My studio is built into the basement of an old, early 1900s villa. It is a purpose built studio and has been very well constructed - however, the original basement floor was uneven, with about three levels. Because of this, a pretty poorly constructed floor was built a while back, leaving a cavity in some places about a foot and a half deep. This floor was not rebuilt when I had the rest of the studio constructed. Needless to say, there is a serious low-end resonance and oomph that I'd love to get rid of. This cavity covers around half of the live room and is absolutely doing my head in.
This leads to my first question: Has anybody any experience with filling cavities like this? I was originally toying with the idea of an expanding/hardening filler but am not sure what this would do acoustically. This would be ideal as I would likely not have to tear up the entire floor as it would be a pump-based system.
Secondly.. The entire studio has recently seemed very damp and musky. I have air conditioning in both the live and control room and am going to figure out today how to set it to automatically run a few hours a day but thought it would be worth checking if anyone else has any good tips on controlling damp or musky environments. Obviously I'm extremely concerned about the well-being of all my gear!
Thanks in advance
This leads to my first question: Has anybody any experience with filling cavities like this? I was originally toying with the idea of an expanding/hardening filler but am not sure what this would do acoustically. This would be ideal as I would likely not have to tear up the entire floor as it would be a pump-based system.
Secondly.. The entire studio has recently seemed very damp and musky. I have air conditioning in both the live and control room and am going to figure out today how to set it to automatically run a few hours a day but thought it would be worth checking if anyone else has any good tips on controlling damp or musky environments. Obviously I'm extremely concerned about the well-being of all my gear!
Thanks in advance
