The studio moving process

The relocation of my home studio is moving along nicely, although it feels slow when contemplated on a daily basis.
Over the Christmas/New Year break, I have built 2 acoustic ‘clouds’.
Each cloud is 2.1 metres x 1.2 metres in size. The frame is 70mm x 19mm pine, and the inside is filled with 75mm Brandford SoundScreen (Rockwool) insulation batts. I was surprised. I expected the Rockwool to be expensive, but I picked up a bag (6 sheets) for A$47. I then designed the size of the wooden frames so that I used exactly 3 sheets per frame, leaving no wastage.
The idea of building 2 separate clouds, rather than one big one was that to build one big one, I’d have had to construct it inside the room. This would have meant there would be no way of ever taking it with me if I wanted to relocate. Building 2 smaller clouds means I can take them down and relocate should that ever become necessary.
Tomorrow, I have an electrician coming in to do some of the wiring. I’m taking the day off work so I can hang around to help out, and make sure things go where I want them.
Thursday, I have a builder coming in to help me hang the clouds. Whilst not particularly heavy at 18kg (40lb) each, they are cumbersome when you’re trying to hang them parallel with the ceiling.
Today, I am acquiring a rack for mounting all my gear in. It’s an old unit which the techs at work were getting rid of, so I’ve scored that for free!
And I’m hiring the chief tech from work to help with the design and construction of some acoustic treatment for the rear of my new mixing space.
It’s an exciting process, and one which I believe (and hope!) will give me a much nicer (and dead-er) acoustic environment in which to record my podcasts and mix (music, podcasts, commercial work etc).
I probably should have taken some photos of the contruction process for the clouds, but I didn’t.
Once they’re hung though, I’ll take some photos so you can see the finished look.
I’m sure some of you (particularly the Shutters Inc listeners) are not that interested in all of this, but I wanted to let you know that this extended absense from podcasting is not without its reasons.
I have an Adobe e-Seminar to conduct on February 6th, so this studio relocation HAS to be done before then! Preferably a week before so I’ve got time to iron out the bugs (as there will no doubt be)!
Stay tuned.