Definitely up for that! :D
Likewise!
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Woot woot! Hopefully I'll be a little more set up and settled into the new studio by then :)
Ah well you know the requirements for Inktober are all but studio-quality, whatever you're ready for then! :D Although the studio seems to be looking pretty good already!
Indeed indeed! It's getting there, but still a way to go :) You'll see it as it progresses on the YouTube vids I guess :D
I guess I will. :D Looking forward to seeing the upgrades! Function-wise it looks pretty grand already, suppose there's a bit more storage stuff in store for all the instrumentation and such hmm, otherwise what more could you need... a little decorative lighting, mahogany panels, a comfortable leather couch on the side? ;)
Staying tuned for ongoing structure and studio finish anywho!
Hehe, lol re the panels and couch XD Mainly shelving to put up, wiring a patch bay + some extra electrical utilities, and finalising the acoustic treatment really :) Been considering some extra lighting indeed though I'll have to make sure to find something that's not going to being more noise into the audio path. Gotta be careful about that!
Hehe ah yes shelves sound wise! A bit more to the studio experience than I'd predicted... I wonder if there's some studio-specific lighting musicians use hmm, there's a lot of colorful LED strip type stuff in the background when you view videos, but maybe it's not so much the light type so much as how it's connected? Remember talking on that before, interesting very profession-specific consideration...
I'm actually planning the shelves from both an aesthetic and acoustic point of view, trying to make use of the furnature as natural diffusion so that I need less specialist acoustic treatment and make the best use of space etc.. :)
LED seems like a good way to go: Low power, compact etc... Halogen lights and some other types can often lead to lots of hum in the recordings (from experience). My only worry is sometimes digital controls can lend a different kind of noise into the signal so maybe some very basic battery operated LED (rather than multi-coloured) would be the way to go. Gotta experiment!
Ooh right, they do impact acoustics too. How do you use shelves as a diffusion, is there a science to that too, a particular size of shelf that works best, placement, orientation? Or just more acoustic treatment overall if shelves impact?
Mmm, LED in particular ought work pretty well with battery life. I don't know if it'd feed into the signal or no, but I believe any LED lighting that you plug into a regular socket has a built-in transformer to reduce the power output for the actual diode(s), and cheap transformers give off some dirty electricity. The lights also end up using more power than they really need, even if it's still substantially less than other light sources, but that seems like a benefit with batteries, lower voltage from the get-go. Cool cool, some YT videos on light sources and signal noise'd be useful too! ;)
Mainly positioning and the way you stack them re shelves. If you have stuff on them at inconsistent depth/angle/density then that should help scatter sounds to diffuse reflections, rather than having a strong reflection off a plane wall. Example: that's a good reason to have shelves at the back of the room behind your listening position, so that the sound doesn't reflect cleanly off the back wall from your speakers. Basic line: use absorption panels to reduce reverb, use diffusion to make the reverb more even (less distinct echoes), and a combination of the 2 is the dream team!
You echoed my thoughts on the LED/noise situation. Hehe, would be cool to do a video on it, but I'm personally not buying a load of noisy lights just to demonstrate a point, Lol XD
Practical advice for future construction, GTK. :)
Woot. Hehe well a recap on noiseless such ought be just as useful. :) Looking forward to the next tour anywho, whatever the additions!
Woot woot and cheers :D Next one's been recorded and should be out at the start of next month I think?
@Jabun Ah studio pretty much ready already? Looking forward!
Hehe, not quite, but it is a big update of sorts that I've already mentioned in written posts. Should be FINALLY getting some extra shelving next week though so I'm excited about that :D I think it's still going to be a while until it's "done"!
Cool cool, small but incremental steps are the way eh!
Cyberdevil
Happy New Year again Nick! 🎉✨
May this one be just brimming with opportunities and good things!
Jabun
And to you too CD! Hopefully you'll be up for another Inktober collab this year too :D Looking forward to it!