lojo Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Taking a break and thought id share this as i am excited Converting the back of my garage into a music room Please share any thoughts for ideas Plans basically for home office, electric drum kit, keys and guitars going through std hi fi system for fairly quite rehearsals and song writing etc Boy is also taking up the drums [attachment=62867:IMG_0255.JPG] Edited November 2, 2010 by lojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 A mate of mine did this, called it the "man room", and also put a bed in there and a fridge and a big poster of Cantona! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 My first thought is buy your missus something nice.... as you'll be spending more and more time in that room... Also I would look at buying a 5/6 way headphone amp and some half decent cans so you can wear these while rehearsing.... much better than going through the hifi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I did the same with a garden shed, insulated, lined it and put in power. It seems to have turned into a brewery at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougal Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Mine's called "the man cave". We do quite a lot of playing with electronic drums & headphones in there. I heartily recommend the fridge like rack unit for mounting all the rack stuff (and a rack mixer, of course, for evening out levels). Saves a lot of time plugging everything in. Also, I second the headphones over hi-fi; it'd have to be some pretty serious kit for volume levels, and you're liable to blow the speakers unless you compress the mix: have you considered a cheap PA / active monitors instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentode Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 God, I'm sooo envious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Since we're posting "man rooms": unfortunately I'm nowhere near rich enough to afford posh things like "soundproofing". When i'm older i'm going to have a go at making a proper home studio that's for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) I have some pretty good large speakers and an amp, I was hoping to mix it all on a small mixer, DI from guitars, drums etc, and then have that all run through the amp as one mix? I know its not very professional, but I thought it might work ok without having to spend out on to much new kit, then we can play at the same sound level as Id listen to CDs / movies etc. Edited November 2, 2010 by lojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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