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[Dave Courvoisier 702.610.6288]

Ok, folks...suggestions puh-leeze.

Vegas is going to be in the 90's by the end of the week, which means I'm beginning another long hot Summer in my booth.

Right now, when I close the door...there's no ventilation. Yeah, it get spretty ripe for the long-format stuff.

Suggestions for quiet passive or active cool-air flow systems?  

Dan Lenard -- you got any recommendations?  Bob, how again do you do your studio there in sweaty Charlotte?

Dave C

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[Robert Souer]

Dave,

My booth is the bonus room in our house. I positioned myself so that when I'm readying copy I'm standing right in the path of one of the A/C ducts so I have a gentle, cool breeze blowing in my direction all of the time when I'm reading and working.

I know that doesn't help you much, but you asked.

Be well,
Bob Souer
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[Daniel Lenard]

CourVo,

Ventilation has never been a problem for me as “The Black Hole Of Calcutta” Studio is in basement in Buffalo. Its always a pleasant 70 degrees down here, Winter, Summer and Fall. OK, in March and April its cold and damp down here and reeks havoc on my voice, but 3  outta four ain’t bad.

Whisper rooms in killer climates like Vegas are not real practical as far as air flow goes. You have moving air, you have noise. It may be one of those things that I talk about a lot. Patience. You may have to “come out of the closet” (So to speak) and into a more comfortable area of you studio, do the best you can with sound baffling and when the A/C kicks on, stop what you’re doing, read the copy again for practice, or so some soduku, until the A/C finishes cycling. The turn it off for half an hour, save yourself a ton of dough on electricity, and make money reading your copy.  Then turn it all back on. I love it when the wife comes home late in the afternoon in Winter or summer after the air or Furnace has been off all day. “Hey! Is the Furnace on?” Its freezing up here! ooops.

You’re best bet is  ventilation and precise noise filters in post. If your doing ISDN, welll...

:-3)
 

On 5/4/09 7:55 AM, "Robert Souer" <rso...@bobsouer.com> wrote:[Dan Lenard]

[Mandy Nelson]

My booth gets too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter and I
just chalk it up to being part of a really great job. There are times,
when I'm dripping sweat and in the middle of a session but since the
client can't see me, they don't have to know that my "please hold for
just a moment" wasn't to take a sip of water but, rather, to remove an
item of clothing. Hey, you do what you have to, right? So kick off the
socks, Dave, and keep on readin'. ;)

--
Mandy Nelson
Dandysound
www.dandysound.com
(508) 410-9754

[Griz326]

Rod Gervais has a chapter dedicated to HVAC issues in his book, "Home
Recording Studio Build It Like the Pros."

A radio station I worked at had a novel approach to letting the guys
in the studio breath ;) They air conditioned an adjacent storage room
to near freezing and installed intake/outake fans on big vents between
the rooms. We controlled the fans with a foot switch. For a cheesy
solution it worked pretty well.






On May 4, 12:57 am, "Dave Courvoisier 702.610.6288"

<Cou...@CourVO.com> wrote:
> Ok, folks...suggestions puh-leeze.
>
> Vegas is going to be in the 90's by the end of the week, which means I'm
> beginning another long hot Summer in my booth.
>
> Right now, when I close the door...there's no ventilation. Yeah, it get
> spretty ripe for the long-format stuff.
>

> Suggestions for *quiet* passive or active cool-air flow systems?