Soundman2020 - Studio Design Forum

Thanks Stuart for all your suggestions & knowledge. I've almost completed the inner shell in my tracking room and getting ready to start building my control room. I'm looking at some different plans for the control room but have a few other things that I'm unsure of. I've included some pics to i...

Thanks Stuart, thats a great idea shimming the bottom of the sheetrock to create a gap for calking! So you think just using acoustical calling is fine in those gaps or should I ad backer rod then caulk? Yes I plan to stagger all joints in the ways you specified. Luckily I have done my share of sheet...

Thanks for all the advice Stuart. I've framed up my inner walls in my LR. I'm getting ready to insulate with R13 and put 2 layers of 5/8" sheetrock with green glue in between. Should I use unfaced insulation or do I need faced and if so which side would the faced go? I included some pics.

thumbnail.jpeg fullsizeoutput_25.jpeg Careful with that! You seem to be showing your inner-leaf walls directly connected to the outer-leaf! Are those joists at the top your outer-leaf? Or are they the inner-leaf ceiling? If that's the outer-leaf up there, then you have a problem.... The inner-leaf ...

Stuart, thank you for your thorough response! Yes you are correct in the framing design of the build. The addition is the main LR. I do plan on making a small iso room around 8' X 10' within it in one of the corners. As far as storage I was going to use some of the existing garage for that and in th...

fullsizeoutput_1e.jpeg Hi All, I'm building a home recording studio and feel blessed to have found this forum! I've spent some time learning from here and Rod Gervais's book as well. I added an addition to my existing attached garage, so far just the outer shell. I'm planning now to finish the inne...