VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

[audio'connell]

Brian

I have a question as I am looking into either buying or building a booth in the studio....I have more than a few occassions to need room for two in the booth, your demensions look like its a one person and might only only two if you squished them in and weren'r suprised if they came out from the session married.

If you can put to people in there, then the following is moot/stupid/useless any of the above...

Aside from possible spousal space complaints, why not build a two person booth?

Also, did you insulate the walls (not including the auralex?

Thanks
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[Hart]

Bettie, thanks on all!


Peter:

My wife and I do fit in there but there's no way I would attempt to record like that with anybody. It's just too tight.

Ideally, I would love to have a booth around 5 x 8 or so but I just didn't have that kind of space to give up. I had to make some tough compromises. A bigger booth could have great acoustical advantages over my setup by the way. If you've got the space then absolutely build bigger.

In my case I don't believe I will ever need to record two or more people but if it came up I would record in the open room I suppose since it is somewhat treated.

My walls are a compromise too. Originally I wanted to use sheetrock on the exterior walls as well, but I couldn't quite work out how to do that and keep the booth freestanding yet safe. The MDF adds a bit more structral integrity than the sheetrock would. Plus dealing with those odd exterior angles and sheetrock seemed like a daunting task. I also had toyed with double layers of sheetrock glued together but that would have weighed too much.

I should have taken a picture of the cross section but it's like this:

3/4 inch MDF | Fiberglass Insulation| 5/8 in. Gypsum Board | 2" Auralex

So you have MASS (MDF) AIR (with insulation) MASS (Gypsum)

The insulation in the walls is just your standard unfaced pink stuff.

I caulked everything using GE Silicone II. Where the MDF meets the studs, where the sheetrock meets the studs, where the floor meets the sheetrock and so on. I may have caulked stuff that didn't need it but why take the chance? The whole booth has to be sealed airtight.

Buy or build? I'm very proud of what I have built and the fact I saved money over a prebuilt but it took me 8 months of build time (not counting all the research before that) to get to this point. Yeah, I could have built it a lot quicker but life kept getting in the way. Just something to think about.

Hope this helps.

B
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[Hart]

I've been playing with my door issues this morning by turning up my monitors fairly loud and just seeing where the sound enters. I've figured out two things, I think.

1. I'm going to make sure I've properly caulked all around the jamb and casing. Pretty sure I did it right the first time, but I feel the need to double check.

2. I need better seals on the door. For starters I need to work on the threshold. I'm thinking of adapting this design:

http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3293?p=23047#23047

I have placed weatherstripping on the door, but I think it's not beefy enough so I'm digging around for something better. Something with closed cell foam perhaps.
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[dhouston67]

Brian,

Your test audio sounds fine. There are a few little transient bits coming in just under the -48dB mark, but that's pretty much inaudible and probably has little to do with the booth anyway (just my guess). The booth itself seems dead quiet. Great job so far! Admirable work.
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[Hart]

Thanks Dave.
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