I might have gone overboard...

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

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[@NoeAnton]

You've been working your ass off for 16 years to build a name as a music producer, this is part of your dream and I'm happy you are finally getting to see it be a reality. Congratulations :) looks amazing!

[@peptoattack]

There's a difference in 'not needing' a certain space and 'not wanting' a certain space. I think we all would love to have a space like that. Being comfortable is always important. Congrats, buddy. That's one hell of a studio.

[@christopherharv]

My thoughts exactly, was about to make this same comment.

[@FrightboxRecording]

The new studio is so killer dude! I'm currently going through the same challenges with my home build (dealing with the HVAC, custom doors, etc.) and it's so inspiring to see the light at the end of the tunnel!

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

Let me know when it's done, would love to see!

[@Reakerboy]

Absolutely awesome! I just finished my own custom studio build, room within a room, didn't quite go as overboard as you 😂 but as you say, having 'that' space, as you want it makes you smile everytime you walk in there. Which is priceless. 🤟🏻

[@craigpollock8714]

Go you mate! You have your dream workspace, you earned it. For me, doesn't detract from anything you have said in the past. You have done years of hard time in less than perfect conditions, and still produced great results. Your principles still stack up - don't even worry about that. I just really happy for you, that after all the years of hard yards, you have your custom built space. A dream well earned for a mentor to all. Congratulations :)

[@kennethhughmusic]

Congrats on the new room! Nice to have a dedicated space. I think those are actually the Adam A77H (A77x has controls and round ports on the front and been discontinued) - no need to justify why you built the room. You felt inspired to build a space, I really hope you enjoy the daylights out of it! Things take time and you have done yours.

[@matthill3859]

Hey Jordan, great video! I'm so happy you love your new studio. It was a pleasure working with you and I'd like to thank you for trusting us to complete this beautiful studio for you, it looks absolutely stunning.

[@stevedoesnt]

For anyone on a budget, a cheap way of getting less hvac noise is not having a grill, and having as few/shallow turns in the ductwork as possible. Insulated supply boxes transitioning from duct to opening. Source: I’m a former hvac tech who has been a recording engineer for 15 years and built my own recording studio inside an old 2k sq ft shop.

[@rtlightning84]

8:42 The new space looks great man. I’m sure you’ve already looked into them, but Argosy makes some great options for desks. Most have integrated racks for the interfaces and outboards, etc. You can also mount the monitor directly to the desk (those stands come off with a couple of screws) and make for a cleaner look. The Argosy desks usually have it as an option, or you can always go with the Humanscale ones or a cheaper knockoff (they’re essentially the standard in office buildings.) I personally have a dual screen setup I use in my mix room and the monitor arms make for a lot of white space on the desk I wouldn’t otherwise have.

[@wakinglife7065]

You’re right- every one dreams of their perfect studio. There ain’t no shame in that. If you can make your dreams come true - you’d be ungrateful not doing so. Thank you for sharing! I have similar thoughts of the Apple display - I have one too. My studio is tiny and I miss having a second screen. My dream space looks different than yours - more space, more storage, enough for a drum kit etc but I’m inspired by yours. Great job and great attention to detail

[@marvsowell684]

Beautiful! Congratulations! Dude, you don’t have to explain yourself. You have worked hard to attain this level of quality. Needs come first through most of our life. It’s nice to get a want! You have done a great job of showing people that don’t have to have an expensive place to make great music, but yeah we all dream of something better. Enjoy it!

[@oldguysplaymetal5517]

Very nice space, Jordan. I can totally concur that having a room with a vibe is much more fertile ground for creativity than either an untreated bedroom, or a dungeon where there is so little reflection its nothing like how sound is going to propagate when listeners digest it.

[@chriscarr1791]

Absolutely amazing man! Congrats! Well deserved! Just down the 401, coming to the final stages of my room within a room build and had the exact same electrical panel challenge as you! Great to see yours come together, cant wait to be at the finish line on mine.

[@h3lio5]

17:43 I designed myself a sit-stand desk for audio work for that reason. I can’t recommend it enough. Took 3 half days, 1 sheet of 3/4 plywood, and a $300 set of legs rated for 275lbs. congrats on the studio it looks amazing

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

Do things sound different sitting vs. standing?

[@h3lio5]

@@hardcoremusicstudio I haven’t noticed a super huge difference between the two listening positions personally, but I measured speaker height for both sitting/standing and programmed the leg height accordingly

[@djabthrash]

I recommend standing desks too.

[@BenMartinBox]

It is your space, where you feel nice, so no criticism is warranted. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

[@em8969]

I’ve been watching and learning from you for a year or two now, I just wanted to congratulate you on your Journey to this Amazing feat, funnily enough I’m sure you’ll do even more amazing things!! Congrats brother

[@QuincyKane]

Looks great; I'm happy for you!

[@twaltmusic]

So stoked for you Jordan enjoy the new space!

[@Cat-X]

You're doing great, I'm really happy for you, the table is really cramped, but I'm sure you'll come up with a solution over time. Thanks for the content, you're the only one whose approach to mixing is close to me.

[@jamessurprenant8509]

Congrats @hardcoremusicstudio ! You deserve a killer mix room like anyone else, even tho we all know you create awesome mixes without.

[@stepanloffelmann8916]

Congratulations on the place!! Looks great, after all those years you definitely deserve a nice place like that, cheers!

[@jahana81]

Congrats Jordan! Very nice studio man ,thanks for the honesty and being real!

[@simon_mindset]

Reminds me a bit of Billy Decker's cabin studio in Nashville! Simple but functional and gorgeous! Nice stuff, Jordan!

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Congrats! And don't worry like you've said we've all been their if we've have the experience like you do... Some times it's just nice to have that extra percent of functionality even if you don't need it. Which don't discount having a big high rez TV for displaying more stuff and have it be useable.

[@stevendierkes6028]

Congrats!! Looks awesome

[@RedbackRecordz]

Nice job mate, Studio looks awesome! Nothing wrong with going the extra mile to do it right, especially when you’ve worked hard to get there! 🤘🤘

[@cristianibarraOfficial]

We can see your emotion through your eyes, nothing better than having your own studio. congratulations! you deserve it! I hope that in the not too distant future I can sign up for the course that we have talked about through Instagram, greetings from Argentin

[@firstname3078]

Congratulations man! You deserve such a rad space after working so hard at this for so long!

[@davejohnsonmusic]

Congrats Jordan. It looks awesome dude. You did have a "need" for it though, as you said with outdoor noises and your family, etc, so you don't have to explain, or justify the reasoning. Enjoy your new space and happy mixing.

[@169acer]

This was a very interesting build with lots of intricacies in it that really got our brains moving. Thank you for being so flexible and understanding through the build. All the best. Cheers.

[@Jahang89]

Looks great Jordan! Congrats on the new space.

[@MarshinProductions]

Dig the new space dude that’s badass! Been watching your vids for a couple months now, and can’t say thank you enough for the content and inspiration! Best of luck getting used to the new digs fam 👊

[@alexanderewing3779]

Congratulations on your cool new studio, Jordan. It really was worth the effort. Hopefully it will inspire you, in your future endeavours. Cheers!

[@theslideguy4228]

Well done, amigo. Enjoy the new digs. Post a vid of a mix in the new space.

[@Stormsurf001]

Just for fun it would be interesting to test your room and see what your frequency response is at the listening position. I'm not thinking you should go full Eric Valentine, but you've done such a great job on your studio, it would be nice to get a baseline. Thanks for sharing everything!

[@patrick5301]

I don't get what those thin panels do. Idealy you would have 40 inch + absorption covering 100% of the surface area. Everything else is a tradeoff. Why go down all the way to 2 inches? Surely the entire ceiling at least could have done with 20 inches + the entire back wall? Even typing 5 inches into an absorption calculator gives you 50% effectiveness at 500Hz and 0% below 100Hz

[@atcordice]

NO IT IS NOT OVER BOARD. IT IS AMAZING>> GREAT JOB BRO

[@jroz8111]

Brother congrats on a kick ass room. I bet the specs are amazing and the nulls and peaks are at min. Once settled I know your going to make your money back! Hearing things you never heard before and fixing problems faster. Wack a mole gets easier when you can hear it faster.

[@JesusArmasOficial]

Woah Jordan, such an amazing and inspiring space to work inside of. Congratulations on this huge achievement. You could even track small drums there if you wanted to. Looking forward to more content from you 🎉❤

[@late4suppa1]

I'm surprised more people don't use mixers as the main control for home studio recording. They have on board pre amps, compression and EQ's not to mention fx, panning and summing capabilities. You can pick up a 16 channel analog mixer (some that actually work as a DAW controller) for relatively cheap. The I/O thing never made sense to me. When I started a home studio I got a Pre Sonus Single channel Pre Amp I/O then upgraded to an 8 Channel Motul and NEVER got a decent sound out of these set ups. Now I run a Tascam Model 12 with Studio One Pro and a fairly built PC. I just added an MXL 990 for the main vocal mic and have an ART Pro VLA outboard compressor. The EQ, compression and effects of the mixer along with the outboard compressor make it so I have to do almost no processing in the box. The MXL 990 is a mic I found while spending tons of money on dozens of expensive mics. This thing works great for recording everything. Anyways, what are your thoughts on why people aren't using mixers more? Maybe they’re too confusing for people to figure out? I'm not sure.

[@djabthrash]

Footprint Maintenance Cost Lack of flexibility Etc

[@vladradulovic8887]

Thanks for the help , your content is priceless the cheatsheet my mixes have improved drastically

[@marcelosuarez3027]

"All of my best mixes come from spare bedrooms", I identify myself so much with that statement too, better than the ones I've done in studios.

[@studiodude1]

Looks awesome! Congratulations!

[@MarshelMetamask]

Congratz man.. looks nice and comfortable.. 🙂👍👍

[@kev1n28]

Looks awesome, regarding the sound of the room - have you considered increasing the depth of any of the acoustic panels at least at your first reflection points in the monitoring position? 2 inch depth with an air gap will still leave alot of 200 and below information bouncing around and possibly be confusing based off of the research I've been doing. In any case congrats, the space looks great!

[@DavidDavis-FA-photog]

Congratulation! Well deserved.

[@AdamZiokowski666]

Looks awesome! Congratulations! 🤘

[@sickmessiah]

Reminds me of the room I started in 2020. It’s 99 percent done. I build a room within a room too except the ceiling is also detached from the floor above completely.

[@1loveMusic2003]

You were right to not half ass it. Good for you man it looks great.

[@ConquerMedia]

Congratulations! Inspiring & looks amazing! Adding a big screen would be awesome too

[@late4suppa1]

To have that brilliant studio and basically a card table for a desk is SHOCKING! LOL What's wrong with you. Build or buy a cool desk! :) I actually built a desk out of of scrap wood and an old DVD stand. It took me about 4 hours to complete and people can't believe it's not a pro desk. Anyways, your videos are among the best on here. So no disrespect intended. My studio's in the middle of my dinning room but there's advantages to that as well. Subscribed!

[@braedenlane]

Very cool space! Just wanted to point out I think those are Adam A77H's, not A77X's which are a legacy product for them now.

[@KhasrouhRecords]

ADAM A77H Not A77X X is the old model! i advise you to use sound id with the ADAM A77H And save the calibration inside the monitors .

[@luxuriousfir]

Congratulations!!!!!

[@sgfdancecompany]

Congrats!!!!

[@douggroulx1525]

That is cool! Congratulations.

[@DavidHendersonMusicChannel]

I've discovered that it's the studio you construct following the creation of an overly expensive one where you truly get things right.

[@danymalsound]

This is amazing! Two quick questions (if you're comfortable answering): did you deliberately leave out an upgrade path for a potential atmos rig? Also, roughly how much did this cost you, all told? Cheers!

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

Yeah, I have no cares about Atmos... IF I ever have to worry about mixing in Atmos, I'll for sure be doing it on headphones. I have a whole video about that if you wanna check it out. Regarding cost... I'll keep that private but let's just say more than $10k and less than $100k 😛

[@danymalsound]

@@hardcoremusicstudio awesome! yeah, I assumed it was above $10k; there's some amazing design work under the hood you have! Thanks for sharing and keep up the amazing work. Cheers man!

[@disengagetattoos5074]

Sick, man! This is the dream

[@georgepelekoudis]

Nice 🔥 Love the Adam ribbon tweeters. You think an MTRX Studio might serve better with DAD control software + room eq? With an Avid Dock and a couple of S1s…

[@steverok67]

Hardcore baby Taylor ... cool !

[@POLYMANCER]

looks incredible man!

[@BOODA575]

looks amazing man !!

[@NacekO]

Awesome space. Love it. After all this time you've been doing this why not treat yourself to a nice room :D

[@strakhovmixing]

Looks great 👍Congratulations!)

[@SilvioGazquez]

Awesome studio!here's an idea for a future video... Track a song from start to finish in that room (midi drums are allowed 😄)

[@ericwassell9872]

Jordan I love your video quality! What camera and lens are you using in this video? Thank you so much!!

[@Louis1996_1]

Great studio!

[@trulyintense6613]

very cool! enjoy!!!

[@krismusicstock9379]

Wow!!! I would like to know more about all the stages of studio construction

[@LazayLada]

Great video. I would have loved to see you play music on a speaker outside the room and then close the door to see the sound attenuation.

[@robertsteinberger]

0:00 Dude's got them long wideangle forearms

[@AtTheSourceStudios]

Very nice but kinda seems a little overkill to not be tracking anything in there lol just for some speakers that you don't turn up loud rarely.... Js but still very nice build of course

[@PhillRS]

A77H, those are the new ones!

[@henryhuynh2099]

Congrats bro. You deserve it. Now you’re going back to hardware. Hybrid. That’s the next rule to break.

[@AdollaMusic]

Wow I've had my CLA10's for a year and I was never not once even curious about that extra knob on the back. I kinda just figured the lack of high end was part of the deal. I feel so dumb XD

[@BlanDam01]

Ya, it’s pretty darn good sir.

[@adamphillips6747]

So dark but cool.

[@thrice911]

A bit of 8-12khz should fix that right up 👍

[@FaithinFaces]

Awesome man! Love the vibe and final result !! What about some HCMS merch soon ? :p

[@indivisibleman]

QUESTION!! (This has been really cool, btw) now that you've incorporated a second set of monitors, what apparatus, if any, are you using to switch between the two sets of monitors? I tried the Mackie 'Big Knob' and it introduced a bunch of hum to both sets of monitors so that wasn't a solution for us.

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

The Carbon allows for 3 pairs of monitors. At my old studio I used to have a Big Knob, it was OK... then I switched to the Presonus Central Station and used that for many years. Not high end at all, but worked fine for switching monitors, talkback, and alternate headphone feed.

[@indivisibleman]

@@hardcoremusicstudio What I heard was "It's time to let go of the Universal Audio Apollo and ALL 60 of the plugins you bought before you joined Jordan's program" . . .

[@masonmag]

I have my monitors at the front of my desk to try to avoid having the large surface of the desk for sound to bounce off of. I notice yours are pushed further back. Do you notice any issues with reflection off the desk?

[@Wimp_Lo_Productions]

How did you talk the electrical inspector into passing inspection with the walls over the panel? Not trying to be a jerk, just genuinely curious as an electrician. Anyway, I love the set up and the content you put out! I look forward to seeing more!

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

Didn’t seem to be an issue. They just said the panel had to be accessible which it is.

[@drydessert4198]

Paul Thrid has made an interesting video about the relevance of the Yamaha NS10 given the speakers and headphones that consumers are using today. I think it is great that the CLAs make the classic available today. But a few important factors have changed by now regarding how useful they are.

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

I gotta say, it's only when I started mixing on NS10s that my mixes finally started translating well to modern speakers & headphones.

[@jacksonwest54]

Disappointed by overpaying for an underperforming apple product, shocker 😂 Really sick setup though man love this!!! Your videos have taught me so much about mixing rock and punk and traditional instruments, thankyou!

[@Polentaccio]

I am currently building my space out and have enjoyed your build series on this one. I might have missed it but what did you do with the lighting? I am guessing you have avoided putting outlet and other holes in the wall and have everything surface mounted but back into a stud. If the case, does it mean that you did not use resilient channel? I am considering resilient channel for the ceiling but problem is, the minute you screw into a stud through the drywall, you just negated your resilient channel. So many trade offs when you consider one option over another. My goal is to be able to play drums in the basement. I know i am still going to hear it, but I'm hoping people can comfortable talk on the main floor while I play. My only criticism with your space it, everything black will make you feel cooped in after a while. Get some light in there if you are spending hours a day in front of that screen.

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

Correct, all lighting is surface mounted and so are the electrical outlets. We did use resilient channel. Track lights are screwed into the ceiling (3 layers up there, drywall-plywood-drywall).

[@FrankyGamarra]

Sick setup. What outboard gear do you have on the right hand side? You never showed that on the video.

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

Ah, it's just a power conditioner!

[@FrankyGamarra]

@@hardcoremusicstudio Thank you!

[@adamsomerville2719]

Congrats on the studio build Jordan and thanks for the great channel content. What chair do you have these days didn't look like the arm rests can be raised to play guitar! Thanks in advance from a fellow Ontarian :)

[@andrewwirtzmusic9460]

hey you deserve bud awesome space!

[@DrProgNerd]

I'll be interested to know what you think of the Adam monitors. I have a pair of A77X's and I love them.

[@TBRNashville]

Do you happen to shoot the room as you were placing the speakers? Room dimensions? I'd be curious to see how that turned out.

[@bryanunderwood]

I really like that desk, where did you get it?

[@eddysel10]

Nice studio, you know you deserve it. You have proven that it is possible to produce excellent music in any kind of room. Is this smaller than the room you had before?

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

Yeah, the room before this one was almost 2x bigger!

[@ShalowRecord]

Pretty sick

[@EddySchmidt25]

No this is just right BB🔥🔥

[@simonbaxtermusic]

How do you find the soundproofing? Does it block out the sound of the kids running around upstairs?

[@hardcoremusicstudio]

Yeah, not perfect but very good. We had a contractor building a custom murphy bed in the basement, about 15ft away from my space... he was drilling, hammering, etc., and with the doors closed I didn't hear him at all. I was able to film a video while he worked. From upstairs, I can occasionally hear a very dull thump but in general I don't hear anything from the outside world.

[@StuCrombie]

Thicken the doors you got room to, just carpet on them or something & underlay staple to the doors

[@winstonpynn9911]

The room is so dead, can tell by your voice at the end. Awesome. Jealous here. haha great job.

[@johndoe-cb5ck]

YES!!!...it's about damn time,hehe Okay im gonna watch

[@Walkerbjj]

awesome space