I've done it all myself, but it is really beginning to look (& sound) really quite impressive, in a small scale sort of way.

It might not look like progress....but at last I'm wiring. There are a few bits of trim left to do, the hole in the wall for the air con, the back wall needs finishing & some equipment needs to be collected from the repair engineer....then a bloody good tidy up & my favourite...de-bugging!







I got sound out of it yesterday (Velvet Revolver on CD!)...very nearly there!