hows to make my studio "Fresh"?

[terryko]

i am now using a split-a/c to minimize the noise.
I hang the unit on the wall in my studio.

however, the air condition inside becomes worse for time,
as there are no fresh air going in the studio.

How should I make some fresh air into the studio,
but minimize the noise? (sound-proof issue~)

thanks~

[GZsound]

Originally Posted by terryko

i am now using a split-a/c to minimize the noise.
I hang the unit on the wall in my studio.

however, the air condition inside becomes worse for time,
as there are no fresh air going in the studio.

How should I make some fresh air into the studio,
but minimize the noise? (sound-proof issue~)

thanks~

Terry... Not sure what a "split a/c" is, but typically and A/C unit needs to exhaust the warm air to the outside of the room... If you don't do that, it just recirculates the ever increasingly warm air in the room with no cooling at all.

There isn't a lot you can do to minimize the noise. What I do is cool down my studio with my wall mounted A/C and then shut the unit off when recording.

My room is so well insulated it will stay cool for hours..

Quite air conditioning is really, really expensive and involves huge ducts moving lots and lots of air a very low volume so there is no noise. The actual A/C unit is installed a reasonable distance away from the studio in a sound proof room..

About the best you could hope for would be to buy the quietest A/C unit you can find and mount it in the wall so it exhausts outside...and turn it off when recording critical sources.

[terryko]

Thanks,
is it normal to turn off the A/C while recording? (i mean, is it a usual way in a studio?)

And one question,
if there is only "Cool air" going in from the A/C unit,
the air quality will be worse as the room is "sealed", without any airflow,
how to solve?

thanks again~

[tech1]

With the airflow problem, whenever the room it not in use, it should remain open (doors and windows) so air can circulate. Then, seal it up with fresh air inside for recording.

[GZsound]

Most A/C units draw in room air, cool it and send the cool air back into the room while exhausting the warm air to the outside.

If you leave the door open while using the A/C, you have defeated the purpose of the air conditioner.

And no, it is not necessary to turn the air conditioner off when recording....unless of course you don't want to record the sound of the air conditioner running in the background. It's up to you.

[tech1]

Originally Posted by GZsound

If you leave the door open while using the A/C, you have defeated the purpose of the air conditioner.

Unless, of course, it's attached to another room with AC. Maybe I just misunderstood the studio description.....

[GZsound]

Originally Posted by tech1

Unless, of course, it's attached to another room with AC. Maybe I just misunderstood the studio description.....

Don't feel bad, I'm confused too...

Have you ever tried running a window type air conditioning unit in the middle of a room without exhausting the warm air? Hmmm...

[87PRS]

I had to jump in on this one, since I run a window type a/c unit in my studio. I have no windows in my room, very good insulation, the a/c unit is actually in a cut-out on the wall closer to the floor, and my a/c unit has a remote control....same in drum room. I keep the recording studio cool 60's, and monitor the humidty at all times. When recording I turn the a/c off with remote, hit record, when done turn the a/c back on, not much effort required. My only problem (as usual) is the drummer remembering to turn it off before doing the "click" haha and if he starts sweating too much...oops he forgot to turn it back on. This is how I aircondition my studio in the woods, nothing fancy, and with the price of window air units being so cheap it doesn't cost that much, but you have to have good insulation in your place. Terryko, you have your a/c set-up wrong, you have to have a fresh air exchange. JMO, thanks

[swellis01]

To prevent that "Not So Fresh Feeling" in my studio, I went to WalMart and bought, for only about 24bucks, an "Ionic Pro" air purifyer. Not the big one for serveral hundred dollars; the small one (about 8" tall) that you leave plugged into an outlet all the time. Works great for a small room. It does make a slight zapping noise once in a while, when it finds a dust particle passing buy. I unplug it if I am going to record. Otherwise, it does make the room smell fresh, and sends out those negative ions that all the marketing guys love.
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