September 5, 2008 by lyngaaskhan.

Rock on completely.

I am reminded that I haven’t been playing music for a couple of months now. Definitely missing it.
My son wants to build a studio in the garage, which is something I’ve always wanted to do as well. I have various bits of equipment and a computer that is adequate for a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). I’ll blog about the DAW another time when I get it set up again. I have a couple of software packages I plan to try out.

There are two significant challenges to overcome. First, I have to clean out the garage. It would be more accurate to refer to it as a storage warehouse. There hasn’t been a car in it for at least thirteen years. I know I could get rid of perhaps a third of it, but what to do with the rest? Where do you put the bikes, ATV’s, tools, and those items that can’t be parted with for some reason? I might be able to shove a quarter of that into the two sheds I built, but that’s about it.

Second, the area must be sound-proofed, or at least sound-reduced. My son has been playing his guitar out there during the warmer months. His preferred style of heavy metal with maximum distortion tends to wear even on me over time. I’m sure the neighbors love it. The garage is common to the house, which has a low pitched roof. I’d prefer to have a the ceiling open, but that may allow too much sound to be transmitted through the structure. With 440 square feet, I would have enough room to construct stud walls inside the outer walls with an air gap between, which should prevent sound waves from resonating with the outer walls and knock the volume down to an acceptable level as long as I insulate both sets of walls. Ventilation is a big issue in this plan. Not sure how to solve that as yet. Possibly a vent path with some diffusion and a few bends to break up the waves. It would also be useful to vent to the roof so that any sound waves are aimed up rather than toward anyones living areas, including our own.

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