Turning a SHED into a Recording Studio

[@erictorres5935]

I did the exact same thing to my shed . Ended up building 2 rooms inside . One control room and the other a vocal room with a living area as well . Bought the shed for $6,000 and spent an additional $4,000 for all of the materials needed for the project . Great video guys

[@Shanex]

was the insulation enough to have speakers running in the control room without bleeding into the vocal booth?

[@erictorres5935]

@@Shanex yes sir , so for my control room was rock wool insulation with a plywood sheet to cover and drywall on top of that .

[@ProdXdB]

Man I work for Tuff Shed and we build these type of sheds. I'm considering making a shed into a studio. You guys have given me the visual to my idea. I'm definitely going to move forward with it now. Thank you!!! Nice studio fellas!!!

[@EliteOnTheBeat]

I use to work for tuff shed almost 20 years ago....Make me feel old just thinking about it lol. But out of ALL the sheds those would be the best sheds for recording studios due to the foundation. Hope this helps someone. Cheers!!!

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

Great job my dudes!! Looks professional and comfy at same time, perfect for spending hrs an hrs working on your craft.. def nice job!!

[@onlineflowerstore]

the perfect studio to lock in with some bros and smoke n recrord

[@Adominic]

thank you guys👍

[@Generouswassabi]

thanks for the inspiration i have been planing on building a studio in my garage for a few months and im super stoked about actually doing it this summer

[@AJDowningMusic]

Nice job guys! You’re gonna hate that AC unit. Check out the variable speed split units. It heats and cools SILENTLY and won’t take up a window space.

[@vocalvisiontv]

long term goals for sure

[@EliteOnTheBeat]

@@vocalvisiontv Until then ANYTIME you're gonna mix and especially record you have to cut that AC OFF.

[@ruffnek]

Well done boyz, clean lookin studio

[@frizzzzzzal]

I wore that infinate worlds shirt for years. Always my favorite shirt

[@vocalvisiontv]

I think I got it at zumies, solid shirt 999/10

[@yallgonlearntoday]

Ok y’all did that!!!! Congrats to you all and wish you much success!

[@MtemiMUKI]

Fantastic!!!!

[@devinxharper]

Super rad space. Build yourselves some broadband absorbers tho. That foam isn't touching much at all below like, 750hz-1k.

[@vocalvisiontv]

Appreciate it, I'm following that advice immediately as soon as the funds permit.

[@joshkaspian]

Humble beginnings. Am inspired.

[@jacobgardiepy4724]

Thanks for documenting the project, there’s always room to grow but it sounds pretty good for a shed

[@jacobgardiepy4724]

You better lock that thing up tight tho, I’d obsess it

[@TheBeltwayBandits]

Keep Spreading The Love ❤

[@KM_1983]

Looks cool. But more like a chill spot with the tv and couch taking most of the room than a studio.

[@shamrockbo4957]

It's studio furniture to help absorb the sound and rumble

[@jaceychan7099]

Wow good job guys!

[@bennimako]

My question is; how are you going to keep the gym tack tiled floor from condensation. If am right; it soaks water underneath overtime because of the air-conditioning... or yours does not?

[@TStarbeatz]

nice ! i would grab another shed and connect them just to get a bit more space its a lil tight but it looks great guys

[@soulscientific2685]

doooope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Postapocalypse666]

Very cool guys

[@JamesWarrior]

Great video. Thank you.

[@rhinoskin7550]

Hell yea! I am trying to move out of my bedroom in my mom's house by building a bedroom/studio in the garage, it will free up some space for my niece too so she doesn't share a bedroom with her lil bro. Then, hopefully start meeting clients

[@MilaOh]

This is rad! Great job!

[@yochillsmith]

Nice, I also have a studio in a shed. Same size too.

[@Analogkidd]

this is really cool! Very inspiring and high quality! Great Job

[@JewmangiBK]

Nice work fellas 💪

[@twinnsoniq]

Very Nice... I aspire to do this myself. Thanks for sharing.

[@vocalvisiontv]

Thank you, definitely worth building one. Do u use fl studio?

[@twinnsoniq]

@@vocalvisiontv I just recently got version 20 But, I use Studio One primarily.

[@MegaToneProductions]

Dope! Respect Due.

[@RAZALAHORI]

nice studio ❤

[@italiad1013]

Sweet!

[@hybridstudios39]

After the foam boards you should’ve used roxul or 703… some area much thicker than 2in that way you make traps without making traps. Replace most of the foam with traps and it’ll sound much better guaranteed. But decent build overall 👌🏾

[@BennJamez]

This is fye🔥🔥 One of the best studio build videos I've seen in a while💯

[@vocalvisiontv]

appreciate the luv updated shed studio coming soon

[@skriptico]

great work wow!

[@noneknows7401]

Legendary

[@chadhosegood]

Nice work! Im getting a 9x20 shed that I will turn into a recording studio and practice space for my band. Can’t wait as im working on leveling my back yard now!

[@anthonyrubio1194]

Great team work , nice shed

[@kirkleblanc-eh6gu]

Very cool. Where are you located? Curious if this concept would work year round in say… Canada.

[@Fittyy_]

Actually so dope FRFR

[@factsoverfeelings5833]

Nicely done! 👌

[@Azfun6]

Great job guys, very creative use of space adn cool video. Thanks for sharing.

[@spaceagepimpin]

I’ve been wanting to do this and seeing this video made me want to do this even more

[@YkItzUnknwn]

Literally perfect other than there should be some acoustic panels and definitely needs bass traps i would have gotten your rooms EQ and then saw which frequencies resonate too much. Before after is CRAZY tho fire video this should motivate the crap out of up and comers

[@schnabilo]

Great work! Do you have any experience with temperature fluctuations and/or humidity issues? Mostly because of all the synth stuff and electronics. I need to move out into the shed and thats the things i worry about most as the Shed won't be heated all the time. Thanks so much for the documentation of your work 🙏

[@TheLo31]

dayum!!

[@gecurry1999]

Nice setup guys!!!!

[@puresoulg]

Great Job Guys 🎉

[@markchristopher4165]

Nice!

[@jpsandberg]

Neat idea, and 'looks' cool - but a big missed opportunity by not adding actual accoustic treatment/abosorbers to the walls/ceiling before putting up the fabric. FWIW, those foam stickons do mostly nothing for real accoustic room treatment. Hopefully after you guys do some more research you can go back and add some actual fluffy and low density accoustic treatment pannels to the wall and a cloud on the ceailing in the control/mixing room, along with the vocal booth! This will help control early reflections as well as some bass absorption in that space!

[@vocalvisiontv]

Absolutely, acoustic treatment had to be within budget, so it became less of a focus compared to things to make the recording experience more comfortable. Definitely a point we had to compromise on.

[@AndrewCCM]

100%. Owens 703 isn’t expensive either!

[@jpsandberg]

@@vocalvisiontv this wasn't a compromise, it was a waste of money. Would have been better to save up until you could install something useful. Btw, what I'm talking about isn't really that expensive and rather easy to built yourself. I think the issue comes down to the fact you thought these actually do something when they mostly don't. And that's ok, we all are in the learning process

[@officiallodza8914]

Good job lads 👏 🔥

[@waynefarrellvoiceovers]

Good job!

[@g3cd]

Is the "fabric" you bought flame proof or did you guy build yourself a death trap?

[@MrFairgroundzMuzik]

Awesome

[@bloodyreveille450]

Really nice 🤘

[@AndrewCCM]

Wish my darn HOA would allow a shed! 😢

[@StackhausLive]

Hell yeah

[@AndrewCCM]

I like what you did. However, I have to question the choice to use foam squares for acoustic treatment. I’d recommend revisiting something more dense someday to help control low end. I use 703 insulation for panels and double up for 6” bass traps. The difference over foam is dramatic and helps tame the low end that foam cannot. Just a suggestion. Enjoyed the video.

[@danfen7005]

Sick as fffff

[@danymalsound]

How's the bleed outside? Can anyone hear you doing scream vocals and such?

[@attila_999]

The content I LOVE 🧛🏼🛸

[@antonioscolotti8558]

At first I said "what the hell?" But at the end I said I bet it sounds pretty good in there. Nice place to hang out too! Cool.

[@vocalvisiontv]

same ngl

[@OGMUZIK-tr4lq]

🔥🔥🔥

[@JMXCzw]

Sweet... Looks very cool. This seems like an excellent way to avoid distractions while working from home. How is the insulation holding up? Does the sound bleed on the outside though?

[@mr.tinman4054]

Great Job

[@lucashozzamedia]

Dope shit

[@Arco615]

This is dope! Great build and great job on the walkthru video.. Would you mind sharing a link to the shed? Looking to build my own and that is perfect size

[@HotBoyRob1105]

@VocalVisionStudio how much for the building, materials to build the inside of it to turn into a recording studio?

[@joyzilla4638]

Do y'all sell studio time?!

[@ThirdEyeSwitch]

I love the effort, and it looks nice and comfortable, but I would not claim this to be a "professional" studio for mixing and mastering, that's an insult to actual professional studios. It's a great place to get started and learn, all that is needed for that is a dedicated space and some speakers, and honestly learning to work around acoustic problems will teach you a lot as an audio engineer. Switch between speakers and headphones often to find and learn the acoustic problems. You should be able to capture decent sessions, but I would send them off for mixing, and definitely for mastering to get commercially viable quality. Here are some problems: Foam board has basically 0 soundproofing or dampening qualities for anything but the highest of highs, and that "acoustic" foam directly on a hard surface won't do anything to dampen any low end whatsoever, it may kill some flutter of high mids and highs, and the lowest sub freqs will probably just go right through the walls and cracks at least (hopefully you don't have any neighbors to bother), but a ton of the low end and low mids will move in and live there rent free and take a shit on all your mixes and make it impossible to know what's actually happening in the mix, and an orgy of frequencies will be bleeding into every microphone compounding the mixing problems and causing things to loose clarity, so you'll turn those frequencies down, and everything sounds small and weak instead. I'll take a guess that mixes tend to sound very different when you go listen on other systems like in your car, that is why. You can probably get decent results recording and mixing vocals and acoustic guitars and such, and of course midi instruments and headphones will be your best friends, but acoustic drums, amps, and anything with a lot of low end will be tough to capture well, and accurate monitoring for professional full frequency mixing and mastering is definitely impossible unless you add bass traps and much thicker absorption. Maybe add another layer of rock wool on top of a couple of layers of dry wall (with an inch of air gap to the foam), and a cloud (minimum 12 inch thickness), at least around the mixing position, and a free standing panel behind it, that would go a long way. Or just admit to yourself that this is a nice space to hang with your homies and capture art, but you have some way to go before you should claim this to be a professional mixing and mastering studio. Sorry about the negativity. I started a long tong time ago in a similar way and I hope this helps.

[@vocalvisiontv]

Valid points thanks for the advice. You might’ve misheard what we’re calling the project: it’s a “professional” recording studio, definitely not a professional mixing and mastering studio. We are focused on vocals, that’s why we’re VVS. In practice, our semipermanent booth does well for what we’re doing. I’m excited to expand into a place that can be used for professional mixing and mastering, can I consult you about acoustic treatment for that in the future?

[@txddyfarquh69]

Any aircon in the Booth?

[@Officialheatrecords]

Cool

[@anthonyrubio1194]

What are equipment are using

[@trinadash8302]

How much insulation did you use?

[@TY2L0]

Price of the build?

[@luisherrera5172]

How big is the shed?😊

[@tecno8335]

Also you don't want too much foam guys. You don't want your vocals to sound to bassy and dead.

[@tylermiska8380]

What was the total cost?

[@geomitche8]

Where do you track acoustic drums?

[@vocalvisiontv]

probably not planning to track drums here with out more acoustic treatment

[@jannybravo8429]

My girl would never see me again

[@pd1jdw630]

How ore what did you do to the floor? Just the rubber flooring?

[@vocalvisiontv]

Just this rubber flooring yeah. 20.5-in x 0.25-in Vinyl/Plastic Tile Gym Flooring (2.7-sq ft) www.lowes.com/pd/Blue-Hawk-20-5-in-x-20-5-in-Black-Coin-PVC-Plastic-Tile-Multipurpose-Flooring/3654862

[@damvgebeatz]

How much was the total cost of the shed and getting it assembled ?

[@graphenemusic5922]

umm.... i m not sure u did the right choice with the booth, i would have use all the space for a better control room and recorded vocals in there also, the control room that u have now is not a good shape for acoustics!

[@vocalvisiontv]

I’m with you on the acoustics, the new wall is suboptimal. Our space is small so the window ac would be too close to any mic without a semi isolated space. I guess it’s easy enough to take the booth out in the future and track vocals in the control room, but for now we have a lot of background noise. So far, it has been the right choice I think

[@donniebobb74]

i see that loud ass AC

[@indiscreetz5129]

numbers are numbers

[@SchmauSy.Official]

Nice and the bathroom?

[@vocalvisiontv]

In the crib. 50k likes for bathroom tour.

[@TiferetSolarisGevurah]

The Space in the Booth is big but the Foam only eats mids an highs. You should Work with Diffusion an broadband Absorber. From the Shorts i allways Hear the lows,Low mids are pronounced alot. For early Reflexions the Foam is good but to much Off it isnt good for vocals

[@vocalvisiontv]

Yessir we need some bass traps and diffusion. What kind of broadband absorbers should I look for?

[@TiferetSolarisGevurah]

@@vocalvisiontv basotect from BASF is very good for vocal Range. Its Not the cheapesst but can get down to 125hz broadband absorbation. For basstraps mineral wool is better Cuz basstraps has to be thick. Maybe Look Up Ethan Winer Channel on KZbin. He is Well respected for His knowledge in Case of acoustik Elements

[@vocalvisiontv]

@@TiferetSolarisGevurah thank you, I’m gonna save these for when we have some money to get a space treated right.

[@RyanHannaMusic]

this is more studio than what most call a studio given that you have a vocal booth, but so many folk say they have a studio and its just a laptop and 3 peripheral studio items perched on their gaming desk. a studio is somewhere that can offer live drum tracking, has more inputs than just one or two, big enough that a band can do a recording off the floor, and that its a single use, dedicated space. if you cant track guitars because your missus is in bed then its not a studio

[@CRISISAT3AM]

shed theory

[@hevmadeit9354]

Do you guys record vocals and everything into FL or do you guys use Pro Tools to mix?

[@vocalvisiontv]

We have done everything on FL for the first two months, but transitioned to Pro Tools for vocal recording. FL can do everything, but pro tools can be faster for recording if your template is good.

[@hevmadeit9354]

@@vocalvisiontv Thanks. I was thinking about getting PT but as a artist who sing/raps and plays I like how FL works for arrangements and capturing ideas and trying out multiple concepts. I might still try PT one day tho,

[@vocalvisiontv]

Yes I agree I love FL’s versatility. One thing I love about Pro Tools is how all the audio clip files are stored with the project file. It makes collaboration and transporting files way less confusing. Let me know when u get it I can help you learn

[@Sillowhh]

4:38 w rug

[@danielstartek9729]

Are you Arthur Two Sheads?

[@SupermillionVisuals]

👍🏼

[@Rudebowydelly]

🔥

[@JAMPROSOUND]

Great attempt guys. This is unfortunately too common to see. To anyone watching this, stop. Call or hire a legit acoustician to walk you through planning for and selecting the right materials. In most cases, the money spent on such a call is going to be less than the money you waste going DIY your first time. Best of luck.

[@vocalvisiontv]

Acoustic treatment is obviously very important. For our use case, we needed to save money to be able to furnish and market our space. This is a good warning though. For us, we’re recording vocals, getting a rough mix on the monitors, then refining on the mx50’s, then a car. Ultimately for cost, It’s not acoustically treated. It has worked for what we need it to do, you know?

[@noreaction1]

Could have saved money buying insulation direct from manufacturer

[@HelloooThere]

Nice..looks like drug den

[@AdrianMendoza23]

You guys are cute.

[@PandaPotPies]

Young thug records in a room with 20 dudes talking and smoking and they dont stop while hes rapping so if you dont always use the vocal booth thats ok 👍

[@joshsmith7033]

PLEASE tell me you're putting an ac system in there. It would be 140 degrees in there if not. Like literally....an ac system is AT LEAST $5000. A window unit WILL NOT cut it in a studio. Talking from experience guys.

[@3rdWarrior.]

🔥🔥 God bless you guys in Jesus Christ name he loves you guys remember that he wants us to repent and turn from our sins and follow after him and his ways Nice studio

[@TarzanHedgepeth]

No. He wants us to BELIEVE in Him. We are saved by grace through faith, not by works, just anyone should boast. We are not justified by works of the law, we are justified by His resurrection. We are cleansed by His blood through belief in Him, not by our own righteousness. We must have His righteousness, which He imputes to us by FAITH, not by establishing our own righteousness. If you were a Jesus lover, you would do what He said instead of doing what you think is right. Don't spread a false gospel to people and think you are saving them. The GOOD NEWS is that they can be saved by FAITH ALONE. Don't touch James 2 with me unless you're willing to explain how sacrificing your child is a work of the law or lying for spies is a work of the law... those were acts of faith, not the kind of works that the self-righteous thinks saves them (charity, etc... but you have not LOVE, and love is obedience and God classifies obedience as NOT TO THE LAW but as BELIEVING IN JESUS. Read your Bible by yourself, ditch your false teachers who lse god is their belly. The work of God is to believe on Him whom He sent... the new commandment is to BELIEVE on the Son and to love the brethren. For we are the righteousness of God in CHRIST. If you are not a believer in Jesus, but instead, you trust in your own repenting of sins and your own law following as proof of your salvation, you are not saved. You need to REPENT, change your mind, trust in God instead of in your dead works, believe in Jesus' FINISHED WORK on the cross. Know that He is resurrected, you will be justified. But, by your own efforts, no. "Following" Him, no. RESTING in Him, YES. That's the GOOD NEWS. Don't spread your bad news to people who don't know better, you'll send them to Hell, then you'll have blood on your hands. Go to Galatians and read: "Oh ye foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you? Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? " And Paul continues to warn, demanding an answer to the question of whether they were saved by hearing the preaching of faith, or by the works of the law? If you finally get saved from this, or you already were and you unwittingly FORGOT YOUR FIRST LOVE, repent from that which you are fallen... which is from grace. Because every false teacher is ACCURSED. So, if you really want to get right with God, break before Him. BELIEVE IN JESUS, not yourself. Stop "re-sanctifying" yourself over and over again, as if you can do that - the blood did it ONCE FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE INSTANTLY AND FOREVER, regardless of their deeds. Doing good is good to do, but up to this point, all your works will burn up because EVERYTHING is going to burn except for SAVED SOULS. And if that is the message you're preaching, you are a minister of the law, the ministry of death, and not life. But the life is from the Spirit, which is of grace through faith. THAT is the testimony of Jesus Christ, THAT is obedience to Him. He does love us - that's why He wants us to trust in Him and not in ourselves. We do not have confidence in the flesh. We WERE sinners, and we would be alive to sin through the law, which stirs up sin in our members, for the commandment STIRS UP SIN. But we are instead to be reckoned DEAD TO SIN AND ALIVE TO CHRIST through the Spirit. That is by GRACE. Grace does not give a list of to-dos and do-nots. Grace gives FREELY, regardless of effort, because it is a gift received by FAITH and THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, FOR IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD. Go read your Bible. People who teach what you do are worse than serial killers. I genuinely hope you are saved and that you start preaching the Gospel instead of the devil's deception, which is the broad way that leads to death. Why do so few find life? Because it is STRAIT AND NARROW. Why is it strait and narrow? Because He is One, JESUS CHRIST. And His yoke is easy. He lays no burdens on us, because HE DID THE WORK. We do not! And if any good thing comes from us, it's from God alone; it doesn't earn us rewards, why do these fools talk like this? Firstly, Jesus is our reward, salvation, and secondly, we were straitly WARNED to say that we are UNPROFITABLE servants, we only did what was our duty to do. What rewards are you expecting from going to the devils' church 3 days a week, going to a blasphemous "Bible study" where God's Word is dissected with a fine-tooth comb instead of BELIEVED, and being shot at from the pulpit on Sunday from a reckless slave-driver or an ivory tower Pharisee fool (all with "love", right, Satan?); and then you go online and lead people to the devil's Hell? Don't say charity or soup kitchen, you'll never compete with the Catholics or the Salvation Army, or the many government departments that do a far better job of all of that. Don't say missions when missions completely neglects sitting next to the weird broken people in town while they drink their bottle (or not) and act half-lost and need a real friend. No... don't do anything REAL... that would be unsafe, and those guys and gals are just unrepentant, aren't they? Pssh..

[@sspbrazil]

What does Jesus have to do with a shed made into a recording studio? Lol

[@MSDTech]

Lol boomer. Those damn kids and their hip hop music😂😂😂😂

[@3rdWarrior.]

@@sspbrazil letting people know Jesus loves them and the things of this world don’t matter if you don’t have Christ

[@sspbrazil]

@@3rdWarrior. that still has zero to with making a shed into a recording studio.