This is my first post here and honestly, it is also the first time that I officially start a thread where i will deal with those who will have the pleasure of doing it as well as with Stuart whom I thank for the opportunity that he gives us in this forum.
My name is Lucio, i live in northern Italy and must necessarily let you know that it is really difficult for me to write in English, I am fairly good at reading, especially technical, but Google supports me on write.
I therefore ask you to have clemency with my probable errors, correct me if it will be possible.
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I read and followed numerous posts in various forums where acoustics for recording studios are discussed, in particular that of John Sayers where I had the opportunity to evaluate the competence and availability of Stuart to always actively participate in giving advice and reply in very exhaustive way with posts that will often have engaged him for hours .... no one else has been so generous in that forum.
But .... let's get to the point, me and a friend of mine are sharing a nice situation (at least in terms of enthusiasm) that appeared to us last year .... We were in the situation of having to leave our previous situation with the recording studio, a situation that is certainly not ideal for recording and mixing but .... at zero management costs!
Everything worked for a few years but inevitably ... ended!
Our friends had started an ambitious project, 400 square meters of structure for exclusive musical use, 4 rehearsal rooms, a live room, a large "events" room and 2 control rooms, the largest of which will be the subject of this thread .
I asked Stuart about his availability in considering being able to support us in the layout, I must say that his availability was truly sincere, we have no financial resources to support such an ambitious project but we would like to be able to do our best by working personally and subtracting time from our work that gives us food .... which is not this.
Maybe I go a little further .... I just want to put those who, like us, find themselves in a similar situation, find themselves having to consult an acoustic designer .... it's a real delusion !! My friend asked at least 4 acoustic designers about this project ..... everyone was wary of undertaking DIY solutions, and although I can personally believe that there are very incomprehensible variables in acoustics and that experience dictates the rules .... I totally disagree with these positions, interacting with the designer is fundamental !! but our implication cannot be reduced to a mere executive work !!
Even if for the rest of our lives we will probably no longer need to build other recording studios or control rooms .... it is essential to understand something more and learn from the mistakes !! this is growth !! I must necessarily reiterate that Stuart is the only one who is much more sensitive in this sense.
It is absolutely right for a professional to ask for adequate compensation for his work, it is also important that the professional humanly consider having to deal with people who have a strong hobby in this scope and it is not fair to speculate.
Everyone draws their own judgments..... comments are welcome!
So, let's talk about things more related to what we have in common ..... our future control room was originally of dimensions:
L 8.05mt
W 5.20mt
H 3.44mt
We realized that we lacked the space to have a small storage for microphones, cables and anything else and proposed to Stuart hypothetical new definitive measures for the control room, being able to create a partition (with drywall) in the length bringing the room to L 6.30mt.
Obviously we documented ourselves in finding and proposing a measure that would at least meet the basic requirements about Bolt/Sepmeyer/etc compliance and Stuart confirmed our choice but he still found it interesting to be able to evaluate a measurement with REW before making the new wall that would reduce the length.
What I am attaching are the measures before and after the construction of the wall, I am not able to understand the differences well but I think Stuart will benefit from his precious comments. I also attach some photos of the room which has a rather large window on the right and a window towards the live room on the left side.
On Stuart's advice, we proceeded to create the entrance door centrally, the original entrance door was completely moved to the left on the rear wall.....
The actual and definitive measure of the room length is now 6.30mt.
This room will host an 5.1 analog console and a 5.1 speaker system(Focal) on the advice that Stuart will give us ..... I know that the solution for which we have asked for his help is not the simplest, despite this Stuart sent me his pleasure in sharing our experience in this forum and this .... makes us really more motivated
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So....attached you can see the two measurements made with rew before and after the construction of the new partition which from 8.05mt in length has been reduced to 6.30m.
I really hope this thread can represent a reason for discussion or deepening for all of you, I really want to believe that the shared growth in this matter creates the opportunity to better understand the problems to be faced and understand when it is really the case to consult a real professional in acoustics. I will accept any kind of criticism, I am not a Stuart endorser ... be clear !!
I believe that the reasons that led me to contact him is sufficiently clear, I will not reply in any way to anyone who wants to feed intentions that do not fall within the technical merit, I have already read too many useless posts in the past (luckily not here) that no other purpose had if not that of deviating or syndicating affirmations .... I ask only to argue correctly and contextually. A sincere hug to everyone, even just for sharing my hobby.
All the best,
Lucio