News about the DIY transformation of an old print company into a recording studio .

2009 09 04

I turn the news into a blog beginning September 04 2009 here.

 

2009 09 02

Workin on windows, workin on windows , workin on windows, and so on ...
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2009 09 1st

Bravo Yu for the fabric of the 1st window
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2009 08 31

Cleaning & beginnin wood stops for the glasses. I think I ll do the windows myself. New Job !
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2009 08 29

Some détails to do on the back wall of the cr.
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2009 08 27

The back wood wall of the control room.

 

2009 08 26

Still on the back wood wall of the control room.

 

2009 08 25

Beginnin the back wood wall of the control room.

 

2009 08 23

Bass-traps are ready, waiting for fabrics, first I need doors & windows. Next step is the back wood wall of the control room.

 

2009 08 22

I'v finished the left bass-trap & begun the right one .
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2009 08 21

I took the loud speakers stands of the rec studio.
I take out the rollers & I begin the left bass-trap .
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2009 08 20

Still on the left wood wall of the control room .

 

2009 08 19

35° day . I v begun the wood left wall of the CR.

 

2009 08 17

The small wood right wall of the control room is finished . It was more than 2 days of work ... I m sure that wood professionals will laugh, but here it is.

 

2009 08 14

Can't get prices for laminated glass, big dealers are closed in August, so I begun wood walls at the back of the CR with oak & merbau in sales .

 

2009 08 12

Continue wood for windows & caulking .
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2009 08 11

And now we have a small bar ! ..............+ beginning wood for the windows .
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2009 08 10

No no I'm not dead ! Not big stuff but important details like toilets / inside of the window & entry ( thanks to the tiling girl ! )
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2009 07 31

Contractor supposed to make acoustic doors & windows doesn t want the job anymore, & find a new one in july or august in france looks like an impossible mission ! STAND BY !

2009 07 24

Loud speakers cables finally where they need to go,hard job for 2 persons !
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2009 07 19

I v finished the rock wool on the walls
of the voice studio..................... & the studio.
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2009 07 18

abracadabra, Before & After
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Iv finished the rock wool on the CR walls
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2009 07 15

I begun to put rockwool on the walls in the vocal studio & in the Control Room
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2009 07 13

Good news, I v got my rock wool 100x150x8
Bad news, no news from the company supposed to make doors & windows + still waiting for loud speakers cables + still waiting for the tissue price !

 

2009 07 11

Beginning bass-traps .
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2009 07 08

End of the wood structure & rockwool on the small ceiling of the studio.

 

2009 07 07

Continue wood structure on a studio wall .

& big self brain storming to find a wood structure for the small ceiling part ( to hold 4cm rockwool) & the upper part of the wall above ( to hold a 8cm rockwool), I v begun like that ... more to come ...

 

2009 07 06

End of the 1st rockwool layer in the vocal studio ceiling.

And TAN TAN TAN ...... My last gypsum board on the studio ceiling. Waouh great !

2009 07 04

End of the 1st layer of 4cm rockwool on the CR ceiling. I wait for the 8cm acoustished for the 2 holes.

2009 07 02

I continue the 1st layer of 4cm rock wool on the CR ceiling :

2009 07 01

I ve found the way to fix the 1st layer of 4cm rock wool on the ceiling :

 

2009 06 29

I v finished the CR wood wall structure.
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2009 06 28

Continue, continue, & so on ... !!!
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2009 06 27

Beginning rear wall of the Control Room
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2009 06 25

Continue wall structure but slowly because of my left hand
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A rough design of the CR
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Bandage competion, Thanks Sophie !

2009 06 22

Argh first accident. The cutter cut the glove
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But also the nail & the thumb
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2009 06 20

Still the wood structure for rockwool & wood walls,here left side of the CR
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2009 06 13

Goin forward with wood structure for rockwool
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But goin backward for air conditioner ... everythin I d prepared was at the wrong place, so holes in my gb, other stuff to put at the right place & so on....

 

2009 06 06

BIG NEWS ! We have water now, cold & hot ! & toilets too.
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2009 06 05

I ve begun the wood structure in the control room, I ll finish my 4X4cm stock & buy 4X8cm wood to continue.

CR
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