The Perfect Studio The purpose of this (and many) studio builds is to create a great listening space, a place where one can mix and/or...

The Final Finishes... Hiding, Hiding, Hiding! At this point, the studio as a working room had, by all intents and purposes, been built....

The Design Clearly, I had reached the point where I just wanted to fill my still-to-be-finished studio with more furniture! Shortly after...

Studio Sidecar Design Remember a few blog posts back, when talking about audio connections, I hinted at the concept of always preparing...

Now we can begin to make the studio look nice...ish! As I was using the original brick walls as the boundaries of the studio, I wouldn't...

One part of the pre-planning stage for the studio build involved thinking about convenient connectivity. Ideally I wanted all connections...

Why Diffusion? The decision to build a diffuser into the studio came about from an aesthetic appeal, and a curiosity in their acoustic...

It was time to finally finish the front wall. This consisted of cutting, sanding, oiling, and attaching around 60 pine strips to the...

Having been worried through research about the low-end problems of a small room, I looked at all possible avenues for appropriate...

This week we're turning our attention back to the front wall design, the how, and why, I mounted speakers flush into the wall. Why? What...

The ceiling was always a point of contention, the already low ceiling height would be introducing some nasty room modes, but the room...

With the internal walls in place, I could turn my attention towards the floor. As with most studio designs, carpet is a no-no, absorbing...

With the fundamental bass trapping in place, I could now turn my attention to the front wall construction. In my design, I opted for...

The problem with small rooms is that they tend to exhibit disparate low-frequency energies, with large nulls and peaks up and down the...

Having clean, usable power and the right lighting in a studio is a must! I've been in too many studios where you spend more time...

With any sealed or sound-proofed room, the challenge is in getting a constant flow of fresh air into the room and getting the stale air...

Once the fundamentals were sorted, it was time to start building the internal framework. I bought a shed-load of pressure-treated timber...

The problem with basement builds is damp. The problem with soundproofed builds is ventilation. So why not combine the two and have one...

Removing Supporting Columns As with anything, we need to start with a solid foundation to build upon, in this case... literally. Before I...

Testing the Waters Before beginning this project, I hadn't had much experience of building things apart from the odd bit of DIY. So I...