Members gregovertone Posted July 17, 2009 Members Share Posted July 17, 2009 bought a house 3/26. spent 2 months rehabbing it. we redid the basement to turn it into a small tracking room, and a control room. i also use the control room to teach guitar. mic/pedal cabinet more pics and gear nerd stuffs: http://gregs-studio.blogspot.com/ this was a fun project. on the to-do list..... - build super chunk traps - build 4" 2x4 bass traps - build frp 2" 2x4 traps - wire patch bay - rework ac/ventilation - trim out window to look nice - get solid core doors getting there.....slowly but surely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BushmasterM4 Posted July 17, 2009 Members Share Posted July 17, 2009 Cool stuff. I can see your a pedal junkie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SkullCap Posted July 17, 2009 Members Share Posted July 17, 2009 Man, you've got some really nice gear. That's a good looking studio too. I checked out your link, can't wait to see the finished product. Is that laminate (floating) floor or hard wood? I'm about to install laminate in my "tracking" room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BigAl10 Posted July 19, 2009 Members Share Posted July 19, 2009 dude, nice gear man. Nice studio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I need several of those "mic / pedal cabinets". I'd like to do something similar to that for guitars too... Very nice setup Greg - it's really coming together! :phil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregovertone Posted July 20, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 20, 2009 thanks guys! finally able to break in the studio today. a student's band [http://www.myspace.com/weyemusic ] tracked drums today. think don cab, battles, pele, piglet. 7 songs. 830am-7pm......setup to tear down. i wasn't sure if the kid could pull it off.....but he did it. solid drummer. the fatheads made for GREAT room mics! i hadn't used them for that previously. plus, we had things sounding great, pre eq, compression, processing. a lot of goods to play with! i was happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregovertone Posted July 20, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 20, 2009 I need several of those "mic / pedal cabinets". I'd like to do something similar to that for guitars too... Very nice setup Greg - it's really coming together! :phil: i would love to have something like that for guitars. not in the cards yet. this pedal/mic case was built into the wall by the home's previous owner. he was a wood worker. there are a dozen little cases all around the house. this one was a big sell point. well made too. can't hear a single rattle, even when the svt is blaring. i'm grateful for the other cabinet too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Greg, can you tell us a bit more about your drum mic setup - what mikes, the placements, what you were going for, what you were tracking to, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregovertone Posted July 20, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 20, 2009 well..... this was a pretty basic setup. just a combo of close and room mics. took some time trying to find a way to really hammer out some of the bleed, and phase issues. we got it. k- beta91 -> EH 12ay7 k- outside -ksm44 -> eh 12ay7 sn top- beyer 201 -> digimax fs sn btm- 441 -> digimax fs tom - 421 -> 002 tom- 421 ->002 hh- 451 -> sytek ride- 451 -> sytek oh- ksm32 -> sytek oh- ksm32 -> sytek mid room- sputnik tube mic -> la610 far room- fathead II -> digimax fs far room- fathead II -> digimax fs they play relatively fast, chaotic music. the drummer is constantly flying. with the cd references they gave me, i thought close micing everything would be most appropriate. very precise, detailed drum sounds were on their radar. that being said, i wasn't a fan of the drummers coated skins. felt like they were working against the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted July 20, 2009 Members Share Posted July 20, 2009 Cool room, I am collecting ideas for when I start my next building a studio project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KillerV Posted July 21, 2009 Members Share Posted July 21, 2009 Very cool! What sizes are the different rooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 I may have some before and after pics to share....I may buy a house soon instead of building. This will give me a new studio project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregovertone Posted July 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 Very cool! What sizes are the different rooms? 12x12 control 22x12 live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kaledward Posted July 30, 2009 Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 how much do you charge to record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kaledward Posted July 30, 2009 Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 p.s. such a nice studiogot some pretty cool equipmentand i like your beer glass case too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VSpaceBoy Posted August 6, 2009 Members Share Posted August 6, 2009 Wow thats nuts on the drum mics. I bet you were fighting phase issues. Also if it was me, I would get your traps up asap. Do you have plans for treatment of your control room? That back wall is going to mess with you pretty bad imo. Thats a great looking setup you have there as well. Lot of top notch gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AndThinkOfTexas Posted August 7, 2009 Members Share Posted August 7, 2009 Man- what do you do for a living? I wish I had the money to put that much into a studio, ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HGC Posted August 9, 2009 Members Share Posted August 9, 2009 tracked drums today. think don cab, battles, pele, piglet. 7 songs. 830am-7pm......setup to tear down. i wasn't sure if the kid could pull it off.....but he did it. solid drummer. the fatheads made for GREAT room mics! i hadn't used them for that previously. plus, we had things sounding great, pre eq, compression, processing. a lot of goods to play with! i was happy. Hey, what kind of shock-mounts are you using on the 421s? It's hard to make them out in the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregovertone Posted August 10, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 how much do you charge to record? i've been cheap or free thus far. i just moved in, and the studio still isn't finished, so i'm not really shaking down for the cash. Wow thats nuts on the drum mics. I bet you were fighting phase issues. Also if it was me, I would get your traps up asap. Do you have plans for treatment of your control room? That back wall is going to mess with you pretty bad imo.Thats a great looking setup you have there as well. Lot of top notch gear. no real phase issues. i was really impressed with what we ended up with.it was a fun one. traps are coming. i need to balance it, work on one thing for the house, one thing for the studio. back and forth.traps are on the list. Man- what do you do for a living? I wish I had the money to put that much into a studio, ha. i'm a guitar teacher, and i run a community teen center.this collection of crap has been accumulated slowly over many years. Hey, what kind of shock-mounts are you using on the 421s? It's hard to make them out in the pics. they are the $9 LDC shockmounts from musicians friend. they were a tight fit, but better than the $20 disposable 421 clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregovertone Posted August 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2009 starting to put up some traps. we have 8, but 3 are up. on the back wall. 3 more are going parallel to them, behind the desk/speakers. (i will be ordering more when this band pays for their session). then 3 more on the left wall (FRP's), 2 above mix position, and one on the door. we used those 3M sticky wall hooks on the closet door (pictured). working great thus far. they are rated for 5lbs a piece. let's hope they hold even when a pile of sweaty dirty musicians are in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 14, 2009 Members Share Posted August 14, 2009 The traps will help a lot! Good setup!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Greg, did you build or buy the traps? They look nice. :phil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CME Posted August 14, 2009 Members Share Posted August 14, 2009 Nice fatboy amp back there. I played one in a studio once. Tried to get the owner to sell it. He wouldn't. Go back a couple of months later and it was gone. I asked about it and he claimed it was acting up. So he sold it to a tech he knew. Still wish he would have at least given me the option. Anywho. everything else looks great also. Can't wait to build my house/studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregovertone Posted August 15, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Nice fatboy amp back there. I played one in a studio once. Tried to get the owner to sell it. He wouldn't. Go back a couple of months later and it was gone. I asked about it and he claimed it was acting up. So he sold it to a tech he knew. Still wish he would have at least given me the option. Anywho. everything else looks great also. Can't wait to build my house/studio. it's a true classic amp to me. lives somewhere between a bogner xtc and a mesa recto. the guy who made them - norb funk - was from northern IL, so there were a few floating around the area. a local studio had this one years ago. when they closed the doors, one band who used that amp exclusively, bought it to 'keep it in the family'. when that guitar player decided he didn't need it anymore, it made it's way into my hands. what a beastly amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregovertone Posted August 15, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 15, 2009 Greg, did you build or buy the traps? They look nice. :phil: i picked these up used! 8 4" ats traps for a couple hundo! we put up the last few last night. i'm going to order another for the door, and 2 for above mix position. the difference thus far is RIDICULOUS. from here, i have packs of roxul i the garage to make superchunks for the corners. that's the last phase of treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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