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[C.Cash]

So, I recieved my second replacement Rode Classic 2 from Sweetwater. SUCCESS  It sounds great! My studio is disasembled so I had to settle with my Mackie mixer for pre's and headphones, it still sounded wonderful, can't wait to put it through the API's or the Grace.

[compasspnt]

Yes, those microphones really want to be used through a great preamplifier.

Looking good.

I would say mount your boxes on the wall.

And, you seem now to have surely more than enough connections/lines.

[C.Cash]

I would then assume that my electrical socket/boxes should also be mounted on the surface? It would be a shame to cut a bunch of 2" x 4" holes in my air tight wall.

[C.Cash]

These are the boxes that I ordered. The second long one down and the smaller one to the left.

[compasspnt]

The more you can hide in the wall
the prettier things can be
but less air and sound tight

The more you surface mount
the more you will see
but hearing less of what you do not want

[C.Cash]

Well, the roof is finished! had the roof wetting Friday afternoon (Bahamian tradition) just another excuse to drink lots of beer, glad I quit
So now begins the interior. I think the first things will be to construct the new wall that will separate the studio from my dinning room. This will also have the entrance door. I am planning 2 solid core wooden doors sealed all around mounted back to back.

[C.Cash]

This is not really an acoustic question, more of a comfort question;

How high should I mount my wall panel/boxes?
I was thinking about 35 ".

Thanks.

[compasspnt]

Our main studio mic/cue panels, which are 20" square, are mounted 19" from the floor at their lowset point, extending to 39" at their highest point.

Remember that, the higher you mount the panels, the longer each microphone (and other) cable will have to be, as usually the cable, given slack, will be pulled by gravity towards the floor, and extend to its destination in that repose.

The lower you mount you panels, the more you will have to bend down to plug something in.

Life is just one big trade-off.

[C.Cash]

Moving along, This is the inside room stripped.23/10/07

[C.Cash]

The door sealed up.

[C.Cash]

The new wall framing seperating studio from the living room.The wall in the back to the left has been taken down.

[C.Cash]

Close up of framing.

[gullfo]

how come the studs on one side are inset from the edge?

one trick to reduce coupling between walls is to rip the 2x6 plate down the middle, then trim the corners on the studs so they only touch each side. under the plate should be some isolation material like neoprene. this decouples the frame and if you add a layer of resilient channel on one side, that will decouple the drywall from the frame. you don't get quite the level of isolation that fully seperated frames give you because the air gap is much reduced but its a bunch better then the single plate approach (in most cases).

[compasspnt]

Nice trick.

[C.Cash]

Glen,
The 2x6 is ripped down the middle with a 1/2" space,not much I know but I am fast running out of space. I am going to let the contractor trim the corners of the 2x4's like you've shown.

Thanks,

Clifford.