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[Gary Compton]

What would you need for ventilation?

Is that better?

 

[Parson]

Gary, I'm assuming that "rest room" does not have the same meaning in England than it does here in the States. I want to make some smelly meeting joke, but a Parson needs a certain amount of decorum.

 

[Gary Compton]

Just a room with a desk, PC, internet and a comfy chair. LOL

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

My daughter-in-law who does the traffic reports for a local radio station also does quite a bit of freelance voice work* in a very small studio she has set up in the part of a house that she and my son rent. So nothing large or elaborate is really needed. Just a small insulated soundproof area with the right equipment.

*I am not volunteering her, though she would be very good, because she is very busy and I very much doubt you could afford her. But she might be willing to give some tips on how this can be done when there is only a small space available and a very, very small budget.

 

[chrispenycate]

I assume the dimensions are interior and before acoustic treatment? The booth does feel a bit constricted, but since I imagine the brick walls are already in place, so moving them could be considered complicated. That small it's going to need to be very absorbent to stop it sounding 'boxy' I think the computer should be outside the booth entirely, so cable traps both from control room (ha, ha) and booth. Is that a window through the door? You'll both be sitting a right angles to it, with mic stand and lectern (and swivel chair- you don't want to force your voice talent to stand up for three hours continuously, even if it is better for breathing and voice production) in the booth, and a shelf for keyboard, mouse, screen and interface (and probably a headphone amp. and another copy of the script) and another chair - you don't thing I'm going to stand either, with no technical advantage, and I get a cushion.

Ventilation? A chicane, lined with something sound absorbent, so that sound is lost at each reflection. Diffuse the airflow so it cant hit the microphone with any force. Standard electronic whisper fan, run half power to reduce noise still further. We don't care about rumble below 50Hz, for voice work, which makes everything easier.

 

[Gary Compton]

I will get down to the nitty gritty with you when we start. And yes we are restricted by the walls. I could knock the two smaller spaces into one and put the control room in the rest room?

 

[chrispenycate]

I was saying it was small, not impossible. And you don't absolutely have to soundproof the control room (though it's nice to do so, so as to reduce headphone time). And the computer - you can use the same one to websearch or whatever you're doing in the restroom with a computer. Nice shelf on the wall to put keyboard etc. on, extended to the floor to soundproof a desktop computer and hard disc (that's another zig-zag airflow, but you do woodwork. Better than I do, and I've had adequate results. Wish I had my CAD Program to draw details.

Sorry about the delay - I've been putting it off while doing other things, and dropping behind on all of them.

 

[Gary Compton]

My plan was to get done to 50% and then you could come for weekend (at TBP expense) and check/advise.

 

[Hex]

Universities often have sound proofed labs (we have sound labs for recording speech). They have chairs and everything. You might be cheaper hiring one of those than building your own?

 

[Ray McCarthy]

Scheduling convenience and saving travel time. It's a once of cost and doesn't need to be very expensive.

 

[Hex]

It must be a house size thing. I can't imagine having the room.

 

[Gary Compton]

I want it in house at Tickety Boo Towers as we may sub contract it out as well. And yes we have the room.