@Abnamusic Hey! Sorry I haven't responded - your'e right, I hardly come here anymore. Glad that I've inspired you in some small way. There is plenty of soundproofing between control room and tin shed but you can still hear a little rain. It's still not up to the isolation of an expensive pro studio - but better than you're average home studio. :-) Good luck with everything!

Hey man, don't know if you even check this page anymore but I only just found it. I'm 27 (also aussie) and after quite a few years playing in bands and gigging I have decided to reconnect with my first love: Audio Engineering. Unfortuantly I also have to work because I now have a family to feed. But watching your vids has enspired me and shown that what I thought would be an impossibility and remain a dream can and will happen with motivation. I have one question for you, can you record when it's raining? I know how loud tin sheds can be especially with that gap between the tin roof and the false roof. Is that noise a problem?

THANKS TO EVERYONE AGAIN FOR THE POSITIVE COMMENTS - ALL GREATLY APPRECIATED :-D
The studio is working very well at the moment... DAW system has been upgraded and combined with the tape machine I can get some nice sounds. For those that like "surf music"....  visit the GOOFYFOOTER site on MySpace

...there are un-mastered demos there that were all recorded in the studio. Cheers!

Glenn's studio is a work of art. I've been inside...hell!...i've recorded in it. I don't know how he does it but he has endless self motivation and abundant creative skills. Top job matey! You rock \m/

Thanks! I'm not really too freaky... just passionate. If you have a dream then you have to MAKE it come true... there ain't no fairy godmother gonna wave her magic wand and make it appear (unfortunately). The cost is hard to define - do you include gear or just building materials? Most of the gear is old stuff... some were absolute bargains. There is nothing wrong with old gear... jst a bit time consuming to use... but then again that's not a problem for me. You tend to LEARN more about engineering than if you just did everything through a DAW with plug-ins.
I've probably spent roughly about US$8000 building the studio. It did everything myself, so no labour costs. It would have cost 5 times that much if I'd gotten somebody else to do it!

Man you are a freak your studio is fucking great hom mutch does it cost to build something like that??
i like the old school way and i thank you to post up this video!!!!!!

Hello again Glenn, This is also Glenn from the u.s I wrote you last year about your great studio , I had also built a studio and got it finished in march of this year , I was supprised that you went the old school route also! Most of the people with studios on here are all digital and pro-tools .
Well i also went the old school route and will post up a video soon to send you , I use tascam da-88 recorders and a mackie 24 channel board , currently we are 16 track but that all can change if i buy another machine .
I also am still buying rack gear and you know how that goes ..money money money ! Well stay well and i,ll talk to you soon , sincerely Glenn

Thanks Bob! :-)
The desk... whilst it's no Neve or SSL or Trident for that matter, it has actual transformers on the input board of each channel and ya gotta love that! I've found it to be very musical and forgiving too. I read alot of articles on fancy mic pre-amps and I have to say that I really don't need them. Combined with the 16-track tape, I can push things a long way and all I get is lots of warm goodness - none of this horrible clipping stuff. Even though transferring at 96kHz/24bit into my DAW, it cannot reproduce the sound that comes off tape and through that desk. I think that guy that I bought it off must truly hate me as I paid peanuts for it!!
Cheers, Glenn.

Glenn,
Great job with the studio, and the video presentation. Love the old school Tascam desk. I used to work on one of them and found it very musical. I always liked the old Trident layout.
One word of advice, if your main focus is your music, make sure you dont let the environment get to important (been there, done that).
Best of luck my friend, cant wait to hear more of your music. Beatles Rule!!!
Bob

MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT!!! :-)
I basically finished the Control Room about 6 monthsago but have not found the time to put together another video. Been too occupied with my new playroom! LOL
But despair not.... PART 6 will be on it's way soon!