Achaia Records, Inc.

Looking south prior to starting construction.

Looking north prior to construction

First bit of framing - isolation booth 1 (camera view is looking north)

Achaia Records is in the early stages of building our very own recording space in the St. Johns area of North Portland… and we are VERY excited about it.

Our design team did a tremendous amount of research on studio design and created a great plan that utilized everything they uncovered in their research.

The design is a bit strange when compared to traditional building as studios seek to avoid parallel walls because of the way sound travels.  The design also calls for rooms to be entered through sliding double-pained glass doors.  This will increase visibility between each recording room and the control room.

There are two isolation booths at the north end of the studio that are framed separately from each other, which means that there are two walls separating the booths from each other with a 1/4″ air gap.  This will help prevent sound from “bleeding” into each room.  The large “live room” is in between the two isolation booths and the control booth at the south end of the studio.

There is another double wall separating the live room from the control room.  A feature we’re very excited about is that the walls separating the live room and control room are mostly glass.  There will be a sliding double pained glass door on one end of the walls and two 1/4″ thick 6′x3′ tall glass sheets on the other end.

We just finished the framing stage and are gearing up to start wiring and insulating.

There is also an adjacent room along the eastern side of the studio that we’re turning into a lounge where musicians and engineers can retreat to give their ears a rest and recharge their creative juices.

Check out the photos on the left to see the progress we’ve made thus far.  So EXCITING!

Looking north, iso-booth 1 and east wall

Looking north, iso-booth 2 & west wall

From the Control Room looking out to the live room & east wall.

South East corner of the Control room. Notice the odd wall angles.