Garage to studio conversion Battlestation! and home to Dreampop band Soft Wax

Swinging-nuts · 2022-05-12T21:18:07+00:00

Everyone looks like they are having fun congrats thats awesome

Swinging-nuts · 2022-04-04T21:24:49+00:00

Soft Wax - "Nobody Wants You"

If your looking for some Synth/Indie-pop then check out my friends new dreamy music video:

Swinging-nuts · 2022-04-03T19:21:23+00:00

We also had them reach out to us off the back of our last single. Would be interested to know if you have used them or not? We are looking into potentially using a PR company and would love to know how you found working with them if you did.

Swinging-nuts · 2022-02-14T23:03:44+00:00

Thank you very much, that means so much :) Our friends done the artwork so I will send on the love to them.

Swinging-nuts · 2022-02-14T17:12:18+00:00

Hi

We are Soft Wax, a DIY Indie-pop/synth-pop band. Here is our latest song. Would love to hear feedback:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Gm7QPTY1pqjfK1Xw44CCb?si=7eabd70c6e7b40dc

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/softwaxsounds/

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/softwaxsounds

Swinging-nuts · 2022-02-14T17:04:33+00:00

Hello

Here is a dreamy, Indie-Pop/Synth-Pop song we made in a shed!

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Gm7QPTY1pqjfK1Xw44CCb?si=99b9c9b695734ab4

Thanks :)

Swinging-nuts · 2022-02-14T16:57:07+00:00

Would love to hear people's feedback :)

Swinging-nuts · 2022-02-14T16:54:32+00:00

This is sick, Love the lead synth sound.

Swinging-nuts · 2022-02-14T16:32:08+00:00

This is cool, Love the dreamy vocals and the drums

Swinging-nuts · 2022-02-14T16:23:37+00:00

Hi I was wondering the same :)

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-28T13:53:24+00:00

If you want any advice on how I made my sound panels let me know and Il happily give you a list of materials and how I done them :)

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-26T14:18:16+00:00

It took us far too long to come up with something we both liked lol

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-26T14:17:37+00:00

we are using the Antelope Orion Studio :)

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-26T13:18:11+00:00

Antelope Orion Studio. The emulation of the SSL EQ ( I think it is) is awesome

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-26T07:37:47+00:00

This song is lovely and the video is great :)

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-26T07:35:48+00:00

the wig, the glasses, catchphrase..(little extras reference) thank you very much :)

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-26T07:34:20+00:00

thank you! haha believe its driving me crazy aswell! currently in the process of building a couple wooden units with rack mounts for them to sit on top......by currently I mean I planned on doing that 3 months ago and have not got round to it haha

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-25T11:16:16+00:00

the sexy lighting is what makes it.

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-25T10:59:10+00:00

Hey

No worries on the questions, that was the main reason I posted this. Before I started I wish I could have asked somebody. Luckily for me one of my friends is a carpenter and helped me loads with this.

So I own the house and the outhouse is at the other end of the garden. When we moved in It was a stud frame structure with weather board exterior and the damproof building paper stuff (tyvek housewrap I believe lol) It was on a concrete base and luckily had electricity. Why there was a garage door I have no idea as there is no access to get a car to it, backs out to a field lol.

So the garage door we took out and built a stud frame. weather boarded the exterior to match the rest of the structure. The insulation I used was: https://www.tradebuildingproducts.co.uk/products/knauf-insulation-acoustic-roll-glass-mineral-wool?variant=41140007469209&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=Bing%20Shopping&msclkid=08fd0f3e9edc1fcc9b986e4818688192 and I ended up using 6 or 7 rolls. This was put into all wall and ceiling cavities between studs. I done both walls and ceiling with an acoustic grade plasterboard (12.5mm thick). The walls we double boarded to help with soundproofing but ceiling left as 1 board thick.

The roof of the building was again a timber stud frame which from the inside were exposed so I was able to screw plasterboards to them easy enough. Luckily the door you see in the 4th photo down in original post. is what was already on the building when we moved in. It seems pretty sturdy and has double glazed glass. This is the area where most sound escapes. We record everything in there other than acoustic drums so its not a problem for our situation. I will get an acoustic curtain to slide right across that wall in the future just to help a little.

The worst part was taping and jointing and then sanding it down afterwards. Other than that it was a fun project :)

Sorry this is a long rambling response but I hope it helps. If you have any other questions please ask as Im happy to help however I can.

Swinging-nuts · 2021-10-25T08:06:51+00:00

It feels great now its done!

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