| dcollins wrote on Mon, 01 November 2010 02:05 |
How do you pronounce your name?
When I read it my mental voice says "virtual head," but I don't think that is the correct way.
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Tricky question, let's try it out. Finnish language is not the easiest.
Vii-TaL'
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« Reply #82 on: November 02, 2010, 03:11:40 AM »
Thanks for the name explanation and the pronunciation guide. I find it fascinating. And many thanks for sharing your construction adventure.
Barry
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« Reply #83 on: November 02, 2010, 02:04:49 PM »
This all looks great! Just one comment: Won't that shine in your customer's eyes if you ever have an attended session? It might also cause reflections on screens and/or dials. I personally prefer indirect lighting when possible. Alistair
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« Reply #84 on: November 03, 2010, 04:56:28 PM »
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« Reply #85 on: November 03, 2010, 04:57:54 PM »
| UnderTow wrote on Tue, 02 November 2010 20:04 |
Won't that shine in your customer's eyes if you ever have an attended session? It might also cause reflections on screens and/or dials. I personally prefer indirect lighting when possible.
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I'm going to mostly use indirect light, too. And I did realize that lamp is huge when I actually thought of it. I'd still like to have something hanging above the desk. Gotta think.
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« Reply #86 on: November 03, 2010, 05:09:08 PM »
| Andrew Hamilton wrote on Mon, 01 November 2010 15:59 |
Love the build report, Viitalahde. Can you not just cover the rock wool with burlap or silk? Or would it be too cold - even with the other wind barriers you've put up?
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First of all, the room is designed to have some reverb left, and a little of this comes from hard drywall surfaces. I guess you could make a house which is like a fluffy ball of insulation.. Never thought of that. But it's never done, so I suppose there's something to it. Drywall alone isn't an insulator, but it does prevent wind coming in (the wind barriers don't stop it all), and I suppose it helps in insulation combined with wool. I'm not an expert on this, but I do know that 3 months from now, I'll probably have a situation in where there's a 50 degrees celcius of difference between the room temperature and the outside temperature. Room +20, outside -30. I'd better be sure.
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« Reply #87 on: November 07, 2010, 04:19:32 PM »
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« Reply #88 on: November 07, 2010, 04:20:54 PM »
 ..Every cable hole got stuffed, too.   You can see from these close-ups the mass is pretty thick goo. I tried to break one of the cable seals by twisting the cable around, but the goo joint didn't mind at all. Very flexible stuff. The next week continues with the inner structures for the acoustic walls.
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« Reply #89 on: November 23, 2010, 03:27:34 PM »
It's update time, finally. I felt too lazy two weeks ago to take some photos and put them here. This week I'm working at the studio myself, and I'm going to take it as far as I possibly can. The plan is to paint *all* of the visible drywall surfaces and do all the messy work, so that the floor can be installed as soon as possible, as well as the electricity can be finished.    This is where we are today. Quite a lot of progress from the last time. All the internal acoustic frames are done, most of the wool is stuffed in, doors are in place and what not. The last bits of drywall are also in. There are a few ugly seams that I'll simply hide with nice pieces of wood.  The thickness of the front wall is 200mm, and it will be stuffed full. Those three vertical bars are for mounting the LCD screen. Right now I'm thinking of a 32", 42's seem too big for me. Or perhaps a 37".   The Gyptone ceiling was put in today. Near the walls in the back we used plain old drywall sheets. Looks pretty nice, actually. Even better after finishing and painting. The depth of the internal ceiling is 200mm, two layers of 100mm wool inside. The currently open area will be covered with 30mm rigid acoustic panels, which I will cover with fabric. I think I need to shave off from the back of the panels a little from where the frame beams are, it'd be nice to have it at the same level with the surrounding Gyptone ceiling.  This is the door to the machine room, or a machine closet. Lots of cables remaining to be connected. The floor heating is working, and it's working well. There's some missing insulation at the roof and the -10 degrees air outside is blowing through one spot in the old wall, but the floor heating is set to 16 degrees (internal temperature), and the real room temperature is actually too warm.   Yes, it's a tiny one and you can't fit a cutting lathe there, but you can fit a computer there just fine. I'll probably make up a shelving system there, too. That hole in the wall will be sealed when the electricity is done.
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