making music in a proper space

do any of you rent a garage, or spent some money into soundproofing a room to make music?

let's talk about the importance of perceiving a sound in a proper space, with the right state of mind

i need cheap, positive responses. in other words dunno,

help me, wattm

There are some people around here with proper "studios" but I think most of us are like this

  On 4/9/2010 at 3:25 PM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

we could wank on about high quality monitors and the perfect room shape for an optimised audio experience all day

nono, forget about the wank

maybe i'm just sick of wearing headphones all the time. anyway

i don't think it's just about having a place to store gear, it's about making music in a place free of preoccupations

i bet starting such way does shit sound different

like doing whatever you want to do, away from neighbours range, perceiving the evolution of sound in a space rather than in headphones

cool stories? tell me yours, bro

  On 4/9/2010 at 3:47 PM, mohamed said:

like doing whatever you want to do, away from neighbours range, perceiving the evolution of sound in a space rather than in headphones

 

cool stories? tell me yours, bro

I just say fuck my neighbors. I live in an apt. complex and usually have stuff blasting. I live with a lot of other university students though, so that probably factors into other people not caring (my upstairs neighbor plays the drums at all hours, and there is usually loud music coming from somewhere) I realize not everyone can do this though

I think if I had an area that was solely for making music it would have some kind of an effect on my output, but I haven't the slightest idea of how.

gotta kill them all lol

j/k, i lived all my life in a building inhabited by devils but with mom included, now i moved away but i can't do that crowd anymore since the place is smaller and the walls thinner

'seriously' i want to eliminate this thought from my flow and blast sound like i was the only man left on earth

i summon the power of the american natives

you could get a job that allows you to be home during the day when most other people work;

you could get an apartment w/plaster construction;

but also, well-made tracks sound good when they are quiet as well as loud. it may be good practice for you to try listening quietly except when you won't be bothering people.

don't fight the voices in your head, use them

heh, i can't change my job nor my apartment atmo

i usually start working after lunch, in the afternoon i'm home only in the weekends. i would have to turn my clock in order to wake up relatively early in the morning, and.. sleep in the night hours? mmm too mcuh hassle, i would rather go for a soundproof solution

also cos the people problem wouldn't be solved. basically i'm concerned about the sounds coming thru their walls

i don't want them to hear and this bothers me. i love stuff that rocks quietly, but before it becomes quiet, it must rock

imagine leaving work and go straigh to your 'studio', make some music and go home in the night

now this is turning into a huge wank but it wasn't intentional

there must be someone that did it the stray way

Here's an article I found on the subject. You could always try soundproofing a room or something for the time you're in the current situation

thanks

nice read, made me discard the soundproofing option

the building where i live now is some kind of resonant chamber

gonna look for a garage, or some basement in the near future

cheers

I'm sick of headphones 24/7 too. got a Mac Min recently for media center stuff but it turns out it's dead fucking silent. gonna get a proper firewire soundcard for it and a pair of expensive studio monitors. the Mini is good enough for making music with. fuck my desktop computer and its 349834 fans.

might soundproof my bedroom, but I'm most likely moving in a year or so so we'll see.

it's worth reading through the Trash Audio blog.. down the right hand side they have a series of interviews about Workspace And Environment. I think it's interesting to read artists perspectives on what inspires them etc. Makes a change from the technical soundproofing stuff at least.

John

  On 4/10/2010 at 1:11 AM, jeyemusik said:

it's worth reading through the Trash Audio blog.. down the right hand side they have a series of interviews about Workspace And Environment. I think it's interesting to read artists perspectives on what inspires them etc. Makes a change from the technical soundproofing stuff at least.

 

where is this blog you speak of child?

I currently live in a 12 x 12 room with my bed, a small couch, and my studio. I am extremely claustraphobic in here. My window faces Into a cutout in the building... Look out my window and you look into my kitchen. I hate my roommate looking at me when in the kitchen, so I keep the blinds closed... Making me feel even more confined. It's awful. When I lived in Boston I had 2 rooms... A big bedroom, and a studio room. Fucking lived that.

I enjoy having a workspace, but I hate that I have to be in it to utilize all my synths. Makes me want to sell it all and go all software, so I can work outside my room. But that's not gonna happen... I really just need a new room that I actually enjoy being in...

  On 4/10/2010 at 4:09 AM, Kcinsu said:

I currently live in a 12 x 12 room with my bed, a small couch, and my studio. I am extremely claustraphobic in here. My window faces Into a cutout in the building... Look out my window and you look into my kitchen. I hate my roommate looking at me when in the kitchen, so I keep the blinds closed... Making me feel even more confined. It's awful. When I lived in Boston I had 2 rooms... A big bedroom, and a studio room. Fucking lived that.

 

I enjoy having a workspace, but I hate that I have to be in it to utilize all my synths. Makes me want to sell it all and go all software, so I can work outside my room. But that's not gonna happen... I really just need a new room that I actually enjoy being in...

and the dude put me up, too good luck man . . ps. . what ever happened with that . . you know?

to mohamed - it might sound hard at first, but if you want, it's not too much effort to at least look into structuring your life around what you want to do . . it does require a lot of effort, but sometimes, if you ask for something crazy . . you wil get it!

I haven't made proper music in months, my room is too small and there are too many detractions. I hate it.

  On 4/10/2010 at 1:41 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 4/10/2010 at 1:11 AM, jeyemusik said:

it's worth reading through the Trash Audio blog.. down the right hand side they have a series of interviews about Workspace And Environment. I think it's interesting to read artists perspectives on what inspires them etc. Makes a change from the technical soundproofing stuff at least.

 

 

where is this blog you speak of child?

forgive me, i'm an idiot that should've included a link -> http://trashaudio.blogspot.com/

  On 4/10/2010 at 6:01 AM, A/D said:

  On 4/10/2010 at 4:09 AM, Kcinsu said:

I currently live in a 12 x 12 room with my bed, a small couch, and my studio. I am extremely claustraphobic in here. My window faces Into a cutout in the building... Look out my window and you look into my kitchen. I hate my roommate looking at me when in the kitchen, so I keep the blinds closed... Making me feel even more confined. It's awful. When I lived in Boston I had 2 rooms... A big bedroom, and a studio room. Fucking lived that.

 

I enjoy having a workspace, but I hate that I have to be in it to utilize all my synths. Makes me want to sell it all and go all software, so I can work outside my room. But that's not gonna happen... I really just need a new room that I actually enjoy being in...

 

and the dude put me up, too good luck man . . ps. . what ever happened with that . . you know?

 

to mohamed - it might sound hard at first, but if you want, it's not too much effort to at least look into structuring your life around what you want to do . . it does require a lot of effort, but sometimes, if you ask for something crazy . . you wil get it!

as of now, it's not happening... Maybe in a year... Lawsuit is being drawn out, so I'm moving on for now... :-/

  On 4/10/2010 at 3:26 AM, ieafs said:

do you have like storage unit places where you live? i know of a few people that use them for band rehearsal spaces - they're pretty cheap per week (just like a garage really) so store all their gear there and use it for a rehearsal place too (cause they're usually in an industrial type area).

 

they'd probably be pretty shit for recording a band in, but if it was just for monitoring your own music in you could put carpet up on the walls and stuff to help. it wouldn't be very pro in that respect, but who wants to be a pro? it'd just be good cause you could be as loud as you want, no distractions etc. and it'd be cheap cause they're more like quickly done garages more than anything. a few of them are even just shipping containers modified. i don't know if they'd have that sort of thing where you are though.

there is a storage unit place within' 10 minutes from where i live, i'll think about it. i've seen there's an agency renting some basements in my area too, but atmo i don't have money enough.

in the meantime i declared the bedroom to be my favourite room, the last weeked i managed to play some music to a level that was acceptable both for me and my neighbours, and i've been also fucking around with some beats but still into headphones, so things comes out weak already, bassless. i can't blame my sound to come out this way, it's like complaining for a bad translation when the grammar of a text is incorrect fom the start.

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to mohamed - it might sound hard at first, but if you want, it's not too much effort to at least look into structuring your life around what you want to do . . it does require a lot of effort, but sometimes, if you ask for something crazy . . you wil get it!

cheers d00d

ya I've also been seriously considering renting a work space. I work from home, so it would be great to get out more.

I've got a friend who is a painter and we have talked about renting some space together for a painting / music studio. Would be the shitness. Found a place under a train bridge in the center of Prague which would be seriously badass.

under the bridge

I recently had a room mate move out and I've been renting his old room out as well as mine. I've been using that room as the studio. I fuckin love having my own space. Just a few months ago i was making beats on the kitchen table! Now that i have my own space I'm way more productive. I also now have my drums,bass,synths,home made instruments, and circuit bent toys all at my finger tips, instead of in a closet. So Ive been able to get off the laptop and play physical instruments again.

Like most electronic musicians, I just write in my bedroom. I like to put up posters of from surrealist painters. Stuff that's colorful. I try to make the atmosphere colorful and relaxed so I can write in that style [if that makes any sense].

I think the room you write in isn't as important as the atmosphere in the room. Personally, I don't like being surrounded by a ton of equipment because it's distracting, even though it feels/looks more professional.