I’m about to move into a new house and have the opportunity to retrofit one bedroom as a home studio. My main use is guitars, keyboards and spoken word for VOIP/streaming. I’m in the UK so 230v 50Hz and whatever conventions and regulations we have for electrical work etc.

I’m planning on adding more mains outlets throughout the room.

I want a wired Ethernet for internet access for my Mac.

Two other Ethernet connections for distributed audio to two other rooms in the house (I’d rather avoid wireless due to reliability and latency). This may be upgraded to AVB in the future hence not using audio cables.

I’m not going to use dimmer switches anywhere in the house to avoid introducing noise.

I also understand that I need to ensure a single earth point for the house.

What else should I include in the design?

Surge protection is probably a good idea.

If you’ve installed studio wiring, what really helped? What, if anything do you wish you knew at the time?

Can anyone share advice or direct me to resources for this stuff? I'll be employing an electrician for this, but using a specialist contractor is possible. Either way, I’d like to have a better understanding of what I’d be asking for.

[ETA: clarity that this isn't DIY]

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I own a small local studio that has been slowly growing. I am looking to upgrade my mixing console, i prefer to mix on a console which is how i learned but in the new studio i have been mostly mixing in the daw itself.

Im simply looking for some info regarding what items will work and what is required to hook up a mixing console to my DAW and be able to mix on it and use my outboard gear.

This console isn't what im buying but something like this. APB DynaSonics Mixing Console Spectra Series

What would i need interface wise to get this or something similar to this working?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I bought a house, and am blessed with the basement space pictured. The thing is... i'm not sure where the best place for my speakers, in order to account for room modes, so that my editing experience is at its peak potential.

My initial thought was - put my desk/speakers along the 12' section on top, firing back towards the 'game room' (to rid myself of those pesky low frequency waves), since it is easily 30' or more to the back wall. However, there is that roughly 70 sq ft section to the right of that position,, screwing up those side reflections...

Any advice here?

And when I try to record music on band lab it only plays that loud static noise

I remember seeing stuff like this on my facebook ads, somewhat retro style office pods, and thought, hmm, why not use it as a singing booth? Maybe after placing a handful of sound panels here and there, have routing for xlr and ts/trs cables maybe, a vent for the ac so you don’t cook in it, a light, etc.

This one is not even as fancy looking as some other pods that were going up to 8-9k on Amazon.
Now the question is, can this be made at home with some 2x4s, plexiglass, some plywood, carpet, LEDs and sound panels?

I mean, if it exists, it can be recreated, but what are some Pros n cons of doing it out of wood and plexiglass vs what looks like probably aluminum, plastic and what looks could be actual glass for the see through door?

Appreciate anyone who took the time to read this!

If I sound dumb I’m sorry but I am new to all of this and need advice and help lol so I recently decided to build my own little home studio set up but I’m just confused and don’t know what to do

For the DAW I’m running Mixcraft 10

I recently bought a mic the brand is Rockville ans it’s called rcm pro studio/recording condenser microphone and the bundle included a 5 channel pro mixer w usb interface.

The mic sounds good not the best but good as of now since I’m a beginner but I’m having trouble when I plug in the headphones to the interface I can only hear what’s coming out of the mic and not the sound of the beat or anything else I’m confused also I would like to hear other peoples voice and the beat aswell but I don’t know what to do or how to do it I’m trying to describe this the best I can like I said I’m new at this and would love to get some help. Thank you!

So I'm thinking about making my garage into a studio and just make a room within the room with an air chamber + rock wool + plasterboard solution and investing on a good soundproof door (the big garage door will be turned into a normal sized door).

My problem is there is a smaller (6 m2) room below the garage that's accessible through a cement staircase with an opening of roughly 1.80x0.8 m on the ground.

I'm very unsure of what to do with this since I'm afraid it will ruin the soundproofing effort of the rest of the room and mess with the room internal acoustics too so that recording and mixing might be affected.

Should I build an acoustic kind of door there? Should I just permanently close off the mini room?

Am I overreacting and it's ok to have the staircase open?

My perfect place to work on my own production and play other artists music. Money and time well invested!

I’ve got this room which is currently where I practice drums, which I am going to convert it into a studio where I can record drums, vocals, guitar and bass, and mix using monitors, hence why I am wondering how can I treat this room to optimise all the things I’ll be doing in there.

My plan is to keep the drums and couch in the same position, and position my desk and monitors where the TV and cabinet are currently.

I also intend on keep the curtains up, just need advice on how and where to place stuff that would help cut down on bass build up and stuff for the ceiling too.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

I’m converting my freestanding 9metre x 3.6metre (30’ x 12’) garage into a recording studio, it will also serve as a rehearsal space on occasion. It is hardwood timber frame, corrugated iron roof, and cement fibro wall panels -the wall panels will be removed soon due to being old asbestos and not in good condition, so I will effectively be starting from scratch with just the original timber frame structure and the current tin roof.

I am looking for information and recommendations for external cladding materials for walls, and possibly roof, to help with soundproofing the building, as we are in a residential neighborhood.

I considered coolroom style panels (fire retardant expanded polystyrene foam sandwiched between external layers of sheet metal) which is available in thickness up to 150mm / 6”; however while it is good thermal insulation apparently it lacks the mass to soundproof effectively, particularly at lower frequencies. Plus it’s expensive. To reclad the roof and walls is around $16,000AUD in materials, plus install/labour costs.

I already have plans to insulate the walls and ceiling internally with rockwool insulation batts or similar, as well as several layers of plasterboard, and possibly mass loaded vinyl; then sound treat the rooms internally with bass traps, baffles, carpet etc.

Any suggestions on external cladding for the building would be appreciated. Ultimately i need a weatherproof building that is as soundproof as possible. I am trying to determine if there is an exterior cladding material that will improve soundproofing cost effectively, or whether I just clad it in corrugated iron and concentrate all my efforts and budget on internal sound deadening insulation instead.

Thanks

Hi! I'm putting together a small home setup to start a podcast and I'm stuck on which microphone to get. I don't need anything super fancy, just something that sounds clean and doesn't pick up a ton of background noise.

What would you recommend for someone just starting out? Appreciate any suggestions!