A Long Overdue Photo Update

Pouring footings for the new deck.

step 2.

step 3

done!

 

then we had a hurricane and we didn't have electricity for over a week.

So I did some landscaping using found materials and dumped 5 tons of locally sourced rock to make a walkway for the studio.

Now there's lots of guitar amps here.

Daryl and I re-racked everything into one giant space.  Lots of outboard compressors, pres and processing options now. 

I finally painted the outside of the control room!

More new amps and cabs.

Obligatory nerdy Star Wars photo.

I've started the 2nd stage of soundproofing in the live room by building another frame inside the room.

Soundproofing!

 

The entire room will be done in sections.  The first one is a huge shelving unit built into the wall.  

InAeona session and More Gear

I keep waiting to post pictures once the studio is all cleaned up.  but the more time passes, the more I realize that this living breathing space isn't ever going to be "clean".  So when InAeona was here last weekend working on a split, their bassist Dave took some sweet photos for me.

We've had bands in pretty steadily all Summer and have been making hits and BBQing like crazy.  it's been a great first season for the studio and I couldn't be happier with the resulting recordings that have been coming out of here.

PM1000 & Junius recording session

Junius doing some pre production

Vintage Yamaha PM1000 - the newest addition to the studio

building a subkick & desktop racks/speaker stands

last weekend I built a subkick clone (a device that records low frequencies really well) from a spare 10" speaker and an old racktom.  I figured while I was at it I should probably work on my desktop racks/speaker stands.  why not right?  I used all existing materials, adding only 2 sheets of steel and foam to decouple the speakers ($30), and 4 rack rails to mount the gear ($30). now it almost looks like a studio - the mixing console comes next!

first session

a couple weekends ago engineer James Dunham tracked drums for an upcoming Junius split.  Dana Filloon came in and finished it in one night.  Engineer Daryl Rabidoux, James and I went through all the channels of the snake, patch bays and all the outboard gear to make sure everything was working and managed to dial in some pretty amazing sounds.  A great first session that is a sign of things to come. photo taken Feb 2011

EXPECTED LAUNCH DATE: APRIL 2011

After over a year in the making, Radar Studios will be opening it's doors in April, 2011!  Please check back and stay in touch for a complete gear list, engineers who will be working here, our past clients and discographies along with plenty of other fun details. 

Below, you'll find a ton of photos along with descriptions of the complete studio build to date.  I plan on doing my best to keep up with this blog as we add more and continue work on the studio.

cleaning up and moving in

I finally started getting the live room organized in order to make a usable space and figure out where to build iso rooms, floating drum floor, etc.  In the control room I've put a refurbished iMac, a found desk chair and coffee table, and a used couch from Craigslist.  most gear will be used / modded / b-stock / refurbished to maintain the sustainable aesthetic.  A full gear list to come soon, as I'm still buying and installing things.  Photos taken the last week of January 2011.