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TrevCircleStudios
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 Posted - 30/07/2011 : 23:06:48
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| So I'm a sound engineer. A lot of the work I tend to get is recording drums. So when I came back to the country I decided to try and build a reputation as the go to place in the UK to record drums. My idea involved building a studio from the ground up with a simple design brief: I wanted the best sounding room in the country for drums. Well I'm 18 months into the project at this point. My main live room is about 29 feet by 20.5 feet with 18 foot ceilings. I'm already getting a steady stream of great work. But the story hasn't finished yet. I am about to start building a stone room, 2 more neutral rooms and a new control room. Anyone interested in seeing a photo blog? |
You can't polish a turd!
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 31/07/2011 : 08:17:37
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Oh yes! Sorry, I did not phrase that quite emphatically enough...
...OH YES!
My studio is also my workshop and office, with furniture, machinery, materials and (ahem) a few musical instruments. It has to be theoretically about the worst place in the world to record, but with a bit of imagination I am able to get fairly good results despite the regular noise of planes, sirens, angle grinders, cars and motorcycles, chain saws, stone carvers and wood carvers I share a yard with! |
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scoobydude
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Posted - 31/07/2011 : 22:09:49
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| The pictures won't show up because this forum doesn't support pictures. Links to photobucket etc are ok though. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 31/07/2011 : 22:27:46
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| Doh. Makes for a dull photoblog I think if you have to copy and paste every link to your browser to see the pics. Hmm. Anyone still interested? |
You can't polish a turd!
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thedrumhead
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Posted - 01/08/2011 : 14:16:32
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| Links working from my last post. |
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christianmurphy
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Posted - 01/08/2011 : 14:46:12
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| Yeah go for it. I often prefer just cmd clicking and opening al the pics in new tabs. Can switch between pics quick that would usually be separated by loads of other pics! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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christianmurphy
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Posted - 03/08/2011 : 10:23:51
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| Wow looks like a no compromise build. Very nice! |
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neokoenig
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TrevCircleStudios
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neokoenig
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 03/08/2011 : 21:18:45
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Originally posted by christianmurphy
Wow looks like a no compromise build. Very nice!
No compromise whatsoever. Keep watching!  |
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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MrNoisy
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Posted - 05/08/2011 : 00:18:14
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One question ?
Why is the desk facing the wrong way ?
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If you don't like my outlook on life ...Then get one of your own |
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Cuban
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christianmurphy
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Posted - 05/08/2011 : 00:46:05
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Originally posted by Cuban
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Originally posted by TrevCircleStudios
after what seemed like forever the first load of concrete blocks and a couple of tons of sand and cement arrived:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCF0539.jpg
(anyone spot the 'deliberate' mistake?)
You'll need a trampoline if you ever have a fire? 
Very interesting stuff btw!
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Captain Bubble
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 05/08/2011 : 23:23:22
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Originally posted by MrNoisy
One question ?
Why is the desk facing the wrong way ?
Good question. The designer I had on board at that point felt it was more important to utilise the maximum ceiling height than have the desk face toward the main live room. To be frank, that was a poor design plan. I took a second (and third) opinion on it as I too was concerned. Best advice was that a room like this would have major acoustic problems. As a result, I switched to a different designer for the control room.
On the bright side, the original designer did a fantastic job of the live room. His design brief was that I wanted the best drum room in the country. I've had great feedback on the room from some major producer/engineers since I opened including, last summer, Michael Wagener (Ozzy Osbourne: No More Tears/Ozzmosis/Live n Loud, Metallica: Master of Puppets, Alice Cooper, Queen, Motley Crue, The Rasmus, Kings X, Skid Row, Randy Rhoades, WASP etc etc etc! ). More recently I had the very awesome session drummer, Simon Edgoose (who I understand is a mod on this very site), working here. His view was that we nailed it. All in all, I'm pretty happy with it ;-) |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 05/08/2011 : 23:32:25
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Originally posted by Cuban
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Originally posted by TrevCircleStudios
after what seemed like forever the first load of concrete blocks and a couple of tons of sand and cement arrived:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCF0539.jpg
(anyone spot the 'deliberate' mistake?)
You'll need a trampoline if you ever have a fire?
Heheh. Here's the story. To save money I got my teenage son to strip out the old place ready for the refurb. The extinguisher was on the upper floor at the time. He left it there because he "thought it would look funny". He was right, it does look funny.... but we now have to wait til the walls get high enough to take it down. |
You can't polish a turd!
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TrevCircleStudios
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 06/08/2011 : 08:39:40
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| If Barnes Wallis was still alive he would enjoy designing a bomb to bust that lot! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 06/08/2011 : 22:58:52
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| yeah that's it James. We are just about to start phase 2 (stone room, new control room and 2 neutral rooms plus some non-technical rooms: kitchen, lounge office etc) so I thought Id start by bringing people here up to date. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/08/2011 : 23:06:33
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| I just heard that the contractor who built the live room for me, Trevor Prust, passed away tonight after a relatively short battle with motor neurone disease. Mine was the last contract he ever completed. I'm both shocked and saddened to hear the news. He was a lovely bloke who took a real pride in his work. May he rest in peace. |
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theslingerland
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Posted - 07/08/2011 : 08:54:48
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| That's sad news, he did a great job for you and looked as dedicated to the project as you did. I followed the build very closely indeed on the other forum and between you both have built a great room - well some people go through life and leave nothing behind - that can't be said for him. |
My new book - Mind Over Meter http://www.jameshester.co.uk/mindovermeter/
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 07/08/2011 : 09:08:19
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| Sad to hear that. If it was my studio I would put up a little plaque to honour him! |
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Yard
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Posted - 07/08/2011 : 09:30:50
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Sad to hear that. If it was my studio I would put up a little plaque to honour him!
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Shut it and whack the poxy things!
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Cuban
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Posted - 07/08/2011 : 16:02:26
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Sorry to hear that latest news. Some sort of tribute would indeed be very fitting.
Sounds like the project is not located a million miles from me, so I be sure to follow this thread through to the conclusion. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 07/08/2011 : 17:00:52
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so, anyoneinterested in seeing the kind of airgap you need to prevent sound transmission (even where you have 8" concrete walls)/.
In essence the idea is that there will be a soundproof room built within the structure of the building. That room will then not touch anything in the building so that low frequency sound cannot transfer through the fabric of the building. You can see here the airgap in question. It's a minimum of 200mm at its narrowest point. That way no low frequency sound can 'jump' the gap which not only will mean the neighbours wont even know when motorhead are playing inside but, more importantly, the low frequency rumble from, say an HGV parked outside, wont get onto any of the recordings.
Here's the view down the airgap when you walk into the main room from the kitchen and look right:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/IMG_2242.jpg
Here's one from the aircon chimney:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/IMG_2243.jpg
And here's one from where the storeroom off the control room:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/IMG_2247.jpg |
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 07/08/2011 : 17:28:29
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Looking great!
I just cannot help wondering what one of my loud snare drums would sound like in there! |
Marcus de Mowbray
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TrevCircleStudios
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/08/2011 : 18:52:42
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| you can get some idea how the room sounds if you take a listen on www.circlestudios.co.uk (new website is in process of being built so it's currently pointing to myspace). If you scroll down you'll find some unprocessed drums. |
You can't polish a turd!
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Captain Bubble
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 14/08/2011 : 08:40:09
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I too like zhenging me yang.
So Trev, when is it due to be completed? |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 15/08/2011 : 03:11:00
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i'm *hoping it will all be done by Christmas. We'll see how far out I am...
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 21/08/2011 : 11:56:31
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Here's a question for you then. If you need 8 inch thick concrete walls to stop any sound getting out or going into the room, what do you do for the roof?
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