Hello from Austin

[Lonnie]

After a few days of casual searching online, I found this forum yesterday. My head is swimming! I can already tell there is so much useful information here. I'm a part time musician, who, like at least a few people here, have found that family, kids, schedules, etc. have made it nearly impossible for me to record or practice at home. I used to just push the sofa against the wall and leave amps and mics set up in the living room for weeks at a time. What happened!?

Well, after dreaming of it for years, I'm now planning to build a small studio in our yard. I'm a home builder, so the actual envelope isn't anything new for me. However, I can see I have a good bit to learn about the nuances required for isolation, to say nothing of pleasant acoustics. I'll post questions in the coming days in the studio design section. For now, I have a lot of reading to do. Thank you for this resource!

[gullfo]

welcome! even the shell and foundation can be critical to your studio esp if you intend to have high isolation between rooms (presuming you have rooms )

[Lonnie]

I might have rooms. The truth is that as much as I'd love a separate CR, probably 80% of what I'll be recording will probably involve me performing as well. So an open control room, or CR/LR combined may be the way forward.

I've read through a lot of threads already. Is there a preferred place to post general questions? I suppose I can jump into Studio Design, but unlike many posts, I'm less focused at the moment. Thanks!

[gullfo]

yeah possibly start a new trhread with all the gory details in the design section.