Warrior
Power User
I'm closing on a new house today and will be building my new home studio in the basement. The basement has 9' ceilings and we'll be finishing the entire basement.
A portion will be my studio and I've started designing it and am working through that with advice from folks on the John Sayers forum.
This is my second studio so I'm taking some lessons learned from the first one and applying it here. I'm not really concerned with isolation as most of what I record is direct to DAW. When I need to track vocals, etc with a mic, I can control the environment so outside noise isn't an issue.
It's going to basically be one room so no separate live room, etc.
One thing I'm trying to figure out how to deal with is the ceiling. Not so much for treatment or decoupling but for aesthetics. We've decided to paint the ceilings instead of drywalling them. 1) to lower cost and 2) to get an industrial vibe going.
In my studio, I've been advised to put insulation in the space between the floor joists and then cover the ceiling with fabric. Then put a piece of trim over each seem.
I was wondering if anyone here has done this and if so:
1) How's it working out?
2) Do you have pictures you could share?
I'll start posting pics of my plans and build so maybe this will turn into a studio build diary and discussion.
A portion will be my studio and I've started designing it and am working through that with advice from folks on the John Sayers forum.
This is my second studio so I'm taking some lessons learned from the first one and applying it here. I'm not really concerned with isolation as most of what I record is direct to DAW. When I need to track vocals, etc with a mic, I can control the environment so outside noise isn't an issue.
It's going to basically be one room so no separate live room, etc.
One thing I'm trying to figure out how to deal with is the ceiling. Not so much for treatment or decoupling but for aesthetics. We've decided to paint the ceilings instead of drywalling them. 1) to lower cost and 2) to get an industrial vibe going.
In my studio, I've been advised to put insulation in the space between the floor joists and then cover the ceiling with fabric. Then put a piece of trim over each seem.
I was wondering if anyone here has done this and if so:
1) How's it working out?
2) Do you have pictures you could share?
I'll start posting pics of my plans and build so maybe this will turn into a studio build diary and discussion.