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Back in March I talked about<\/a> how I was moving to a new space within Chicago that was going to include moving my studio into a new room in my house. Since then, I’ve been working in this new space and it’s been awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new space is a room that is only 10′ x 13′, but it’s a more isolated space than I had before, so it’s a huge step up. I’m still working out where everything lives, but it takes time to really feel out the space, the air conditioning, and the sound of the room. I still have a bit to adjust, but the best part is not having to pack up my gear at the end of each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acoustic Panels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I built some sound absorption panels for the space and that helped a lot. I’m in a 3-flat, so I have neighbors with kids, so controlling sound was important in this space. The sound panels were really easy to build, and after all the total costs, six panels cost me about $20 each. I used Rockwool Comfortboard<\/a> which was easy to work with and just cut up some wood for frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also have some foam sound panels up and around the corners to help with bounce in the space. Then I have some additional thicker 24″ x 24″ panels I’m building to help with a few last spots. These panels will remain portable so I can move them into other rooms when I record in other spaces, and also attach them to my door when I’m recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, I have thick 1″ gym matting that goes under a rug pad which is under an area rug. So ya…lots of sound absorption!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Hardware<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m doing quite a bit more recording now in this space too (especially with my new cello). So with all this recording, I decided to upgrade my interface from my Komplete Audio 6<\/a> to a Focusrite 18i20<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The big reason for this upgrade was leaving a large mixer so that I could just work with an interface. I really needed 6 inputs and this seemed like the best option for the space I have and the inputs I need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love having a big mixer around with real faders and EQ knobs to play with. To me, it really enhances the composing and mixing process. However, I have very little space in this room, so sacrifices had to be made. Right now the only “real faders I am using are on my Icon Qcon G2<\/a>. I’ve been talking with a few friends who are engineers and we have plans in line to make me a custom MIDI controller, but more on that later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far this Focusrite interface has been terrific. The pre-amp in it is definitely better than the Komplete Audio 6, but I still am picking up a new pre-amp for my next project. One of my favorite bits about this new interface is the inclusion of alternate speaker outputs. I’m able to A\/B test on “crap” speakers vs. my Yamaha’s and also instead of turning down the main volume on the monitors, I can just mute when I move to headphones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

I am most excited that I have space for a lot of the gear to stay out. I’ve run cables along the walls from the interface, so I have inputs for different instruments around the room. This still needs to be cleaned up, but it’s good progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest surprises was USB ports and lengths. Because I have so many different USB devices, I needed to pick up a new MIDI port which has 7 USB ports and 3 USB charging ports. I have quite a few on the back of my desktop too, so I’m running a lot of stuff. I had to pick up some longer cables as well which I really didn’t expect when I first planned the space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve spent about four months in this space and so far, so good. I’m excited to see how it cleans up over the next few months\/weeks, especially in regards to lighting. I’d love to get some fancy mood lighting in here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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