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A.David.MacKinnon
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by A.David.MacKinnon » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:50 am
I'm also in a basement. The previous owner of the house did the reno down there, I just moved my gear in and did a bit of treatment. The room is 20 x 30ish with a 7 foot ceiling. You don't really get a sense of it from the photo but the mix area is only about a third of the space. The rest of the room is full of instruments (lots of organs & electric pianos, and lots of guitars and amps). Noise isn't an issue because I'm mostly using the space as a mix and overdub room for records that are tracked elsewhere. I have done a bit of tracking here but in those instances I generally put the band upstairs in the living room.
Like I said, noise hasn't been an issue so far and I haven't done any soundproofing but I do have the advantage of being in a detached house with a driveway on either side of the property. Both of those things are a bit of a rarity in downtown Toronto where victorian style row houses are the norm. My last space was a converted lane-way garage with less than 10 feet between me and my neighbours. I did lots of soundproofing there.
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JGriffin
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by JGriffin » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:58 am
Mine is located where a sane person --or a person with a family to answer to-- would have a dining room. It's not optimal, there's really not enough room to do what I want, I deal with window air conditioner issues in the summer and radiator hiss in the winter...but these are smallish tradeoffs that don't really get in my way too badly. I've designed 30 plays and recorded/mixed a bunch of albums and scored a couple of films in that room, and if I wake up at 3 am with an idea I can be recording it in less than 2 minutes, so I guess I've found a way to make it work pretty well.
"Jeweller, you've failed. Jeweller."
"Lots of people are nostalgic for analog. I suspect they're people who never had to work with it." ? Brian Eno
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mertmo
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by mertmo » Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:06 pm
Where's a pic of your squeaky new place, eh?
Touche my friend. Guess we both need to take some pictures
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GLEA
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by GLEA » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:04 pm
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chuckfurok
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by chuckfurok » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:27 pm
Silver Chord 2.0 - Just moved into a new space this past weekend.
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vvv
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by vvv » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:07 am
Glea - izzatta solid state Acoustic amp?
My last guitarist (who quit a month or so back) had one; it sounded very cool, altho' I preferred his Mesa Express ...
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palinilap
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by palinilap » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:31 am
chuckfurok wrote:Silver Chord 2.0 - Just moved into a new space this past weekend.
Spirit Studio owners unite!
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GLEA
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by GLEA » Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:13 am
vvv wrote:Glea - izzatta solid state Acoustic amp?
My last guitarist (who quit a month or so back) had one; it sounded very cool, altho' I preferred his Mesa Express ...
yes, $65 at the neighborhood pawn. I was told "the brown ones" are the ones to get. I saw a bigger one with extension cab a few years ago, but $500 was too rich for me. A very versatile amp clean to crunch
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akg414
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by akg414 » Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:03 am
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by apropos of nothing » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:13 pm
bradjacob wrote:
vvv wrote:I am just loving alla theses photo's butt I hafta say, there is a
distressing lack of lava lamps!
DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!
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vvv
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by vvv » Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:31 am
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g.a.harry
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by g.a.harry » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:42 pm
chuckfurok wrote:Silver Chord 2.0 - Just moved into a new space this past weekend.
Envy becomes me.
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Tim A
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by Tim A » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:23 pm
recording in my over heated bedroom.
australian summers and mixing desks dont lend well to a cool room.
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mon3y.monk3y
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by mon3y.monk3y » Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:45 pm
I like how this post ask "What's normality?" once again!
I guess lots of people looking at all this might have the same reaction as me in a car tuning forum...
Anyway, It feels always good to share madness/passion in community!
So, here's my new studio, here in Montreal :
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Practice/Live Room
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