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Finally!!!! REHEARSAL STUDIOS NOW OPEN!!
6 x Rehearsal Studios - approx 6x5m x 3.2m height, Acoustically designed, brand new PA Systems - KV2 Audio monitors (1000watts), Audix Microphones, Proel Mixers and Processors! Airconditioning - Heating/Cooling.. cool vibe and atmosphere! Extremely soundproofed!!



Ceiling with Acoustic Panels plus Smoke Detector, Siren and Flashing Light..








Showroom NOW OPEN!! 50 + guitars, 12+ drum kits, 80+ effects pedals, pro audio, mics, monitors, heaps of leads & adapters etc etc etc...

LANEY, KUSTOM, GALLIEN KRUEGER plus 2nd hand amps..


UNIVERSAL AUDIO, EMPIRICAL LABS, M-AUDIO, DIGIDESIGN etc etc..


80+ Pedals in stock - RED WITCH, CATALINBREAD, SUBDECAY, BLACKSTAR, ELECTRO HARMONIX, RAT, BOSS, ARTEC etc etc..


TANGLEWOOD ACOUSTICS, FERNANDES, VINTAGE, UPFOLD + 2nd Hand..


GRETSCH, ddrum, GIBRALTAR, ISTANBUL, ALCHEMY, BOSPHORUS etc..








Recording Studio still under construction, compressed cement sheeting completed, yellow tongue started then hardwood flooring will be laid (Tasmanian Oak)..

Friday 13th June

Studio Live Room floor framing gets started on Embleton Rubber Blocks


Embleton Rubber Blocks placed out for Control Room flooring:


Recording Studio Electrical Sub-Board:


Live Room floor insulation laid waiting on cable runs:


Studio Lounge cabling under floor gets started:


First layer of floor gets started: frame with insulation, chipboard, compressed cement sheet, yellow tongue and then our hard wood floor on top!


Cable Runs will be filled before floor goes on:
 

Live Room flooring sheets are laid:


Rehearsal Studio flooring is laid and Skirting goes on:

 

Sat May 24th

Painted Rehearsal Studio - Air Cons installed - floor covering, acoustics and doors still to come..


First coat of paint on outer area looking into Rehearsal area:


First coat on Live Room:


Air Cons installed in Live Room - one will be boxed/baffled off for quiet operation, other will be left open to blast cool/warm room in non-recording times:


Testing Rehearsal Acoustics - we brought in a PA (speakers will be wall mounted) and amps/drums to test acoustics:


Gear in Rehearsal Studio ready for testing acoustics:


Testing Acoustics - acoustic baffles brought in to determine amount of acoustic treatment required - finished result in Rehearsal Studios will be a combination of acoustic curtains and acoustic baffles with a new design:


More testing - working out the amount of surface area needing treatment:


Rehearsal hallway - waiting on floor covering and acoustic doors..

Tuesday May 13th

Flat out last week and this week painting - working around electrician and carpenters laying the flooring. moving steadily along!!

Rehearsal Studio flooring - acoustic underlay, one layer of chipboard, one layer of yellowtongue.. floor covering still to go on top..


Rehearsal Studio painting.. patching some dodgy plastering as we go! 2 plasterers were fired!!


First coat of paint on hallway, lighting goes in..


Last minute changes - we decided to move the entry door to the recording studio lounge due to the floating floor and ramp..


hmm is that a kitchen sink or a paint cleaning setup?


Flooring is laid throughout rehearsal hallway, each studio doesn't touch the hallway flooring, rubber strips added in between also.


Rehearsal Studio lighting... 2 switches, one with fluoros for working light and 4 x dimmable wall lights for more mood lighting in a creative environment.. final coat of paint goes on..


350+ litres of paint!! 3 coats (1 x undercoat, 2 x topcoats!) that's a lot of painting!!


Yesterday and today, undercoat and first coat went on the Recording Studio Live room, lounge and control room.. needs to be done by Monday as the floor is starting to be laid then in the recording area.

  Fri May 2
The New Complex is really starting to take shape.

Rehearsal Rooms 1-4 Roof Completed:




On top of Control Room






On top of Rehearsal Rooms 5 &  6 (Live Room to right):


Live Room taking shape:








Recording Room Lounge Area - not so Comfortable yet!!


Rehearsal Rooms Corridor




The Electricians get a start:

Lots of Electrical Supplies:

BARRIERBOARD Construction

Fri Mar 21

More from today:

Thu Mar 20
Ssome more updates.. A bit slow this week as they were waiting for roof beams. Noiseblok insulation also delivered and ready to install.

Looking towards Control room/recording lounge - store room far left:

From inside the Control Room looking towards recording lounge:

Control Room Mix Position - we decided on 3 x windows @ 1.2m x 1.2m as opposed to one large window:


Recording Studio Live Room looking towards Control room. see the height!!

Also just realised there weren't any photos of the showroom/office space up yet after a few people have asked.. so here 'tis. Nothing fitted out yet. 2 levels of showroom and office space each floor with bathroom, kitchenette and office. You enter front of building into middle level. Downstairs is entry to rehearsal/recording facilities (or entry groundlevel at side via roller doors) large kitchen/lounge, bathrooms and large Production / PA Office area and storage.

Roof/Ceiling is constructed with 2 x layers of beams - one for the internal ceiling and one for the roof capping. Once beam sits on the internal wall and one sits on the external wall - the basic "Box Within a Box" concept:

All plaster is sitting on rubber strip around the base and a foam beading between walls and ceiling sheets. 16mm Firecheck plaster plus BarrierBoard plaster will be added will go on top (extra levels will be added to the recording studio and control room:

Live Room taking shape.

Rest of the ceiling beams delivered and ready to go up next week.. Insulation next before outer walls are plastered then barrierboard added as well.

Height differences.. Live Room (5.5m internal), Rehearsal Studios (3.5m internal),Control Room (4.5m internal) approx sizes.

Tue Mar 04