HOME STUDIO Acoustic Treatment w/ Music City Acoustics

[@itsstudiotime]

What are your studio needs? Check out MCA: www.musiccityacoustics.com/

[@aaronfairchild923]

Just reached out to MCA recently to draw up a treatment plan for my bedroom mixing studio. They respond quickly and are very thorough in what they do. Super easy process so far!

[@2grandbaby854]

Only $11,000, including installation? That’s an amazing deal I won’t lie.

[@WhiteHawk2601]

This is awesome. You are really blessed to have this studio! Such a great space!

[@coryburns13]

I’m currently finishing my basement and looking ahead to treatment I’m soaking videos like this up like a sponge! Your space is amazing man, truly something for the rest of us to aspire to!

[@nicksmart7742]

Great video - thanks for transparency on the costs - really helpful for estimating our own spaces.

[@itsstudiotime]

Glad it was helpful

[@tommystracks7447]

Andrew, this is an amazingly-inspiring video. Coming from a guy who’s “home studio acoustics savvy”, I say WOW. Music City Acoustics for the WIN!

[@balisaani]

This is an excellent educational overview and breakdown of the cost and process. Very well done (Andrew and Music City Acoustics), thanks.

[@itsstudiotime]

I appreciate it!

[@mattrixx_audio]

Looks great Andrew and Im sure it sounds amazing !! Letting those 27s breathe too.. they need some space!

[@acimbobby]

very nice setup, you had the bigger space of room which really helps with all below 500hz.

[@aviani3335]

🤩 amazing!! I will definitely be reaching out when is time to build my new mixing room.

[@RobertLudemann]

Great and informative video. This company is100% worth promoting (unlike dangerfox!). I've dealt with MCA multiple times as I've built and rebuilt my small non-professional home studio (and am still setting up and need more treatment items). They do great designs AND revisions (in a very reasonable turnaround) and are willing to explain and/or answer questions and work within whatever your budget is ( I'm nobody special- and we're talking about 2k-4k quotes, not some huge job). When I first found them a few years ago from another video, I compared their stuff to what you'd find from "major" companies product shots and MCA's looked a lot more finished and professional (including the back side) AND a LOT less expensive. Price-wise its extremely fair and Andrew is right; it makes it almost stupid to build it on your own just to save a little bit of money. They are very easy to reach and even though Graham seems to get busier and busier over the years as his business grows, I've still gotten email responses within a matter of days, but usually same day. Also my panels have always been shipped (I probably have about 25) since I'm a few states away (which the shipping is also fairly economical considering the size). I highly, highly, highly recommend, and I NEVER usually comment on companies, but they truly deserve the praise.

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

I'm sold. I'm at least 16 months away from move-in and my studio being ready to install treatment but I'll definitely be reaching out to these guys. A huge one of those scatter diffusers high up on my tracking room ceiling would be fantastic. It'll also be great to have a professional help me design some treatment to make what will be a long, rectangular control room where my console/mix position will be at one end and facing out one of the long sides will be a big help in getting it to sound good in there. If I can have it all designed, built and shipped to me for +/- $10k it's a wrap. Hey Andrew, what do you have wrapped around your Soyuz 013 tube mics? Is it to help hold the mics in their clips or protect the finish? I just bought a set of them so I'm curious.

[@MyFatherLoves]

Less expensive than GIK with same or better results? Sounds great to me. I'll be reaching out to him next month.

[@MarkVO]

That's actually an exceptionally good price. Less than the Trident console. I wish I lived in the USA so I could get these guys on my VO studio!

[@navbrunn9382]

hey man I just saw the videos of you building a studio filling the front wall with rock wool and other walls with fiberglass and closing it with fabric and KZbin recommended this latest one where you use absorber panels, bass traps and diffusers.. except the fact of filling the walls with rock wool/fiberglass it seems like more tiring work, which approach would you recommend for the best sonic results?? thanks for the videos i love them....

[@AaronDaniels123]

This is amazing!!

[@MusicProductReviews]

I payed 25.200 dollars (23,500,- Euros) for my acoustic treatment by Jan Morel Because i didn't want to same old look everybody has. but there are a few points of improvement, they didn't finish the edges very nicely, they made accidental poke holes in the acoustic panels that are pretty big and they wouldn't even replace it.

[@gilldavidmour4199]

Thanks for the info!

[@craigligman]

Your studio look beautiful and I'm sure it sounds amazing congratulations! Did you ever consider tube traps? If yes, what made you go with panels instead of tube traps?

[@Feerlyss]

You keep saying basement yet we can see out the windows. Isn't it really just ground floor? Love the new space man.

[@alfonsofigueroa104]

Hi from Venezuela Andrew! I've watched many of your studio tours and loved all the different designs and acoustic treatments, but I wonder if there is any isolation for example in your new studio. how do you deal with outside noises? like from a plane, cars or even heavy rain. Send you my regards, keep it going.🙏

[@g3cd]

Honestly - ever since my landlord did renovations and used modern multi-panel glass on all the windows (in a 1930s brick wall building), I don't hear any traffic, rain or planes AT ALL. You could also get isolation curtains - custom built ones have up to nine layers of felt and are used for example in dental practices to get some fresh air in but keep the street noise out while still looking awesome.

[@itsstudiotime]

Hey dude, thanks for the comment. We are in a quiet neighborhood. Picking the right neighborhood and lot will do most of that work for ya.

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

Im only saying this because i was doing the same thing for a while... Absorb-ant. Not absorb-tive Looks and sounds phenomenal

[@steveg219]

That is an extremely reasonable cost for that studio treatment design and install

[@Ashleysagemusic]

11k thats it??????!!!! I need them in the tri state haha

[@DanielSilva-te1ww]

Do you know if they would sell the designs for the Gobos?

[@itsstudiotime]

Hit them up!

[@Gracebeliever077]

0:23 . . . but did it do the job?

[@danymalsound]

So, is this still in your house or another building somewhere?

[@genephillips4809]

You're not cheap Mr Masters. $11,000 acoustic treatment and $14,000 monitors. Good lord😮

[@itsstudiotime]

Haha well, you’re seeing the results of 18 years into it. This setup is totally ridiculous. I love it.

[@foxrobynrec]

Awesome video

[@Metal-lz8td]

Who is the dude crammed into the Harry Potter office lol

[@itsstudiotime]

hahaha that’s Trey. He’s the boss.

[@jayvillzTV]

Damn I thought that woulda been at least 30k !

[@musicalstrategy8261]

Wow!

[@joelhume1]

“Joann’s fabric over cheap pine wood from Home Depot” Yup…

[@tommystracks7447]

Been there, done that. I had to go to 4 JoAnn’s to match the lot numbers for the muslin that I used everywhere. Gotta keep the color uniform, y’all!

[@SeriousTipStudio]

Hi, the studio looks good, and you must feel great to finally have your own pro setup. I'm looking forward to hearing how it sounds after all of that work. When or if you ever record an artist and finish their album, please post it so we can hear the quality of your studio and engineering skills. 😁👍

[@NiklassX]

great video

[@itsstudiotime]

Thanks!

[@AlexisGitarre]

❗❕ NO MEASURING BEFORE AND AFTER ???? Really bad way of trying to sell products. So far I only see some very DIY kinda absorbtion but no helmholz resonators or anything! How should any of this stuff go down under 100hz? People put all kinda stuff in their homestudios but the MAIN Problem is low end. And you cannot tackle low end with porous absorption material. The wavelength is just too long, you can calculate that easily. So people treat their studio and it gets better just from arond 100hz upwards. it's better than nothing but it's also throwing out a LOT of money. Better go with low end treatment and First reflection zones first.

[@DerekSamuelReese]

GIK acoustics does the same thing for a lot less money

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

Damn, those Barefoots are big!

[@jakobdoblekar2000]

Hi

[@itsstudiotime]

Yo

[@caspermaster-com]

Try 40 inch for bass trapping with porous absorbers. Im sorry but 99% of people get this wrong, (assuming you want to move the needle on bass trapping below 100hz)

[@NewHopeAudio]

40 inches thickness?

[@millennialanimal]

You’re correct, but he did say “closest thing to real bass traps”.

[@MePeterNicholls]

We’re not trying to reduce your zero. Just knock off the tail resonance.

[@caspermaster-com]

@@NewHopeAudioYup!

[@caspermaster-com]

@@millennialanimalYes, still, most youtubers unknowingly give way too conservative thickness advice - If you wanna move the needle under 100hz. Saying bass trap, and it does not trap under 100hz 99% of the time on youtube is not a problem? I would rather give a realistic pointer to save peoples time (and money) 40 inch backwall would easily fit in that room.