Sound Temple Studios 48 hours later 12-10--10

Well in just 48 hours a lot has happened at Sound Temple Studios in Asheville N.C. All the framed acoustic panels are up in the live room and the 705 material, insulation and some of the fabric is up in the soffits (for bass trapping). The acoustic cloud is also up in the live room and we have new colors on the control room window. Gone is the dark brown. Yea!!! I think everyone is going to love the beauty we've put into this studio. THe acoustics are also amazing. This is a recording studio musicians will feel so peaceful and inspired in. I can't wait to share my lifelong dream and make some inspiring music in this studio.

Blessings to all

Robert

Here; comes the final acoustic treatments for Sound Temple Studios

Well the final push to complete the Sound Temple Studios in Asheville N.C. is well underway. Two truck loads of acoustics have arrived! Everything is on schedule to be complete Dec 21st after a delay with the acoustical panels. The good news is all those acoustical panels are here! Brett Acoustics has bee putting up the track for the 705 acoustical material and putting in insulation for the soffit base trapping. The control room window is being built as I type as well. Since my last post, all the doors and most of the glass has been installed and lots of trim. The musicians lounge and artists suite is also complete. The Yamaha C-6 Grand Piano was also delivered last week and is getting used to it's new home in the "Piano Booth". The wiring crew arrives this sunday to start the final wiring and then the final pics and room tuning is scheduled with Wes Lachot (the amazing designer) on Dec 21st. More soon. I'm so thankful to see this final stage here at last!

Sound Temple Studios is now a Protools Studio

Big news at Sound Temple Studios in Asheville NC. We now have Protools 9 here. This will make us compatible with lots of other studios, engineers and producers who use this industry standard software. Protools now is native and will work great with our high sample rate 24 channel SSL converters. The first 2 questions most people ask when inquiring about a studio is do you use Protools and what kind of mixer do you have. Now the answers at Sound Temple Studios are YES and an SSL mixer. Good answers I think. :-)

The studio is scheduled to be done just before Xmas. The entrance, lounge, meditation room and bathroom are complete. THe Yamaha C6 Grand Piano arrives this saturday. More trim and studio doors to be finished next week. Then the final acoustic treatments and final wiring.

I'm thankful very blessed to see my dream studio come together. This is a lifelong dream coming true. Please don't pinch me. :-)

Sound Temple Studio's Yamaha C6 Grand Piano

Here's a pic of the 7 foot (well ok 6'11") Yamaha Grand coming to Sound Temple Studios. This is a pic of it in it's former home in a celebrity's home studio in Nashville. It is in mint condition and has had very little use. The action and hammers are pristine. In case you are not familiar with the C6 it is just a few inches shorter than the more familiar C7. For recording the C6 is actually more desirable by some because of the action and the more balanced bass (tighter bass). Anyone who loves playing a real piano will love recording with this instrument. This will be one of the finest studio grand piano's in Asheville and I am thrilled and blessed to have it.

The studio will be complete in a few weeks and more pics are coming soon of the completed lounge area.

Here's some updated information. http://www.robertgeorge.net/production/newstudio.htm

Blessings

Robert George

Floor and ceiling done at Sound Temple Studios

Another few weeks of construction have passed at Sound Temple Studios in Asheville N.C. The stained and waxed concrete floors look really cool. Very much like a stone/marble kind of look. Very warm as you can see. It looks even better in person. Whew, 9 days (13 hours each day) to complete and my back is killing me. :-). Also, all the trim is sealed and ready to be put up starting this week. Lot's of wood and this isn't even all of it! The ceiling in phase 2 is done and was painted to match the walls. It's a nice custom look. You can also see how the control room window wall will look from the live room where the musicians will be. Next week the trim goes in and the kitchenette will be put in. This recording studio sure is a labor of love and the energy gets better in here every week. Other music producers, engineers, artists and musicians will love making music in here. There's a buzz going around Asheville and a lot of people are really looking forward to working here. I am blessed that it is turning out the way it is. It seems to be coming alive more and more each day.

Blessings

Robert

Drywall and paint done!!

There's a lot to report from this past month or so at Asheville's newest and most unique recording studio - Sound Temple Studios. All the drywall is done in phase 1 & 2 and all the painting is done except for the trim. The colors are all very warm and earthy. This should help create the spiritual vibe this recording studio is all about. In addition most of the electrical is complete except for the final lighting. Also most all the air-conditioning is done. Next week we start staining the floor. It's gonna be a lot of work but should be beautiful after it's stained and waxed. The following week the drop ceiling goes in phase 2. After that we start putting in doors and trim and then final acoustical treatments and final wiring. Right now we are projecting late October or early November to open our doors and start recording some music!!!. So far Asheville NC has been very welcoming to this recording studio and we are very grateful.

Blessings

Robert George

Soffits and air conditioning ducts are in!

The past few weeks have been busy at Sound Temple Studios. All the air conditioning ducts and soffits are in the studio, control room, iso-booths and sound locks. Next up we have just a little more drywall, installing the air handler and ducts in the mechanical room, electrical panels and light cans. Everything moving along at a good pace.

Some other exciting news is that I will have a Yamaha C6 grand piano in the recording studio. This will be one of the few studios in the area with such a fine piano. Piano players will love this instrument, as will other producers, artists and engineers. It is in mint condition and sounds amazing.

Also, I just ordered an awesome set of Phattie drums (see http://staufferpercussion.com/). Dennis Stauffer is one of the finest boutique drum makers in the country (he lives in Asheville) and I am proud to own and play his drums exclusively at Sound Temple Studios. The coolest thing is that he is matching the drums to the red oak wood trim in the studio!

I'll be updating next after some more progress.

Blessings to all and thanks for taking interest in this project!!

Robert