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Sound Curtain[/caption]I'm making the room as a capsule in my garage with 120x45mm studs and joists. I will put double layer of plaster boards on the outsides and then fill the gaps with 120mm sound-absorbing insulation.
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Sound Foam[/caption]I won't put any plasterboard on the inside walls because I want the sound to absorb right into the insulation but I will also be coating the inside with sound absorbing curtains and 80mm sound foam. That should keep the reverb to a minimum and my neighbors happy =)
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Wood Yard[/caption]This morning I drove up to the local wood yard and bought wood for the frame. I ended up getting 22x4.5m 120x95mm and 10x3.0m 120x95mm beams. Managed to negotiate a 23% discount which I was happy about. They also served free coffee!
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Child Labor[/caption]Two of my kids came out to help me screwing down some foam on the wood beams that would be facing down - this is to prevent any moisture from creeping up into the framework and also to give a good seal to the floor if there are any uneven areas. The title of the picture is wrong, I don't think it can be classed as child labor because I didn't pay them anything =)
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Base Corners[/caption]My kids quickly abandoned me to watch Pippi Longstocking instead and I moved ahead by screwing together the base frame. I use L-plates on the insides and two long 180mm screws for additional strength. This will be laying on the floor anyway so it's not all that important.[caption id="attachment_363" align="alignright" width="300"]
Base Done[/caption]Base was done fairly rapidly, so far so good. Now my wife and kids wanted to go for a "fika" (coffee/drink and cake) so we drove off for a couple of hours. I had coffee and a danish, well worth a 1.5 hour return trip drive on icy roads? Well, the company was great and the kids had pancakes.
Darkness fell (sun goes down early here during the winter) and I moved ahead and built another identical frame (without the foam) to go on top. I also cut the vertical studs to length. While doing this I listened to Skeptics Guide to the Universe which is a great science and critical thinking podcast that's been running for 10 years now (500 episodes) - I can highly recommend the podcast.[caption id="attachment_368" align="alignright" width="300"]
Spectator[/caption]Another spectator, my 7-month old daughter, showed up for a while too. She refused to help me even the slightest little bit but she gave off some sounds that I was unable to determine if it was in favor of my construction work or not. When the room is finished she'll be put in it so I can record a lot of baby sounds anyway so she'll come to some use after all![caption id="attachment_369" align="alignleft" width="300"]
Today's Progress[/caption]This is where I'm up to after today. The framework is coming along nicely and I'll be putting plasterboards up where I've put up the studs because I then need to push the whole contraption into the corner hoping it's not too heavy by then. I'll get there somehow and I can't wait to finally finish off the recording room so I can get cracking with the backlog of sounds I've been writing down for the past months.
The rest of the garage is still a mess but when the room is finished I should be able to get that in decent order too. Tomorrow I have to go to my normal day-job but hopefully I'll have some energy to keep on building in the evenings now that I'm finally off to a good start.CONTINUE TO PART 2
