How I Built A Shipping Container Recording Studio // Building Rawcus Studios
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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Rawcus Studios is a self build recording studio in a shipping container in Mid Devon. This build took 8 months of research and preparation, with 3 months build time during the summer of 2019.
To keep up to date with the studio follow us at RawBrass
You can probably ship these pre built studios worldwide now
ill order one right now
NOW THAT'S A NICE BUSINESS IDEA NOW ISNT IT??? Id buy one if i had somewhere to put it
you know i was having the same thought as to how much it would be to purchase one without the partitioning wall. lol
Great idea
Mauricio Duarte H Da Kid just dropped some fire 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Galaxy
Nice work!
Outstanding! Well done, everybody!
GLLLLEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi.
I was looking for you here!
Fuck you Glen, you think this is actually a good project worth the money of a shipping container? There's no room in there, he would've been better off making the entire space one big mix room. Plus there's no ventilation in the recording room so even if you manage to fit more than one person in there it'll be a dutch-concentration-camp-oven in no time!
Fuck you Glenn
Hi glen fuck you
You know the guys with egg cartons and chinese studio foam lining the walls of their bedroom at moms house are the ones with all the criticism. At least congratulate him first for for completing his project. So many trolls and haters.
jp tamayo hahaha good call. Yeah, egg cartons. Ya know for those 19-20k nasty frequencies
@@jasongravely7217 I mean, you can build acoustic panels for a reasonable price. This video is cool, but for most people, it makes more sense to use their current space and just build some acoustic panels, spending the rest of their budget on gear.
That XLR keychain holder was actually sick haha
Tristan Deniet agreed! I’d buy one 😃
@@nl_2652 I sell them! Get in touch in insta @rawbrass
man i was blown away!!!!
Also, consider a second container as an echo chamber lmao.
Did this with an empty room in our house. Was absolutly mindblowing!
the best drum sound I've ever had came from a tiled wash room in a former mental asylum. Borrowed mics and a (rebuilt) drum kit from a skip. Natural acoustics in weird spaces is where it's at!
Before leaving a commenting on the Control room acoustic treatment please read this!:
The Control room treatment shown in this video was a temporary solution using old pieces of low quality foam from another project. This was just put up as I didn't have the budget to kit this room out and its is better than nothing. I have now treated the control room properly, which you can see on Instagram @rawbrass
read this RIGHT in time! whew. good thing i didn't make myself dumb online!
After seeing all the thought, planning, and work that you went to to build the rest of the studio, the thought never crossed my mind that you were going to leave the control room treated (mistreated?) thusly.
And even if you did, all would still have to be forgiven due to the niftiness of the XLR keychain. A+++!
In this day and age, I would use a Geiger counter when selecting a donor container.
This is fabulous, congratulations. I used to own 3 recording studios and my next ones will be in converted shipping containers, I made that decision years ago. Glad I saw this, keep on recording!
Everything about this looked beautiful except the way you put the acoustic foam in the control room.
And the not properly streched fabric on the absorbers, and ....
For a DIY build it's awesome though.
And the positioning of the monitors in the control room. Yikes.
Why would you have a window
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 Needs more windows! And a built in cowbell!!
@@23logaritam how so?
in times of corona virus, those masks are the most expensive thing in the project...
Yea which is ridiculous cause people doing projects like this actually need the masks, all the paranoid uneducated fearful sheep don’t need them
*most valuable
Queen Purple, while there is a lot of panic buying, many doctors work in hospitals that do not supply N95 masks. This creates a need for the doctors to use them as well, as many of them are in day to day contact with those must vulnerable to the disease.
They needed masks to put in rockwall, then used leftover rockwall as a sound filter on the air intake...
Wes Darling woah I missed that part. Seriously? Wtf they just breathing straight poison
“One last thing was needed to be showed.” -a recording in process..’
but no such luck. 😞
what I learnt from this video
I need friends
and also the music choices of this dude are nothing short of epic!!!!!!!!!
Painting red can be difficult, next time tint your primer to 50% of the color you choose and that will help achieve better coverage.
Dark purple or grey primer under the red works the best.
About how much did this whole thing cost?
my guess it would be like at least a lot of money
Definitely at least $100.
@@letsthinkforamoment8904 Definitely a little more lmao
I guess around $5.000,00, I’m building my own shipping container studio at this moment and I’m getting close to €5.000,00 when it’s all done.
@@basvanderperk3171 how much of that is the cost of the container itself ?
I used to build studios professionally and what I learned is to make walls non parallel. In a tight space like this you could off- set one end of both walls to be wider at the main door and skinnier in the back. It only takes an inch or so for each so 2” total difference in the width. Absorbers first mid- low on corners goes a long way. Good job
Just curious but what's the reason for doing this, soundwave direction?
Create Love Happy it’s a shipping container 😂
Tegan69 I’m not a pro but I believe less standing waves.
Bass builds up in 90 degree angles
@@jasongravely7217 OK, thanks for your input!
That is actually brilliant
All good until they put the monitoring section in that little area >o
I used a refrigerated container for my studio, saved me a lot of work insulating, and it came with a floating floor. It's made of fibreglass over ply with 2.5" thick foam inside. Awesome build though man, it's really interesting seeing how others went about it
ooooh good idea. I was offered one for £70 but had nowhere to put it. Been thinking about how I could use one since.
For those dimensions, it would've been better to keep it as a mixing room only, with the desk and monitors placed at one end.
that's exactly what I was thinking!! one long room with the speakers behind that cool wooden wall.... and add about 10x the amount of acoustic treatment (ROCKWOOL panels, not those lame foam thingies that only dampen the highs) to the walls & ceiling & it'd be legit worldclass sound quality in there....
I disagree because you'd get less out of the given space
@@joeeeee256 you get less acoustically out of the space dividing it up like this. the larger the room dimensions the better the fidelity of the speakers. doing an A-room & adjoining control room in a large hall with a high ceiling is one thing. doing it in a shipping container is less that ideal... there will be little to no isolation between the two 'rooms' in this scenario anyways. so one long room would've been the best way to go in this case i think, from an acoustic point of view
I'd do the opposite.
A big room for yourself, a small room for singers, amps and reamping.
But, then again, it all depends on your workflow
@@ChristianIce I hear you. But recording an amp or singer in a small vocal booth usually gives a really boxey recorded sound... unless you have TONS of acoustic treatment... which is impossible in this case.... better to leave it as one open room and record amps and singers with the engineer in the same room on headphones.... would yield better fidelity for sure.... not as 'studio-looking' but more professional results for sure
Hiya bud. Great work on this? Out of curiosity, is this fully soundproof?
I screamed out lout when Isaac that after all the effort you put in, you treated the control room with foam :D
Read the Pinned post. I couldn't complete the control room sound treatment straight away for budget reasons. Check out my insert @rawbrass to see the completed control room.
The red color just horrible it ruins it but it’s nice
SEAFOOD bEATz okay mr.periwinkle
SEAFOOD bEATz Agreed. Should have kept it white or a light shade of gray.
I thought the bigger room was going to be your control room so the speakers could fire down the length of the room and getter better sound for mixing. The smaller room would be perfect for recording vocals guitars and basic drums.
How cold does the container get in the winter?
They've added wood and different materials to cover the metal so there probably good
Starting around 6:44 if you keep watching the pile of wood behind him you can actually see how the wood is changing and that's amazing to witness in a timelapse ^^
That is encouraging to anyone wanting a studio of their own. Great video!
Im excited watching this and honestly impressed. can you share a link for all materials used for purchase? would like to have this for myself as well. thanks man, keep up the great work
Looks cool in there.
How much is shipping?
This is both the best and stupidest thing I've ever seen guys haha! What was the total cost of the build?
why do you think its stupid ? not isolated enough ?
it's tiny. need a bigger container if youre gonna go that far
This is amazing. Would you mind disclosing a ball park budget for a project like this?
I’m with Jonny Castle concerning questions of price. Also did you have plans drawn for the build? I’d love to duplicate what you’ve done! Can’t hurt to ask. 😂
Absolutely, budget was 10-12k for the project, but the general soundproofing effect and layout could be achieved in under 10k. I just got carried away with all the final touches like the solid oak desk and special custom acoustic glass panels for the partition wall, which pushed the cost over the 10k mark. I also hadn’t factored all the smaller bits into the original budget like screws, poly filler, acoustic sealant, ventilation pipes, paint etc which slowly add up to a fair bit!
It took me 8 months to plan and design so I have a notebook full of drawings from working out the layers of soundproofing etc. When it came to the build some of these changed as we hit unforeseen obstacles but it was only possible to get the build done in 3 months with all that prior planning 🙂
I’ll be doing a ‘final design plan’ at some point before i forget (never know, I might want a second one someday haha)
@@RawcusStudios 12k in what currency please.
@@RawcusStudios : Is that US $$$ or British pounds??
@@RawcusStudios 10-12k was the budget, but what did you actually spend?
13:38 that so freeking good....¡¡¡¡¡
This was great until you painted it red :O
I love the way you gays dout the vocal room, especially the wood wall, bout I don't like the control room font. In black, is take oh way the profesional finish, finish with fabric... thanks for the video...
Really nice container studio... Should've put two containers together then it would've been perfect...
You can do that when you build yours! Looking forward to your vids.
Great live room, control room has many problems, I don't think you can mix anything balanced there
Monitors to close to the wall for a start.
@@jcisme depends on the room. My speakers monitors sounded best right up to the wall, basically touching it. I spent a whole day finding the best position for my monitors and that was it.
@@jcisme you can put your monitors right against the wall if you like. That's done in pro studios often, where the speakers sit flush in the wall/absorbers.
Just open the door and listen from the live room when mixing
What was the approx cost of the build-out? I have a disabled family member and I looking into converting a shipping container into a "mother in law" suite.
i would love to know how much this cost?
Container itself I like 1100. Yikes
Niclasinho it’s not that much
It really is I searched for the exact container he was using
"Yikes?" You get several tons of steel welded into a giant sealable container and painted with marine grade paint for $1100 dollars and say "Yikes?"
I'd like to know where I can get that much work out of a welder for under a grand. Not to mention the cost of the paint and the wood flooring...
The saddest thing about videos like this is that they only happen once. Amazing build, absolutely loved it!
great thing is, you can watch over and over and over and...
Interesting build. Had to skip ahead and mute the sound. The background music was too distracting and unnecessary.
Hearing a guy from England say “double-glaze windows” makes me happy.
DAMN THIS IS AMAZING, YOU JUST BLESSED ME BRO
First song recorded: Kloss ter fobia.
Much respect, but it looks awfull. Red dark color, natural woods of different kinds combined with each other combined with laminat, these lamps, a strange carpet, white ceiling, black foam and all elements seem to be thrown together somehow.. Anyway, i think its a great project and im sure you are very happy with it!
Videos like these remind me of Skrillex who made a Grammy-winning song on a blown speaker while living illegally in an abandoned warehouse in LA. Good effort though
Looks brilliant! How much did this cost overall?
Talk about claustrophobic... Mmmm... No thank you.
Only important things is what does the music sound like
Check out the the latest video release on this channel to see
Hey Rawcus Studios.
First of all I have to say, nice work!!
I’ve got one stupid question. Maybe I’ve overlooked it in the video.
There is no need for a heater during the winter time?
I’m planning to build one of these in the backyard of my house but winter nights can be quite cold in my area.
Greetings from Germany ✌️
Not a stupid question atall! A small oil heater is required in the winter yes, I have it on for the first hour of the day then a little after lunch, then providing I’m not in and out too much it keeps the heat for the rest of the day.
Thank you for the quick reply ✌️
Wish you all the best.
Now use the key holder as a main power switch
Incredible idea!
Favourite bit was the X.L.R key ring attachment. Nice work
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Don't matter mate. You got a studio at least!
It's absolutely brilliant. All aspects covered. Great craftsmanship
Next time, video in landscape.
Isn't it aaaaaaabsolutely boiling in there?
I was thinking the same thing...I was waiting for the part where he installed the AC.
Finally! After all these comments a mention about how hot it will get in the height of summer or cold of winter. Great effort with build but not carried through.
The end was hilarious 😂. Great job on the build.
Cool! Two side-by side would be better. It too narrow for me.
So much effort went into that until covering the absorbers and the foam :'(
I just skimmed the video, but wouldn’t it be a good idea to keep the container doors for easy in/out of music equipment?
Great build, and movable. I like it. My mobile airstream studio has about the same room, but your ideas of calming reflections is useful. Although it has some interesting curves [mic placement is interesting] it too is made of metal. Here in Canada condensation is an issue in the winter.
8:36 you'd say that a spherical window would have been even better, more expensive as well probably
I was all the way with you until I saw how you orientated the Monitors.
Very cool idea for a space. Curious why you used acoustic foam in the control room instead of panels?
Interesting build, Though I would have used two containers side by side and made them into 1 big container. To work as storage and have a wayy bigger live room plus maybe a little green room. Great concept though.
Nathan Blackman great idea
Agreed. Ive always felt the general footprint of shipping containers is by design too narrow.
you've been working on your project and finished it. even if you'll find some design flaws, you can be proud for leading and idea from scratch to finish. congratulations
Really cool!
How did you affix the framing to the conex walls?
In hindsight, was it worth it vs building a small cabin from scratch?
Great video Sir.
I am Felipe from Brazil, building homestudio with containers with engineers.
I am developing Talk show.
Good solution for acoustic treatment is container.
Very impressive! When can I move my stuff in?:-)
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Brilliant!
Nice job! thanks for documenting, we´re thinking about making a container radio station in Mexico City!!!
An impressive build but if I had that foot print I would have definitely built a bigger space, it's impossible to tame the low end in that space plus drums need air. I gave up trying to get my ideal drum sound in my bedrooms opting for MIDI drums and drum samples which are so good nowadays no need to record live.
I suspect you chose a shipping container to save money?
That's given me huge inspiration for a home cinema I want to do 👌
Very nice work dude. All the very best for your studio.
What's the song name towards the end of the video?
Great job. If I were you and I had to record drums, I would just use the control room and put the drums in the shop where you cut the wood. Greetings from Argentina.
would be interested of the frequency response of your control room. I built a 3 leaf wooden structure designed to take the energy out of the sound waves but letting them pass threough the outer walls at very low volume.
The inside dimensions of that container keep shrinking, lol.
It looked great until the final batting elements in the recording room. They’re hideous and detract from the beautiful work that had been done.
I wouldn't have painted it that color but otherwise it looks dope good job man
This is super cool! I have always wondered about a shipping container studio.
this is cool but that color isn't, should've went with a brown or a blue.
Doesn't it get hot inside though despite the ventilation?
Not atall, the gentle ventilation keeps it at a moderate temperature throughout hot days. I use a small oil heater to bring the temp up if needed during the cold months
that shit is SUPER DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! enjoyed watching this PEACE!
its wonderful great work i saw the full video great techniques u have been used nice well done!
Dude, this is awesome. So inspirational.
Turn your fking phone sideways....my god
Can you drop a link or reference for the double pane glass?
Damn, That must be like a sweat lodge in the summer months... Mini-Split to the rescue.
Not atall, the acoustic insulation also acts as heat insulation. So after the container cools overnight it retains the cool for the majority of the day. Only starts to get a bit warm with 4+ people inside on a hot day. But due to the nature of the studio this isn’t how I usually work.
Hope you guys kept those masks. Great build
Hope you guys kept the masks you were wearing
its great, but where will you sit clients?
You can't get anything done in there it's to Gorgeous! 🤷🏾♂️ Nice!
Steven Wilson’s brother narrated this
Nice work however for me the studio is to small!
beautiful studio , nice construction
Thanks for taking the time and trouble to film your work and produce this video. Well planned and executed. Very cool. Wish you all the best.
Why do people shoot video (or stills, for that matter) in "portrait aspect" (vertical)??????????
Admirable concept, design and execution, however.
Because a lot of the video was taken to add to an Instagram story of the build progress, which is better in portrait. It was only after the build that I decided to make a full video. Jeez
sweet project. congrats. subscribed.
What was the total cost of the build?
I wonder how much total USD?
I would at around 20 grand