Clevo Studio Build Thread!

[DavePiatek]

About 3 weeks ago, the studio where I did most of my recording unexpectedly (and abruptly) closed. I've been farming out my sessions to other studios in the area, but now I've got some time. I'm revamping my recording space since I've got a 3-week lull with no clients and no classes to teach. I'm starting with the control room, since I have some guitar overdubs to take care of in a few weeks. Here goes!

 

[PhilTheBeard]

Stoked to see the progress of your build I love these treads

 

[DavePiatek]

Building the cloud...

 

[jipchen]

Stoked to see the progress of your build I love these treads

+1


Any chance you post your plans / sketches or pictures showing the size and shape of your rooms so we get a better idea what you're planning?

Good luck with the build! And you better don't count on being all finished in only a few weeks - it will most probably take longer than expected. And then a little longer.. and then a little longer again haha

 

[miguelrx10d]

Awesome, good luck building your space!

 

[Charles J]

im with phil, LOVE these threads and LOVE the cloud!

 

[Manicompression]

Go Cleveland!!!!

 

[DavePiatek]

Corner bass traps installed, cloud hung, lighting installed. Next up: trim and doors.

Sorry about how crappy those lights look... my iphone doesn't respond well to low/mid-level lighting. It looks way cool in person. Better pics to come when it's all finished.

I don't really have any plans or sketchup or anything. For now, I'm just working out the control room. Nothing about the building is square, so the dimensions vary slightly. The control room is ~12.5'W x 15'L x 9.5H.

 

[MatrixClaw]

How are you hanging your cloud? I'm making mine tomorrow, but I'm kinda scared of hanging it and having it fall on my head or something LOL.

 

[DavePiatek]

Chains and anchors drilled directly into the ceiling above. All individually rated for about 5x the weight of the cloud.

 

[DavePiatek]

I got paranoid about the weight of the cloud thanks to you dudes... so I added some bracing today. And built the back two corner bass traps. I'm itchy.

 

[DavePiatek]

Whoops... forgot to add the photo... here ya go!

 

[DavePiatek]

It's starting to look like a studio in here!

Still need to put up some treatment, but it's already sounding pretty dece!

 

[Revson]

Damn, that's looking nice. What kind of place are you in to build the room?

 

[MatrixClaw]

Looks great. Just finished the frames for my bass traps, cloud and last wall panel. Gonna need to get some heavy duty hangers, cause my panels aren't your typical design - I'm using stained birch for the frames, which is pretty damn heavy; but they look epic :

Gonna have to move a bunch of crap out of here though, I've got too much junk in this room, and I'm honestly not even sure where the panels are going to hang with all this stuff LOL.

Your cloud mounts are just basic heavy duty screw eye hooks with chains between them then, I assume?

 

[DavePiatek]

Those panels look GREAT. Good work! My panels are hung with super heavy duty screw in hooks and chain.

 

[DavePiatek]

The building I'm in used to be an old woodworking shop. It's zoned live/work, and about 2000 sq ft when you count the upstairs living space and downstairs working space. Of the downstairs square footage, about 650-ish is usable for the studio space. The rest is a sound lock, mechanical, storage, etc. I live upstairs. My landlord is super awesome and likes the idea of a recording studio in a building she owns. Plus, I'm a totally awesome tenant who ALWAYS pays the rent on time and never causes any problems.

 

[DavePiatek]

Just got the new Central Station and remote hooked up. The last of the 703 should arrive at the beginning of next week and the control room should be COMPLETELY finished! Next, I'm doing the live room.

 

[Manicompression]

Did you get the 703 local, and if so do you mind sharing where ? Ive found a few places online that sell it reasonable but the shipping is always such that it makes me want to save for one massive order and be done with it.

 

[DavePiatek]

I ordered the 703 from GIK Acoustics. Their shipping is quite reasonable. Plus, I really like supporting the company. They seem to be one of the few non-snake oil salesmen in the acoustic treatment business.