Hey, folks. I am new to this forum, but not to Philmusic per se. I am delighted to find this thread, which should come in handy as I build a personal project studio at home.
I am even more thrilled to learn from the masters, like MikeP. He is as legit and pro as they come. I should know because in the 90s, when Jim was just starting PhilMusic out of his ADB free time, I was a DJ for a radio station that MikeP co-founded (CityLite 88.3). That said, of course, he designed its on-air booth, where I went on the air for a good five years, and enjoyed every bit of it.
The last few weeks, I've been researching (you should too) about studio design. There are a ton of stuff on the Net. Of course, I bought a couple of books from the masters, Philip Newell, and F. Alton Everest, to name a few.
Like many of you, I am new to studio design/retrofitting. But already, I have much to share. For starters, here's my project studio, which I designed using BeLight's Live Interior 3D software, and lots of 3D object models from Google's 3D Warehouse:
http://www.textraextra.com/textra/images/LawnView.jpghttp://www.textraextra.com/textra/images/FarLeftCornerView.jpghttp://www.textraextra.com/textra/images/FarRightCornerView.jpgBut don't be fooled. This is just the interior design. I am a long way from being able to afford this.
But I can dream, can't I?
Of course, I have also gone deeper, beyond the looks and into the actual science of acoustics. Needless to say, I'm still a newbie, not like MikeP & Co. But if I am going to spend hard-earned money, I want to do it right, don't you? Anyway, I hope to share my newbie learnings along the way. And I hope to post the progress of "my new baby" on this forum, with pics and decision considerations.
For now, let me chime in on a recent post about furring channels. I, too, have been trying to source resilient channels here in Manila, but could not find them; not on the Net; not in Home Depot or Wilcon. The closest I got were these
http://www.jeasteel.com.ph/cgi-bin/products/product_detail.asp?parent_id=2, hat-type furring channels. They look usable, but the hat was 1.5 to 2 inches deep, which meant it'll eat up more of my studio's interior space/floor area. Alternatively, I may just go with double dry walls, bonded together using Green Glue.
Like I said, there is much to share; too much, in fact, for one post. Stay tuned!