Build a studio
My friend Charlotte mentioned on Facebook that she's building a "soundproof studio" in her garage and was curious as to how it would work. At least one commenter mentioned the fabled "egg cartons" solution (I hope in jest) but I knew this is nowhere near good enough. Egg cartons and acoustic foam on the walls will not soundproof anything. Acoustic foam is for sound treatment INSIDE the room. To build a "sound proof" studio you need a floating room.
A quick google around turns up some interesting links:
A quick google around turns up some interesting links:
- On this page there is a link to an "Instructables" PDF: http://createdigitalmusic.com /2009/03/12/instructable-how-to-build-a-music-studio-in-an-apartment/
- This is the first in a series about building a home studio: http://revolutionaudio.ca /store/2006_09_01_archive.php#6886430431023584036
- This is an interesting article about 'flanking noise', i.e. noise transmitted through gaps and vibrating structures: http://www.greengluecompany.com /understandingFlankingNoise.php
- If you got some spare land then you're interested in this guy's thread about actually building an actual studio building from scratch: http://www.gearslutz.com /board/photo-diaries-recording-studio-construction-projects/ 161575-manifold-recording-studio-construction-thread.html
Victor Xray Gig - 25th April
I will be doing a live set at the Spoonbill CD launch in Brisbane at the Step Inn in the Valley, Saturday April 25 2009. About 10pm in the corner bar.
Host: !113g@1 v@1u3
Start Time: Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 9:00pm
End Time: Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 5:00am
Location: Step Inn (Downstairs + Corner Bar)
Street: cnr St Pauls Tce & Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
City/Town: Brisbane, Australia
After nearly two years of questing through the audio underworld, wrestling crocodile-headed samplers and taming fire-breathing speaker stacks, Spoonbill has returned to the earth's surface, ready to address his ecstatic followers. His message: Zoomorphic, a shapeshifting sonic celebration of Spoonbillism. Zoomorphic is set to earn Australia's most unique aural oracle thousands of fresh converts across the globe. Zoomorphic is the third album by electronic musician Spoonbill (aka Jim Moynihan), following the critically acclaimed Megafauna (2005) and Nestegg (2007). This time around, Spoonbill's anarchic, quirk-funk, glitched-up aesthetic has been forensically finessed like never before, sculpted to a well-bodied medley of groove-based sound art. The Zoomorphic experience is crafted from an intricate web of edited studio recordings of exceptional musos melded with found sounds, foley folly and synthesized materials, much of which was captured while recently touring across US, Canada, Europe & UK. Squishy pulsating bass lines carpet the undergrowth, while dirty squelchy synth licks frolic in a warped menagerie of neurotic cyborgs, rattlesnakes, sirens, champagne froth, fireworks and crushed eggshells. The jamboree coalesces to form a single groove shrieking beat-creature, covered with feathers, scales, bells and whistles. Zoomorphic is a diverse musical mutant for late-night dancefloors, introspective train-rides, and everything in between. This fresh batch of Spoonytunes will captivate fans of glitch-hop, IDM, breaks, psychedelic electronica, folktronica, dubstep, trip-hop and more – but the Spoonbill's mighty call can't be pigeon-holed into any single genre. Some folk call it “vaudeville electronica”, responding to the jovial carnival feel like circus clowns with lobsters in their pants.
Celebrating the launch of the new CD in Brisbane in wild style across 2 rooms of the Step Inn, Spoonbill will be supported in the Main Room by:
SEED Byron- Lively http://www.myspace.com/7seed
SIMULCAST Live A/V http://www.myspace.com/simulcast
SILENT SHADOW Live http://www.myspace.com/silentshadowthemusical
BLUNT INSTRUMENT Lively Duo- Début http://www.myspace.com/bluntinstrumentbeats + DJ SHARDS !113g@1 v@1u3 http://www.myspace.com/d_appleseed
with Dubstep in the Corner Bar courtesy of:
CROOKED SOUND SYSTEM Canberra http://www.myspace.com/crookedsoundsystemspace
VICTOR X-RAY Live http://www.myspace.com/victorxray
FINGERPRINT Pitch Productions- Live http://www.myspace.com/fingerprintsound + RESETESER http://www.myspace.com/reseteser
& DANK MORASS DJs http://www.myspace.com/dankmorass
Tickets now on sale for $15 + b/f from OzTix.com & their vendors including Rockinghorse, Butter Beats & Gooble Warming.
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?m=Choose&eventID=9210&promoID=100
$20 on the door on the night.