Congratulations on your retirement. Your post and those of others tell me that my retirement over 10 years ago was not unusual in that like others I immediately went back to work as a consultant. The problem was that the promise I made myself of really getting back to my musical chops was again put aside, although I would spend my down time (airport) time reading and counting out charts. During this period I still managed to cordinate home time with dance jobs (16pc swing band) and build a music room/studio. However, I had no time to do any recording. I built the studio in the basement so other than insulating outer walls very well I had no room for room-in-a-room. What I did in the layout was to keep the walls irregular and parallel walls short as possible. For my isolation both I ran microphone and headphone wiring into a basement bedroom which is separated from the studio by another room. It performed well in my test although I am limited to singles or duos in that room comfortably. Your potential set up sounds sight and ear watering to me and would love to see completed photos posted here if possible.
Oh and I too am supposed to be retired this year so hopefully I will be a more active participant than a lurker! regards DennisD

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