Testing the Waters Before beginning this project, I hadn't had much experience of building things apart from the odd bit of DIY. So I decided to start building the desk for my studio, although the studio wouldn't be ready for another year, this would provide good experience for me and I could still use the desk in my temporary studio space. Desk Design The main thing I wanted to my desk to be was ergonomic, having everything within reaching distance and to be sat at the right

Back and Forth... As established in an earlier post, I had recently moved into a Victorian terrace house with the intention of converting the basement into a studio. Although the basement wasn't too affected by damp, there were some other issues that needed to be solved. Namely the wonky floor and four supporting columns that took up a hefty portion of the floor space, making designing around them very tricky. I called around and got some quotes for removing these columns, su

The next step was understanding acoustics, studio design and building. Admittedly, this process had begun years prior as my dream/reality disconnect never stopped me learning about what I would do should the time come. This paid dividends, as time allowed my to soak in the information that would help me, rather than cramming as much as I could last minute and making mistakes (although mistakes will still be made!). As always, there is a lot of information online, some useful,

I've decided to devote this little corner of the internet to documenting my basement studio build. Showing how it went from this... To this... (dog just behind camera) Ever since I was a teenager I had the dream of 'owning my own studio' as I'm sure most budding engineers do! Naturally, my initial dream was... shall we say, overkill? It would have resembled something along the lines of Ocean Way Studios. However, as you work through the audio world, working in various studios