Big Barn Recording Studio - TOILET CHAPEL TARDIS BLOB

Episode 79: What can I say? I absolutely LOVE this thing.. it provides fresh air for the studio, a place of comfort in times of spiritual reflection, storage for hundreds of brooms and even disposes of your poo for you.. what a place!
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[@donnabader2991]

Nice! Window

[@PeterPan-lu7cw]

Guys 😂 you showed all these great tools and skills and everything… really entertaining how you’re trying to get the heat exchanger up there lol where the lifts?

[@paulbishop2161]

Whatever you choose for the door lining material you should maintain a small ~10mm gap between the 2 sets of wall assemblies, otherwise you're shorting out your isolation at each door and window. You can fill the gap with a black foam backer rod and silicone over (neatly) to seal the gap to prevent vapour transmission (just in case). You could retrospectively rip through the lining in the centre to achieve said gap. Looking great otherwise!

[@idea_farm]

Hey thanks for your post! I had planned to leave the windows disconnected but since we are only having single doors at each doorway I figured having any gap there would allow sound to bypass the inner leaf. And a 60 or 70mm thick single leaf door of approx 120kg is also in theory shorting out the isolation too right? Plus since the inner room framework still has a tiny bit of play I think it might be a good idea to have a few points of stabilisation, tying it all together at the door openings. I don’t think it means the wall constructions themselves will lose their isolation ability, I just think that at the doorways it switches from a double leaf system to a super thick single leaf system. I also think the isolation is only really critical between the control room and the lab, since the studio rooms will all be in the same sound world - so perhaps in the end I add a second door between control room and lab and rip through the lining in that doorway as you suggested - But maybe I’ll see how it performs first!

[@paulbishop2161]

@@idea_farm Yes it all depends on what level of isolation you need - even with a single (heavy) door in a double wall assembly we always cut through the door linings and seal the gap with something resilient and flexible - this keeps everything air tight but still decoupled. In theory with the door linings bridging the leaves any airborne sound can excite the wall on one side and transfer vibration to the other side, of course only at a certain frequency range. It may turn out that the isolation without the linings cut is perfectly adequate for your needs, in which case leave it as it is. In any case, I'm excited to see the end result - but if you'd like any advice or consulting on acoustic treatment then let me know and I'll be happy to help (Wise Owl Acoustics)

[@idea_farm]

Yeah cool, let’s see how it goes, I guess I’m pretty much recreating my studio in Berlin on a bigger scale, so trying to keep it simple, but for sure I think it’s worth experimenting to see if it makes a difference to cut the liners.. might make a good video.. some actual scientific content for a change!

[@Studio22mix]

Looking great, a little tricky with getting the heat exchanger up but all went well. Another step in the right direction, lovely 😊

[@sl3102]

Nice! And some new music as promised. This is going to be awesome when finished!

[@MartinvonBargen]

Proper birch ply is around 3700 nok a sheet here in Norway. I'm in the wrong business! Oak runs to 5000 nok for an 18mm sheet.

[@palsheldon6520]

Music works well under this comedy. :). Not sure its a good idea to tie the doors to the two walls like that. Best to leave a gap so they dont couple and let vibrations cross over. I'd use an air gap and cover with fabric.

[@idea_farm]

Thanks for your ideas, I already answered this point in another comment :)

[@PeterPan-lu7cw]

Thank god it’s sunday 😜

[@PeterPan-lu7cw]

Finally sunday