New studio, some new equipment, talk about flooring and acoustics + a channel update

The new studio is ready! Time for a short update about what has been going on and what the near future will bring for the Estuera channel.
Including some talk about acoustic treatment, fabric for bass traps and why carpets should be banned from studios.
The releases I mentioned:
"Little white lies" feat Jan Johnston:
• Jonas Steur & Jan John...
My remix for "Ghost Town" by Myon feat Nikol Apatin:
• Ghost Town (Jonas Steu...
"Ex Tempore" in collab with 2Sher:
• Steur X 2sher - Ex Tem...
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[@JPav91]

I dream of the day I buy my first house and start building my studio properly. The living room studio works for now, but I need my own space. Glad you're living the dream!

[@Estuera]

I really couldn't wait to finally move and set up this room. Went from my bedroom when still living with my parents to a small spare room in our old appartment to this! Loving it so far.

[@JPav91]

@@Estuera yes, I started in my bedroom too back in 07, and now have 3 kiddos of my own in a small house. It makes producing on open back headphones challenging with that level of noise around me lol. My desk is pretty large too but it’s already crammed with my Subsequent 37 and Hydrasynth, there’s multiple pieces of gear that get stored underneath. I’d love to set up a rack and have my synths properly set up on stands. Still happy with all the wonderful gear and software I’ve been blessed with. After all, passion can’t be confined by small studio spaces :)

[@Estuera]

Indeed, music will get made no matter what :)

[@FerboseSounds]

Recently I came across a few of your records on Magik Muzik/Blackhole recordings from almost 20 years ago in a box in the attic. Really super cool that you make these ‘back to the 90s’ videos with the equipment that you probably used for these records!

[@Tom_TT_]

Great new studio! Nice to see your first vinyl on the wall.

[@Emily_M81]

LOL "Fuck that window in particular" XD JP-8080, I forsee a trance making video >_> I had a FB-01 once upon a time. Someone borrowed it and I never saw it or this person again ;-_- it was only $50 back then. Glad you got into the new space!

[@FedericoBudassi]

Welcome back Jonas!

[@TheSussexpillbox]

I hope you are well. New place is looking good!

[@johntammaro]

Enjoyed this. Looking forward to your next.

[@sergiofernandez4086]

Nice to see you again! Have fun in the neew room!!

[@likesunshineafterrain2298]

Congratulations on your new studio. I thought you must have been busy with something. I have a JP-8000 (with keyboard) - ha, ha!. Looking forward to hearing your music with the JP-8080.

[@Blackmind0]

..congrats for your new home....🙂

[@cpfrancis26]

Looking good Jonas 👍

[@emphatic001]

Glad to hear your disappearence wasn't due to illness. Happy to have you back online, Jonas.

[@lucsolomusic]

Looks great!, enjoy your new home!

[@1ytcommenter]

Have fun in your new studio!

[@trancextend]

The man is back!! Love the new Studio. Wowwwww. Teacher, keep us learning soon. I can't wait to hear from you.

[@TranceElevation]

You mean I found my new Mastering Engineer? :)

[@J._Campbell]

Well done! Beautiful!

[@hudsonrolls8465]

looking forward to some amazing new content :)

[@NiklasLindholm]

Haha, "Late 70s windows can go to hell" 😀That made me laugh!

[@Estuera]

It shall go to hell though 🪟👹

[@TheDams1975]

Yeah the JP-8080 ! Some nice trance tracks to come thanks to the supersaw ! I have one, I am curious to see how you will use yours, it will shine in your hands !

[@hanneshannes7766]

Lokks great, good luck!

[@devmiles]

Ziet er goed uit!

[@mr_don_key]

funny thing is, many studio i've been in, have carpets on the ground in many places. (e.g. under the mixing desk/engineer, singing booths etc)

[@nosville22]

ah damn, sounds like I need to get my hands on fb-01 before all the youtube attention it's getting pumps the prices up

[@offworldsynths2019]

Looks great!

[@jasonstudd2353]

Awesome !!!!

[@RUNCNC]

Glad to see you back! I laughed my ass off watching you referring about late 70s windows vs new ones. And I learned something: They are crappy like late 70's cnc controllers. :-)

[@hypertronic1024]

Estuera, We missed you...

[@hypertronic1024]

While you were commenting on the last video you posted, you came suddenly! Thanks. "The heart is against the heart"

[@lairdtomfrenchelectromusic2545]

Bonjour Jonas ! Your studio is very accomplished, you have really thought of the smallest details. I can only rejoice for you and I look forward to you posting your next video. I noticed your CASIO SA-1, your first "synthesizer", which is so close to your heart, which sits proudly as in your old studio !!! See you soon.

[@LightBlazeMC]

awesome

[@stevenbakos]

Welcome back my guy!

[@rossredman]

... And there it is. For the last 17 years since I picked up 7 skies on Black Hole from my local record store, I've been pronouncing it "Es-tew-ra", and I've been wrong. This whooole time. "Es-tew-er-ah".

[@Estuera]

I have heard all variations 😁

[@jackmatthewtyson]

Mooi werk Jonas!

[@reizormuzic9726]

Very nice Studio... I followers sometime in thé past... your video are well done. Right now I am just subsribing to your Channel.. and do not miss anything 😎👍!

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@nado3775]

✨🥳🥳🥳✨ Yes!! Looks amazing, congrats to the new studio. Also many thanks for giving insight in the process, it was very helpful to me seeing how u did it. + your cat is soo nice and fluffy🤍🐈 Kind regards and all the best for the upcoming projects from the bottom of my heart! This channel is such a nice place, i really love it! 🤍✨ For sure i will check out your latest relases and everyone reading this should do that too😄

[@Estuera]

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[@m0teef]

Good luck with the new studio! Looking forward to your next old school song and synth breakdowns :)

[@steveobright]

New studio starting to take shape Jonas, looking good!

[@bayann1402]

👍👍👍

[@ra1d3r34]

Oooh, blue synth in the top row shows who got style! Shoutout to all the ppl loving the "CS1x" !👋 CS1x or: How i finally learned how to really be productive with SysEx.

[@jamesr2934]

The new studio looks brilliant, looking forward to seeing you new content!!

[@neuronmind]

Love the Fb-01 for that nice Technotronic basse.. All the best with your new studio !

[@Djboyrimo]

Glad your doing ok man and totally psyched to see all ur upcoming videos!! I really wanna see the JP8080 in action!

[@dannydr]

Nice studio, Jonas. And nice to see that you have the Almighty JP8080

[@DMS198526]

Dude ur set up is sick, love it

[@DMS198526]

After ur advice, I really don’t like producing with over the ear headphones. I live in an apartment, so no option. Do u know of any good quality in ear monitors. Any help would be much appreciated;)

[@Estuera]

I never tried making music with in ears so don't really know about any I could recommend.

[@ivorydungeon909]

It's great to see you back - your new studio looks great. More than any other KZbinr, you make me want to show my studio to an audience - I think it's because of your attitude: you have a lot of know-how but also a great longitudinal knowledge of dance music and synths that always makes it a pleasure to hear your thoughts, and to check out your music.

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@anavos]

The new studio looks great!

[@AmeyahOfficialTV]

Congrats to the new place! i bought also finally masterkeyboard - settled for the Roland A800 Pro, the keybed wow and a SSL 2+ - finally can use the Studio Monitors again. Hope you enjoy your new place and there is finally a window, feels now maybe not to bunker-like :D Thanks for the update.

[@AmeyahOfficialTV]

wow congrats to JPeeeee

[@Estuera]

The old studio had a window as well btw, but it looked out on a busy noisy street so it was closed most of the times

[@persona83]

Hey Estuera, congrats for your new studio. Can't wait for new content!

[@MitchCollinge]

Love the setup!! 😁

[@gertumlauf5471]

I wish you a lot of fun in your Studio... And of course in the other parts of your house... Music is not everything ;)

[@LesVegasMusic]

Hey Jonas! Thanks for the update! Going through the same thing here! Let's do it! 🙌🏼

[@Estuera]

Thanks and good luck!

[@byoken]

Sound diffusers are expensive indeed. Are you able to build your own? There's free blueprints/plans online.

[@Estuera]

I might be doing that yes. I built the bass traps myself as well

[@christianschroer1999]

I dont think that a diffusor in your room makes a lot of sence because your room is not that big. So diffusion isn´t that effective in that case then absorbtion in my opinion but please inform you and then Im trilled to hear what is the best for your room. Very cool studio so far :) !

[@Estuera]

That is indeed what I was thinking as well. The length of the room is about 4.5m so dealing with standing waves has priority. (But a massive diffuser in the back would certainly look cool) Will need to do more research and experimenting.

[@christianschroer1999]

@@Estuera 100% agree :D

[@AC-id5ow]

Really enjoy your videos. Would be good to know the economics from running such a setup. How to get started and how long before you can quit a day job to do studio work full time?

[@Estuera]

Music and economics is a though marriage. If I didn't have my day job as software developer I wouldn't have this studio, that's a cold hard fact. Thanks to my old back catalogue, some new releases and remixes and recently the new income stream from youtube my music expenses vs income are more or less break even. Doing it as a full time job (as I did between 2006 - 2012) would be a bad idea at this point. It sucks but its reality. So now I write code during the day and music in the afterhours. I enjoy both luckily.

[@midimoog]

Congrats. Do yoy keep the boxes of your gear?

[@Estuera]

I do keep them indeed, always convenient in case the studio has to be disassembled and the equipment needs to be moved/stored.

[@DJVasC]

Hi Jonas, your studio looks great and I think you love the space in your studio, just to wander around or stuf it with new gear :-). Congratulations with the JP8080. I really look forward to your first video with the JP and if you can fall in love with it as I do. What will be your new purchase? The mighty Access Virus?

[@Estuera]

Not sure if I ever will get an Access Virus. I'm more interested in one of the Casio CZs, a PolySix, Wavestation and if I would get another oldschool VA maybe a Nord Lead.

[@peterfrank5657]

Hello Jonas! What kind of computer screen you use? How big? Best regards Peter

[@UnknownMelodies95]

Nice videos im moving soon and will be doing the same, thanks for the video and ive subscibed

[@Estuera]

Thanks!

[@Bartek3g]

Out of curiosity - why do you continue to use the old alessis M1 Active?

[@Estuera]

I simply never had enough reasons to do so. They are certainly not the greatest studio monitors but I'm used to them and they do the job.

[@icemannbmw]

what kind of keyboard stand is that

[@Estuera]

Jaspers keyboard stand. (www.thomann.de/be/jaspers_keyboard_stands_keys.html)

[@icemannbmw]

@@Estuera thank you

[@pedrodiegorebellocorreareb5074]

Next time, can you do a vídeo recreating a 144 BPM Trance music style? You know, like we're back in the mid 2000's?

[@Estuera]

144 bpm trance is a bit fast for any regular trance. Mid 2000's it was mostly 138 that was the 'standard'

[@pedrodiegorebellocorreareb5074]

@@Estuera 138 bpm can be enough, too! But also, 144 bpm in some cases, would be a standard in the soundtrack for a future Sonic the Hedgehog racing game. If I'm not wrong, as i saw here on KZbin, most trance songs were in between 140 and 160 bpm by the mid 90's.

[@sinonistoyemi6327]

my standard for trance is 145bpm

[@nexuzeb79]

Ziet er goed uit!