I’m going to be building a new studio for myself in the very near future in a new space offered to me by my current landlord, which also happens to be a church. I learnt a lot during the build of my current studio (which I’ll be gutting & salvaging as much as possible), but the new location presents a couple of issues which I haven’t dealt with before.
The main issue is that the studio is to be built on a mezzanine level, which is timber flooring on wooden joists. I doubt I would be able to afford looking into fully isolating the studio,
specifically the floor, so I was hoping for some advice on what level of isolation I would need & how to approach it.The main uses of my studio are mixing, editing & overdubs. I do record entire projects from time to time, including drums, although ideally I use another studio for tracking when the project is a loud rock band or similar. My current studio has a control room of approx. 3.5m x 5.25m & a booth of approx. 3m x 2.5m.
The new site is approx. 4.5m x 8.5m in total (I don’t have exact measurements yet) & I was thinking of dividing this in a similar way to my current studio, but with a wide entrance to the booth which could be opened up to create a larger recording area incorporating the control room (the booth would be at the rear of the CR). Directly below the mezzanine level is a space which will likely either become amenities or a storage area. This area is off to the side of what will become the stage of a large auditorium (yes, I’ll be putting in tie-lines).
Here’s a photo looking towards what (at this stage) will be the back half of the control room & booth. You can see that the sloping ceiling (only the back half slopes) & roof ties will present their own problems, but at this stage I’m just looking for ideas on how to approach the floor, considering I will be mixing, recording mainly vocals & guitar amps, but also the occasional drum kit.