sonofableep

i was greeted this morning with a rather disturbing development regarding the plans for the future audio facility here: somebody had decided that putting a machine room up against our outer wall was a good idea.  a machine room.  the kind of thing that goes “GHGHGHGH” at about 60 dB, 24 hours a day.  the kind of thing that probably has to be cooled by HVAC, which also goes “GHGHGHGH” as it vibrates the floor / walls / ceiling.  the kind of thing we spent a month of floorplan back-and-forth making sure we avoided (can’t be near the bathroom!  can’t be near the elevators!  can’t be near the central HVAC!  gotta be on seperate electrical!).  what the deuce.

then just as i’m trying to figure out how to deal with this – hey, let’s float the machine room! – word comes back that no, the machine room is not up against the studio after all, but *across* from it.  whew.  for a minute there i was afraid i was going to earn the eternal disgust of my pro audio smooth buddy who’s been giving me advice on this project.  don’t worry greg, i’ll still manage to screw it all up somehow.  stand by.