October 13, 2003

A studio facelift?

Well, that's debatable...
There are lots of things that have bugged me about my home studio since I built it, from my taping/mudding disaster to the accoustic response of the room. So, I figured that with an entire day to myself, I'd re-arrange the mixing station and gear so that everything sounds better... of course, after I got all the furniture out, I realized how terrible my drywalling had been so I decided to whip up some mud and fix all my previous errors... which by the way, meant that I'd have to paint the room again before putting the furniture back. Oh, but THAT meant letting the mud dry, and sanding it. Well, long story short, I tried using a hair drier to harden the mud, but just couldn't wait long enough, so I sanded and painted anyway - without it being 100% dry. It looked fine at first... but now it looks like a war zone. I think if I ever get around to putting up the crown moulding, I'll paint the whole room again...
Some good did come out of it though, even though I've got a new franken-wall to remind me that I'm a cheap lazy bum that likes to cut corners... I spent some time on the mixing/listening positions, and found a really sweet sound. The room's now situated lengthwise such that the speakers face the narrow span of the room instead of the long span, and hense the bass waves don't have as long to envelope - the result is a much less boomier mix (sacrificed some bass) and a heck of a lot more clarity. Having a room that's wider than it is long really added to the spacial depth of the mixes and the songs now sound much wider and fuller. I'm very happy about that. One thing I had noticed previously about anything I mixed in this room was that they came out muddier and duller than I had expected, so I'm optimistic that I'll be making better sounding tracks now!

Another plus is that the new layout creates a lot more room to move, and I've even managed to fit in a beer fridge - so now there's one less reason to leave!
As soon as I get the urinal installed, I'll never have to go upstairs!

Posted by Calvin at October 13, 2003 03:29 PM
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