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Practically nothing new here for those who visited the previous (claustrophobic) booth at the first floor. Kwantum’s closets with roller doors are still there, just added a new angled desk for the CDJ’s and a laptop with DJ software

Thanks to John Sayers’ Recording Studio Design Forum I found this thread with a DIY mixing- & mastering console that suits my needs. I do not own (yet) a tremendous amount of 19″ gear so I did not create the cutouts that are present in the original design. Nevertheless I’m very happy with the result

The construction phase can be viewed in detail in the “verbouwing” category (sorry, in Dutch only), this is the sound isolation summary: Elimination of transmissions through the building structure are accomplished by using floating walls and floor. The floating walls are made up from a framed wood construction containing 12,5 cm Rockwool insulation layer on [...]

The first chapter regarding building this studio is about the planning of construction, sound isolation and acoustic treatment. First of all start with the requirements and intended use of the room: this will be a typical mixing/mastering room, no live instrument/vocal recording intended so isolation requirements are to minimize transmission to the neighbours as much [...]