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Hi .. THE wood is pine/douglas pine... fine sanded, and the room sounds pretty good, just wondering if or how varnishing may effect the sound as it is quiet a big space . I don't plan on varnishing as regularly as E money seems to be suggesting that sounds expensive and my client's would probably co...

Hello, I'm wanting some advice about whether to varnish the wood in my studio. Pretty much the whole room is wood clad including an angled ceiling, the floor is concrete with at present a few light weight rugs scattered around.. most of the studio's I see in tape op have a shinny looking finish, won...

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The tiles on the wall, is this regular perforated sheet board or a specific diameter ?plus.. is this a type of helmholtz resonator? saw one one an old picture of keith moon in the studio.. drums sound great.. does anyone know any details on this device?
john

thanks for the replys.. but the device Im looking at is on page 121 , labeled plate 1 AND Is situated beyond the right side OH , IT'S A 3 TEIR DEVICE sort of looks like a sea shell/ FAN type of thing. I'm guessing it's a diffuser and absorber type device but I'm wanting to know what it looks like in...

hello, I'm wondering if anyone can help.. in the book 'SOUND RECORDING PRACTICE' BORRICK.. (Im doing this from bad memory so appologies for the mistakes in the references )there is a picture of the studio drum room with a wall height series of convex (or is that concave not sure) sound diffusors/Abs...

thanks for photos.. looks like it sounds GREAT.. i'll be checking out Sleepytime Gorilla Museum also.
thanks again john

Can anyone point me in the direction of some pics of Dans room set up?
thanks jon

Hello.. I'M wondering if anyone has made mobile diffusors to enhance early reflections in a large multi purpose hall which is often used for school choir and then for sports etal. I've looked at a few manafactured options ,mainly plastic designs, but I reckon we'd be better of designing our own to s...

hELLO.. i'm currently enjoying the sound of a couple of Realistic pzm plate mics hung on the walls of my drum room then squashed a fair bit thru a couple of distressors.. added to closer mics for some cool room reverb. I'm considering the mod but also wondered if it's worth investing in any other pz...

hello.. check out phillip Newall's book on studio design...Focal press I think....It's pricey but totally worth it It's a good resourse.
john

hello, I recently bought a pair of APS AEON speakers from Funky junk in London, they sound great and reproduce well on home speakers. well worth checking out.
john

HELLO COULD ANYONE RECOMMEND A GOOD PLACE TO GET MY TREASURED MIC REPAIRED IN THE UK
THANKS JOHN

Hello, I've been looking at buying a IBP FOR A WHILE NOW and have read many favourable reveiws from this site. I have a mANLEY valve DI and a digital delay with 1MS steps which I sometimes use to aline my Di and mic sources. Could anyone advise me if they think investing in one of these will be wort...

hello. recent mic set ups that i keep coming back to on a 4 peice drum kit which is Glyn Johns inspired is.... coles 4038 6"to 12" over left tom. 414 over floor tom looking at snare. AKG D112 kick inside. KSM 32.. 7FT UP left side..45 deg ish 4ft out looking at the snare. 57 on snare top. I've also ...

Hello, Check out The notorious Byrds Brothers...BYRDS AND Forever Changes.. LOVE i know it's not country but theirs some good sounding panning going on. When I'VE tried this I found that ON head phones the mix was very obviously panned, BUT on speakers it sounded great , better in fact than drums / ...