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[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Go follow www.youtube.com/@MillSounds

[@patrickfouhy9102]

Anyone starting out, listen to this man. This video is the message I want to send my past self.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

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[@BeatsAndMeats]

If you need to make a bass trap, take the Roxul Safe N Sound out of the package, keeping the shape exactly as it came in the bag, and wrap it in fabric. Then just lay it upright in the corner. Basically you’re just replacing the plastic bag with fabric and setting it in the corner. Works shockingly well for about $60 total.

[@KarlWinegardner]

Your point on sustainability is so important. If you can't feed yourself and save some for tomorrow (whatever tomorrow might bring) with the money from your gig, it will eat your business from the inside out. And fast.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Its a weird thing to think about for sure. But if you aren't taken care of you can't possibly take care of people you work with.

[@natdenchfield8061]

When talking about your DIY acoustic panels, remember to call it "acoustic treatment" and not "sound insulation" . Calling it the wrong thing seems to cause much confusion on the internet, with people thinking that acoustic treatment will isolate their studio from outside noise or studio noise getting out. Isolation is a whole different kettle of fish compared to treating the acoustics of the room.

[@AndrewMasters]

Tip on the rockwool 16" 2x4 pack you referenced.. it's kind of labeled in a confusing way. They're only 16" wide so for a 2x4 panel youll need like 1.5 of each. Just made a bunch of new panels myself, great tips. For hanging them I'd recommend french cleats - super strong and easy to mount.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

There’s a 16”x48” version and a 24”x48”. I mostly have 16” in the walls for the construction between studs. Then I buy the 24 for everywhere else.

[@LashonEvans216]

@@RecordingStudioLoser Where do you buy the 24x48 ones? In my local lowe's they don't carry that size at all. Is there website that possibly carries it for lower shipping rates?

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I wonder if my Lowe’s carry’s it because I bought it so much?

[@xx4248]

The best advice I got when I was thinking of being a recording engineer for a living was from the prorec forums in the late 90s and the resounding answer was "Don't do it!" I ignored that advice and had a great time at it for about 5 or 6 years and let other more lucrative things take over my professional life. But I have killer home studio and I still make music because I have to. But not have to make a living Also, Barry manilow LOVES reverb, he calls it magic. He thinks it sounds dull otherwise. Just ask his engineers. Joking but not lol😂 make your music sound the way you want it to sound. Looking back I wish I learned you can just make your own ribbon mics earlier by say 30 years If you are the kinda guy who would buy a hand built ribbon microphone lemme know

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I also ignored said advice. And I’m the kind of guy that builds ribbons too 🫡

[@xx4248]

As you should be Someone made a vid about making a ribbon mic out of garbage, rewound a transformer pulled from a dial up modem (here is the cheat, he bought the coated wire for a previous project and it was leftover) and made the ribbon out of foil salvaged from a gun wrapper if I remember that right. I think the gun wrapper foil was the weak part of the mic. It didn't sound good to me but that guy is a badass as far as I'm concerned lol Also I want to make better corrugatins on the ribbon something stiffer, use triangles. You can't do that with reg gears and I haven't figured out a good diy solution outside of buying a 3d printer to make weird gears. If you think of anything lemme know

[@therockhour1386]

RE- Effects - Verbs and Space. Once you start to get used to the sound of the space you record in, it starts to become "The Effect". Last year - for example, I just couldnt get a drum room to work with the song, and out of nowhere I said.... "what if I turn the drums into midi, then use the southern soul kit in superior drummer (Muscle Shoals) and just use the ambient mics" - and there it was. In that particular kit, they included "Bleed" mics: Bass Amp, Guitar Amp, Vocal etc. I started to really get a sense of what the song was calling for

[@compucorder64]

Millsounds is a great channel too, pointed me towards some mics I really love, like the Soyuz and Chandler TG Type L. The RA Book has lots of designs, including how to build your own isolated rooms, doors etc... it's pretty useful too if you want to build a more permanent constructions, like isolated drum or amp rooms for example. But yes, I had panels like that too in my home studio at my house, before I moved country and moved into a rental apartment temporarily. And, another thing you can do is buy a bails of this stuff. Then even without taking it out of plastic, wrap the whole bail in burlap/jute or whatever. You can stack those big bails against the corners, to make corner traps. They can go along the floor corner too, behind the studio desk. Then build a big ass cloud, clouds are so helpful. Going back to untreated room, after getting used to treat sucks. Room correction helps a bit, for mixing at least.

[@LemonesqueStudio]

Fencing slats over 2x4 for pannels. Pannels flat agains the wall is a no go, use 6" fence slats with 4" rockwool to leave a 2" airgap behind the pannel. They work out at about £15 for 4'x2' pannel.

[@erictimothyanderson7469]

4:06 In some places you could free wood... for example, I live near a saw mill, and they put out seconds for free.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I have one close to me as well. They do that sometimes. Also big roofing supply places will often set out very large pallets that can be taken for free. Litttle more work to cut them down. But free is free

[@gilchristnkosi]

Thank you very much man. Arigato

[@timjorden8329]

Excellent video

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

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[@GrandNebSmada]

As a live sound guy I've noticed that the KSM32 is quite popular in the concert industry but does not get the love it deserves for recording.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Highly underrated

[@raymondb8596]

Hey Jeremy - another great one. My wife and I have started several businesses and now getting into recording studio, one thing that is a must is not to position yourself in a way that will fiscally starve you. If you are starting - ALWAYS have an income and be as diversified so that as you start, you don’t starve! We have seen hundreds of people start a business and stop quite their job saying - all or nothing…. Well it usually ends in nothing. Patience also! Cut yourself a break. Best to you.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

👆wisdom

[@xx4248]

Being able to eat is obvious lol

[@xx4248]

I feel like I'm on the moon landing was fake side of KZbin in 2006 and can't get out

[@wesleybrehm9386]

I just want to co-sign something said in the video. Establishing clear boundaries with a written contract is incredibly important. I’m not saying you have to get a lawyer and draw up a contract, although that is a good idea, but have written guidelines and boundaries. For example, I tell every client family comes first. I have work time, I have family time, and they shouldn’t expect me to work during off hours. I tell clients what my “office hours” are and stick to it, with rare times I work in off hours because of scheduling; by that I mean if an artist is only in town for a few hours, I’ll accommodate that rather than just saying no. At first I was nervous about doing this, but it has actually gotten me more clients than it’s cost me. When you’re upfront and honest with clients, they will respect you (most of the time). When clients aren’t respectful, then point to the contract they signed. If they keep pressing after that, fire the client. In nearly two years I haven’t had to fire a single client, and I’ve had so many clients say they think it’s awesome I keep boundaries and put family high on my priority list. Work your butt off during work hours, but when you’re not at work, don’t be at work.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

100% I’ve got a couple videos about contracts. Very important. If you can have a lawyer you can call. That’s huge.

[@wesleybrehm9386]

Quick correction: Rockwool is 16” wide, not 24”. If you want 24”W x 48”L, you have to order an entire pallet because it’s a special order item, which runs almost $900 USD. Go in with a bunch of other musicians to buy a pallet and it will serve a couple folks.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I wonder if mine keeps it in stock because I’ve bought so much. 🤷‍♂️

[@g3cd]

I'm not concerned about doing rockwool frames, I'm concerned about doing the wrong thing. Like muffle all mids and highs with a wall covered in rockwool while at the same time doing nothing about the bass bouncing around the whole room.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I get it. If you need lower frequencies double your or give your self an air gap of 3-4’inches from the wall. Still this is cheap enough to learn and make mistakes and change and learn the room.

[@IvanGarcia-mk6fk]

You can also add wooden slats across the front of the panels to add diffusion.

[@compucorder64]

​@@RecordingStudioLoser Can even make a double decker sandwich of these two. So, 4" air gap from wall. Then frame with 4" rockwool, then 4" gap, then another 4" rockwool panel. You can cover that as one unit too and save on fabric. And the air gaps are two for one, and free! Well kinda, you do lose some space in your room.

[@compucorder64]

@@IvanGarcia-mk6fk Yip, the Present Day Productions guys did alternating panels. Every second one was plain, alternating with ones fronted with diffusers. They built their own diffusion front using plywood, cut to a design, I think from the RA book. Once sanded and treated, looked great too. They built a really nice isolated/treated studio in a warehouse space for not much money.

[@rocketsauce5067]

Then just high pass your two buss. Duh. Ha Ha just kidding.

[@sickmessiah]

Rockwool is made from basalt and slag in a furnace and spun while melted.

[@sickmessiah]

You can take a tourch to it and it won’t burn because of what it is made from. It’s fireproof. Since it’s melted and spun rock like cotton candy. It’s dense and breathable and very good for absorbing more frequencies than fiber glass per lb sq.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

👍 I have to remember which one was denim. I’m getting them mixed up.

[@xx4248]

It's also brushed with butter then browned on a grill

[@xx4248]

Butt yeah one mistake I've seen that's really stupid dangerous is using all kinds of garbage for sound treatment that's a total fire hazard This vid lacks making a fire pit warning It's common

[@andrewmcclamroch867]

What cables would you recommend that are affordable without being unreliable?

[@TresSeaver]

Way cool advice! My business isn't audio-related, but nearly everything you said is dead on, nonetheless.

[@therockhour1386]

"It wont sound like a U-87 - its not a U-87. Can it do the same job? "SHURE"".

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Accidental dad joke. 😂😂

[@CE-ex2wg]

what dude starting his own studio has a family?

[@kevinleblanc47]

opening a Music Studio today is just as good as a Chariot Repair Store. Both are dead ends in today's economy.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I hear that every year. And every year has been my best year 🤷‍♂️