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My shop space at CenterStaging, LLC in Burbank, CA is the reclaimed space of what had been six closets, whose common walls were removed years before I came aboard in 2009. It's now a 33ft by 10ft by 10ft ceiling, and one corner of the shop is common with what amounts to a control room for the large rehearsal studio next door. When there's a client next door, I can hear kick drum and bass quite well, though substantially attenuated. As one of the normal tasks in assessing the problems of gear in for service, whether it's a combo amp or an amp head, once I know it will power up successfuly without self-destruction, I'll connect the shop speaker (Ampeg SVT115-HLF bass spkr) if a head, or with it's speakers connected if a combo amp and first go thru the controls using its' self-noise as a source to listen to each of the controls to spot the obvious noisy pots & switches, then I'll connect my burst pink noise source (GenRad 1382 Noise Gen & GenRad 1396B Tone Burst Gen followed by an HP 353A Xfmr-isolated Step Attenuator) to the amp channels and give a listen to the amp & it's functions. Moderate levels....90dB SPL or more to get an idea of what issues I have.
Tuesday there was a client in this building (three rehearsal studios), and I had just started listening to the Fender Twin Amp whose front panel PCB assembly I had to extract to remove the Ch 1 Gain control to clean/lubricate, now back in the cabinet having verified all was still working after the surgery, and was not yet hearing the Reverb signal when someone from the client walked into the shop to tell me to cease making noise. He told me they were recording next door, and not only was the test signal noise bothering them, but that they were also getting electronic interference that he was claiming was coming from me. I can believe the acoustic noise claim, but this is the first time I've ever been accused of producing electrical interference. I didn't get into a discussion with him about that. It was more about being told to cease doing my work for the day, since I had several combo amps that were to follow this Twin Amp.
Across the street from our location in Burbank is the Airport Runway, and you can hear the commercial jets LF rumble in the building, as well as their jet noise during takeoff. The Rehearsal Studio walls are NOT built to obtain Recording Studio isolation. They ARE sound-proofed to a reasonable degree, though if the double doors of any of the studios are not closed, sounds from the two closest to me echo in the 80ft hallway.
Our Building Maintenance supervisor, who also has his shop just on the other side of the width of this building from me came over about five minutes later and asked me to cease working for the day, since this paying client had precedence to the rehearsal space and was demanding no interference from my activities. I reluctantly shut down, packed up and left for the day, loosing a day's wages over that. And, thinking to myself, I hoped the Airport's noise bothered them. Good thing they weren't here today, as the City of Burbank has the street outside all torn up, with large Cat Trench Digging equipment hard at work, making a hell of a racket. Like to see the client go tell them to cease and go away.
In the past, I've had to put up with clients choosing to use the hallway space right outside my door for video interviews, and complain about my being there. I somewhat view such location decisions similar to setting up for a remote shoot right outside an automotive service center and then complain about the sounds from the Air Tools being used!
Tuesday there was a client in this building (three rehearsal studios), and I had just started listening to the Fender Twin Amp whose front panel PCB assembly I had to extract to remove the Ch 1 Gain control to clean/lubricate, now back in the cabinet having verified all was still working after the surgery, and was not yet hearing the Reverb signal when someone from the client walked into the shop to tell me to cease making noise. He told me they were recording next door, and not only was the test signal noise bothering them, but that they were also getting electronic interference that he was claiming was coming from me. I can believe the acoustic noise claim, but this is the first time I've ever been accused of producing electrical interference. I didn't get into a discussion with him about that. It was more about being told to cease doing my work for the day, since I had several combo amps that were to follow this Twin Amp.
Across the street from our location in Burbank is the Airport Runway, and you can hear the commercial jets LF rumble in the building, as well as their jet noise during takeoff. The Rehearsal Studio walls are NOT built to obtain Recording Studio isolation. They ARE sound-proofed to a reasonable degree, though if the double doors of any of the studios are not closed, sounds from the two closest to me echo in the 80ft hallway.
Our Building Maintenance supervisor, who also has his shop just on the other side of the width of this building from me came over about five minutes later and asked me to cease working for the day, since this paying client had precedence to the rehearsal space and was demanding no interference from my activities. I reluctantly shut down, packed up and left for the day, loosing a day's wages over that. And, thinking to myself, I hoped the Airport's noise bothered them. Good thing they weren't here today, as the City of Burbank has the street outside all torn up, with large Cat Trench Digging equipment hard at work, making a hell of a racket. Like to see the client go tell them to cease and go away.
In the past, I've had to put up with clients choosing to use the hallway space right outside my door for video interviews, and complain about my being there. I somewhat view such location decisions similar to setting up for a remote shoot right outside an automotive service center and then complain about the sounds from the Air Tools being used!
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