The only thing I don't like about the Tascam is the WAV file format....easily converted to MP3 once exported to PC.
Geo , nice rehearsal studio . I remember back when we had the song writing contest on here. It was great fun.
Thanks man. Yeah, the song contest days were a lot of fun.
Just remember you gotta heat/cool it.
A couple of years ago I bought a seaside property with the intention of having a nice holiday come retirement home. The property came complete with a 30 x 20 ft. (approx) detached garage. Perfect for a home studio build. Two years later I'm now retired and the studio is complete.
A lot has happened during the two years, Covid-19 for starters, not only that, but my wife was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer literally a couple of months after we bought the property. The last two years have been a roller coaster ride of good and bad news, treatment, surgery, remission and recently relapse. All in all, to say the least, my head isn't in a good place but, stiff upper lip and all that crap and get on with it.
So I thought I'd share a few pics with you guys....it's the one thing I've got to keep my pecker up.
I'm very old school so the Tascam 32 track recorder not only seemed to be very cost effective for what I wanted, but also seemed to offer traditional type recording without all that DAW, Cube Base faff.
My original plan was to offer a rehearsal and recording space for local talent to utilise as well as my own projects....Covid has put the lid on that for now though.
The control room is about 2.5 metres square next to a workshop 2.5 x 4 metres for gear repairs and set ups. Performance area is 7.1 x 5.2 metres with a quad glazed window into the control room plus 12 way XLR multicore. Whole building has been sound-proofed...which works remarkably well....it's basically a big isolation box build within the garage after first insulating the outside walls and roof.
Wow what an awesome place. But I can't help but laugh - look at the guitar gear - then look at the keyboard rig, then the bass amp and the drums! Clearly the studio of a guitar player!!A couple of years ago I bought a seaside property with the intention of having a nice holiday come retirement home. The property came complete with a 30 x 20 ft. (approx) detached garage. Perfect for a home studio build. Two years later I'm now retired and the studio is complete.
A lot has happened during the two years, Covid-19 for starters, not only that, but my wife was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer literally a couple of months after we bought the property. The last two years have been a roller coaster ride of good and bad news, treatment, surgery, remission and recently relapse. All in all, to say the least, my head isn't in a good place but, stiff upper lip and all that crap and get on with it.
So I thought I'd share a few pics with you guys....it's the one thing I've got to keep my pecker up.
I'm very old school so the Tascam 32 track recorder not only seemed to be very cost effective for what I wanted, but also seemed to offer traditional type recording without all that DAW, Cube Base faff.
My original plan was to offer a rehearsal and recording space for local talent to utilise as well as my own projects....Covid has put the lid on that for now though.
The control room is about 2.5 metres square next to a workshop 2.5 x 4 metres for gear repairs and set ups. Performance area is 7.1 x 5.2 metres with a quad glazed window into the control room plus 12 way XLR multicore. Whole building has been sound-proofed...which works remarkably well....it's basically a big isolation box build within the garage after first insulating the outside walls and roof.
Anyway, Good for you, all the best wishes for your wife's health and well being.A couple of years ago I bought a seaside property with the intention of having a nice holiday come retirement home. The property came complete with a 30 x 20 ft. (approx) detached garage. Perfect for a home studio build. Two years later I'm now retired and the studio is complete.
A lot has happened during the two years, Covid-19 for starters, not only that, but my wife was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer literally a couple of months after we bought the property. The last two years have been a roller coaster ride of good and bad news, treatment, surgery, remission and recently relapse. All in all, to say the least, my head isn't in a good place but, stiff upper lip and all that crap and get on with it.
So I thought I'd share a few pics with you guys....it's the one thing I've got to keep my pecker up.
I'm very old school so the Tascam 32 track recorder not only seemed to be very cost effective for what I wanted, but also seemed to offer traditional type recording without all that DAW, Cube Base faff.
My original plan was to offer a rehearsal and recording space for local talent to utilise as well as my own projects....Covid has put the lid on that for now though.
The control room is about 2.5 metres square next to a workshop 2.5 x 4 metres for gear repairs and set ups. Performance area is 7.1 x 5.2 metres with a quad glazed window into the control room plus 12 way XLR multicore. Whole building has been sound-proofed...which works remarkably well....it's basically a big isolation box build within the garage after first insulating the outside walls and roof.
I'm using an Alesis Elevate 3 powered desktop monitor set. It's pretty perfect for what I want. My control room is only 2.5 metres square so they are plenty loud enough without distorting and can plug my Ipad or PC into it too, if I'm using the headphones for monitoring.
