The Home Studio Diaries

Part 1

Throughout my career I’ve been lucky enough to work in some amazing purpose built studios, many of which have been large scale, multi-million dollar facilities with multiple rooms, big sprawling analog mixing consoles, incredible vintage outboard gear and microphones and offered the best in acoustic design and construction.

However, it has always been necessary to have some sort of small home studio to work in as well. This would range from a simple laptop with some headphones to do basic editing, to larger spaces where I might be able to mix or do a few overdubs. When I moved into my current house in 2019, I decided to take a portion of the garage and build a more legitimate mixing room to do the majority of my work in. By legitimate, I mean a space that is dedicated specifically to mixing, that is acoustically treated with the caliber of equipment that would allow me to do consistent, professional work from home. It was a long time dream of mine and I’m extremely grateful for it. I…