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Barry

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Nov 9, 2009, 7:13:02 PM11/9/09
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I'm looking to do something on the cheap until I finish my basement. Maybe
frame something on wheels and put up some walls. Any ideas?

Barry

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Richard Crowley

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Nov 9, 2009, 6:42:20 PM11/9/09
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"Barry" wrote ...

> I'm looking to do something on the cheap until I finish my basement. Maybe
> frame something on wheels and put up some walls. Any ideas?

If you are only recording the mating call of gnats, then most any space will
probably do just fine. OTOH, if you are recording anything larger (or any-
thing that involves some unknown number of musicians) then perhaps you
should describe what you want to record (and how) if you want any useful
responses.

Why wheels? Why not some other (temporary) room? There seem to
be several details, constraints and conditions that you didn't mention.


Richard Webb

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Nov 10, 2009, 1:38:19 AM11/10/09
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On Mon 2037-Nov-09 18:42, Richard Crowley writes:
> If you are only recording the mating call of gnats, then most any
> space will probably do just fine. OTOH, if you are recording
> anything larger (or any- thing that involves some unknown number of
> musicians) then perhaps you should describe what you want to record
> (and how) if you want any useful responses.

Would agree.

> Why wheels? Why not some other (temporary) room? There seem to be
> several details, constraints and conditions that you didn't mention.

I was interpreting his query to mean gobos, or flats, maybe
on caster wheels for ease of storage. IF so I'd point him
to Malcolm Chisholm's article on the subject.

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Richard
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Arkansan Raider

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Nov 9, 2009, 10:05:33 PM11/9/09
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Richard Webb wrote:

> I was interpreting his query to mean gobos, or flats, maybe
> on caster wheels for ease of storage. IF so I'd point him
> to Malcolm Chisholm's article on the subject.
>
> Regards,
> Richard


Richard, do you by any chance have a title for that?

I just did a cursory search at Amazon and all I got were business textbooks.

Thanks!

---Jeff

Arny Krueger

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Nov 10, 2009, 6:40:33 AM11/10/09
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http://bluesheaven.com/programs/blues-who-of-the-blues/malcolm-chisholm/


Richard Webb

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Nov 10, 2009, 2:48:50 PM11/10/09
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On Mon 2037-Nov-09 22:05, Arkansan Raider writes:
>> I was interpreting his query to mean gobos, or flats, maybe
>> on caster wheels for ease of storage. IF so I'd point him
>> to Malcolm Chisholm's article on the subject.

> Richard, do you by any chance have a title for that?

I don't, was on his web site, which has changed recently.
SOmebody else in this group sent me the new url a few months ago, but I can't seem to locate it. Had a friend retrieve
the articles for me again though.

IF somebody else here doesn't chime in with his new place of web residence for these articles drop a note to elspider at
bellsouth dot net and I"ll send that article along to you.
But, there's lots of good stuff there, room mode
calculators, all sorts of goodies.

AR> I just did a cursory search at Amazon and all I got were business
AR> textbooks.

Yah, wrong place, try the dreaded google for his name.
STart with that link Arnie gave you possibly.

Arkansan Raider

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Nov 10, 2009, 11:14:39 AM11/10/09
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Roger that.

Much thanks, Richard!

---Jeff

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Barry

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Nov 10, 2009, 8:41:30 PM11/10/09
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Anyone tried a noise deadening sheet rock that is cost effecient and
worthwhile.


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Scott Dorsey

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Nov 10, 2009, 7:22:48 PM11/10/09
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Barry <ama...@healthwisemonthly.com> wrote:
>Anyone tried a noise deadening sheet rock that is cost effecient and
>worthwhile.

They all work, and they all work according to their mass. 500 lbs of
material is a lot more effective than 100 lbs.

Doesn't help for structure-borne vibration, mind you, but it can do a
lot to prevent airborne noise from coupling in. It's no substitute
for proper floating, but it can help alongside floating.
--scott

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Wecan do it

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"Barry" <ama...@healthwisemonthly.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone tried a noise deadening sheet rock that is cost
> effecient and worthwhile.


Sound deadening is not going to do much for your recording
environment except perhaps delaying when the neighbors call
the cops on you or lowering the noise level from the nearby
street or airport in you room.

You should really start with wideband absorption if you want
your instruments to sound natural and your listening or
recording space to be accurate and translate well on other
stereo's.

There is a huge difference between sound-proofing and
"acoustifying" a space. You need to understand this.

It really is time to get F. Alston Everett's books and start
understanding the difference. For the price of a couple of
sheets of sheet-rock, you will save yourself from wasting a
lot of time and money.

peace
dawg

PS: I got the word "acoustifying" from Bob Katz in a recent
Recording Mag interview. I love it.


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