random updates
yesterday i ordered the mogami 8-channel mic snakes and midi cable to run throughout the studio. the main room will have 3 panels, each with 8 mic channels + headphone + midi in/out. permanent studio cabling alone has run me around $600 total now, and that doesn't even include the mic panels, connectors, plates, removable wiring, and all that other fun stuff.
disco came over on wednesday to help me with drywalling the vox booth ceiling. after 3 hours, we managed to get one piece up. it was a real bitch because the weird shape took a long time to measure, and we had to be very meticulous with putting the markings on the walls so we'd know where the screws go for both the first and second layers of drywall. as i've probably mentioned before, the floor joists and their placement are extremely bizarre in that part of the ceiling for reasons that are still unclear to me. once the piece was finally cut, it took us forever to maneuver into the room and into place and then we had to put together a makeshift T out of 2x4s to hold the drywall up while i fastened it. hopefully the second layer will be much quicker, seeing as how i've already measured the shape and we already marked the screw holes and stuff and i know what all the pitfalls are of getting the piece into place.
not much to update on paint. on tuesday we returned the ceiling paint to lowes and i got my money back. then we went to home depot and got some more ralph lauren paints to use on the ceiling instead--we got some metallic silver and metallic green, which michelle then mixed together until she got something very close to the color of the crappy lowes paint. it looks pretty slick, but the second coat still hasn't been put on yet--that will theoretically happen today.
i had a scrap door piece from when i had to cut the door down to size, so i tested the stain on that to see how it's going to turn out. not too bad, although the wood on the door has a tiny bit of a pinkish hue to it that is still showing through the stain a little, but i suspect that isn't going to be too big a deal. besides, to try and fix it would probably entail gobs and gobs of trial and error.
one of my coworkers does woodworking, so i consulted with him on the best way to make wooden boxes that will both cover the junction boxes for the lights and also look good. hopefully i'll get to try my hand at making one of these this weekend sometime.
tommy gave me leads on a couple of good, local glass places which i'll call sometime next week or the week after once i have money again to begin plunging in to that part of the project. and once i track down the other parts i need to build the window assemblies.