VOCAL BOOTH AND STUDIO CONSTRUCTION IN LOFT CONVERSION

carbone · Post by **carbone** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:51 am

HI EVERYONE IM A PRODUCER AND NEED HELP. I HAVE A LOFT CONVERION ROOM AND WISH TO BUILD A STUDIO.
I HAVE READ MANY POSTS AND THE INFORMATION IS REALLY USEFULL.
WHAT I AM ASKING IS IF ANYONE CAN GIVE A STEP BY STEP PLAY BY PLAY CONSTRUCTION INFO ON MAKING A VOCAL BOOTH FOR ONE PERSON.WHICH IS SOUND PROOF AND HAS ALL THE BENEFITS OF A PRO. THE VB NEEDS TO BE SOUNDPROOF SO I CAN PLAY BACK THE MUSIC WHILE THE ARTIST IS SINGING/RAPPIN. I NEED INFO ON WOOD , MATERIALS , SOUND PROOFING MATERIALS AND EXACTLY HOW TO BUILD IT. AS I SAID MY ROOM IS A LOFT CONVERSION , THE LENGTH IS 20FT ,WIDTH 12 FT, HEIGHT IN CENTRE OF THE ROOM AS A LOFT CONVERSION HAS SLOPING SIDES IS 6FT 8INCHES, FROM FLOOR TO WHERE SLOPE ON SIDE WALLS BEGINS IS 1 M. THERE IS AN ATTACHMENT WITH A BASIC ROOM PLAN.

WHERE WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE FOR THE TABLE WITH PC MONITOR ECT TO GO IN THE ROOM, AND THE BEST PLACEFOR THE VB. ALSO WHERE SHOULD I PLACE BASS TRAPS AND OTHER ROOM ACOUSTIC TREATMENTS

YOUR HELP IS GRATLY APPRECIATED AS LOFT CONVERSIONS ARE COMMON PLACE IN ENGLAND AND I KNOW MYSELF AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY HELPAND ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE.

KEEP UP YHE GOOD WORK

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:05 am

First, can you please turn off the CAPS lock? Lower case is much easier to read, thanks -

Second, a booth needs all the same things done to work well as any other room, you will find a lot of help to get started understanding what works by reading the first 3-4 subjects in the REFERENCE section, about wall construction, mass-air-mass, etc -

With ceiling heights that low, it's gonna be tricky unless you lay down in the booth - hopefully you can draw a basic sketch showing your ceiling heights (an elevation drawing) - then we can kick some ideas around... Steve

carbone · Post by **carbone** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:51 am

hi thanks for the quick reply i have done a sketch in windows paint but i cant have it as an attachment what can i use to draw the sketch and upload it.
thanks

Post by **kendale** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:20 pm

Aloha carbone,

I use Windoze paint as well.

Be sure to save it as a jpeg or .gif (say around 600 pixels wide), and it should and load up and attach fine.

Aloha

SonicClang · Post by **SonicClang** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:22 pm

Can't anyone around here even afford the $80 Paint Shop Pro?

i bought it 7 years ago and I still use it. I haven't even updated it. Still using 5.0, but it works great!

carbone · Post by **carbone** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:13 am

hi thanks for the tip ive attached the image of my loft converison room, as the highest point is in the middle of the room i will place the booth there length ways it wil be a bit tght as im 6ft 1 but imsure i wll be able to manage. just need to know how to build the bloody thing!!!!!!!also i need to know where to place bass traps and other acoustic treatment in the room. Any help would be excellent.

thanks

carbone · Post by **carbone** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:15 am

and also where would be the best place to set up the table with pc, monitors ect ect thanks

carbone · Post by **carbone** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:41 am

here is a sketchup view of the lft any help would be great
thanks

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