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Post by donr on Oct 11, 2020 19:36:49 GMT -6
I'd keep the racks of preamps and maybe an 1176 or two. How soon before someone like Kemper comes out with a microphone preamp emulator? I mean a good one, not Focusrite's Liquid thingy. Say it's got 8 channels and you can have them each be either be a 312, 1073, 72, 76, BA2, BA7, Redd 47, Redd 53 etc etc ? Ward, I asked Christopher Kemper at NAMM 2109 if the Kemper tech could 'profile' pro audio gear. He said no. I don't know if he'd considered it. Seems you could profile one setting of an LA2A or 1176 for instance. I never tried it. Has anyone had any experience with the Focusrite Liquid Preamp? Good or bad?
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Post by popmann on Oct 11, 2020 20:46:41 GMT -6
Re:Basement studio leaks
I will tell you what fixed my periodic issues--we took a downspout uphill and ran a 6" pipe from it to down hill past the house. I was going to bury it if it helped...but, I've found it works on two principles--it redirects that downspout water down past the house, but it also serves as a barrier for other downhill water to hit and ride down--the ground on the outside will be muddy saturated...and inside, firm and relatively dry... $75 or so at Lowes (because we ran it like 100+ft)...
But, we never had water "spew"...ours, would jsut get so saturated it would sort of bleed in and ooze out across the floor--soak the rugs...the very last incident, it had been raining so hard for so many days, it did seem to kind of pour in from one "area"...maybe that's "spew". But, I'd never seen anything like that previously. Thus the interventions.
And you have to have rugs professionally cleaned. IME. Or chuck them. After paying THOSE bills during our "big" 2010 flood, I have started rolling those up first and put them in safety at the first hint of a leak. I had them out in the sun on saw horses for like a week...nope--terrible smell still.
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Post by svart on Oct 12, 2020 9:13:06 GMT -6
Re:Basement studio leaks I will tell you what fixed my periodic issues--we took a downspout uphill and ran a 6" pipe from it to down hill past the house. I was going to bury it if it helped...but, I've found it works on two principles--it redirects that downspout water down past the house, but it also serves as a barrier for other downhill water to hit and ride down--the ground on the outside will be muddy saturated...and inside, firm and relatively dry... $75 or so at Lowes (because we ran it like 100+ft)... But, we never had water "spew"...ours, would jsut get so saturated it would sort of bleed in and ooze out across the floor--soak the rugs...the very last incident, it had been raining so hard for so many days, it did seem to kind of pour in from one "area"...maybe that's "spew". But, I'd never seen anything like that previously. Thus the interventions. And you have to have rugs professionally cleaned. IME. Or chuck them. After paying THOSE bills during our "big" 2010 flood, I have started rolling those up first and put them in safety at the first hint of a leak. I had them out in the sun on saw horses for like a week...nope--terrible smell still. Unfortunately it's not that easy. I replaced and rerouted the downspout a while ago to fix water overflowing the gutters and water not getting far enough out away from the house. It worked for a while, but this is something new. the ground at the side of the house was almost dry, so this is getting in from somewhere else. If you want to see what "spew" looks like check this link. This was when it first started and it got a bit worse later: drive.google.com/file/d/1y7mN-fathdJs1IOm7eGtGfYUZLNf__eR/view?usp=sharing
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Post by Omicron9 on Oct 12, 2020 9:39:29 GMT -6
It's leaked before, but these last two hurricanes have made it literally spew water. I'll post a video of it tomorrow. Over the course of the night I vacuumed about 50 gallons up. The laminate flooring is ruined and some rugs have a permanent musk to them now. Right after it started, the water got about 2" deep in the studio along the wall and my stupid shop vac wouldn't start. I had to go dig out my grandfather's antique shop vac and repair the hose as it was dry rotted. It didn't work very well but I was able to keep up with the water for a few minutes while I took the other one apart. It still didn't work until I got so mad at it I hit it with a hammer and it started. I kept it running for about 3-4 hours while I carted full buckets of water out the back door. Once the rain stopped, the vac sputtered and died and I couldn't get it running again, so it's trashed now. I guess I got a good 20 years from it and it worked just long enough this one last time. Today I bought a new one and some sealers that might keep me dry until I can get a foundation assessment. Ugh. I feel your pain; I had this exact issue at a previous house. Mine was coming up through a hairline crack in the floor. It's amazing how much water can come up through a seemingly tiny crack. My solution until I got it properly repaired was to put a wall (like an inch or two tall) of kitty litter around the crack area. Inside that border I placed a small sump pump, and ran the hose out the nearest basement window. Worked really well; kept the leakage isolated to the kitty litter area, and the sump pump kept up with it, no problem. The only issue was that I had to keep running downstairs to see if water was coming up thru the crack, and if so, plug in the sump pump. I used to enjoy rain, but this issue removed the joy and replaced it with dread. -09
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Post by indiehouse on Oct 12, 2020 9:51:07 GMT -6
It's oddly comforting to hear of others water woes in their basement studios. I'm always up on the ladder making sure my gutters are cleared. But sometimes they just can't handle the amount of rain, and I get overspill. That's when the water finds it's way into the cracks.
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Post by svart on Oct 12, 2020 11:16:26 GMT -6
It's oddly comforting to hear of others water woes in their basement studios. I'm always up on the ladder making sure my gutters are cleared. But sometimes they just can't handle the amount of rain, and I get overspill. That's when the water finds it's way into the cracks. I had to replace the downspouts in the front of the house because they were very small and they would clog within minutes. I replaced them with the biggest ones I could find and it really helped. Unfortunately this only helped for a while but the leaking is back. I think there's some kind of cavity that's been created either by the chipmunks that live in the ground out front, or through repeated flooding of the yard.
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Post by popmann on Oct 12, 2020 12:23:36 GMT -6
Yeah, That's different, I never had it come in like that...and there's a straight up crack there...mine was hard to find because it would seem to come from no where-but it's all behind paneling EXCEPT the primary place it came in and wrecked the paneling in 2010. But, it's liek the compromise is on the outside, in the dirt where you'd never see it underground--and it would just fill up the cinder blocks and just bleed out from wherever it could find a weakish spot-which made it seem a little random.
I know at some point, I was going to take all the paneling down and paint the whole wall with FlexSeal...put the paneling back up.
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Post by brenta on Oct 12, 2020 13:43:02 GMT -6
I had some flooding problems in my basement when I first moved in. Not as bad as yours, but similar thing where water was pouring in through the foundation and I was sucking it up with a shop vac. I ended up regrading around my house to make a slope going 6 feet out. I then put a tarp over the regraded soil and then river rock over that. So even if my gutters clog or overflow, the water just hits the tarp and slides away from the house. It also had the side-benefit of measurably lowering the humidity in my basement. It was a ridiculous amount of back-breaking work though.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 12, 2020 15:14:11 GMT -6
Only way to actually fix this is French drains on the outside AND inside of your foundation.
Outside - dig down around your entire foundation about 4 feet, re-plaster the walls, tar, and membrane. Then backfill to about 2 feet below grade, 6 inches crushed stone, then 6” permeable piping that empty’s out to the street.
Inside - cut the slab along side walls about 12”. Dig down and put pipe surrounding the entire foundation. On opposite corners of the basement dig 3’ sump pits and all piping leads into these. Then put a sump pump in each one.
You’ll never get water inside again (I mean unless you live in a flood zone. Then build your basement studio at your own risk.
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Post by svart on Oct 12, 2020 15:20:48 GMT -6
Yeah, That's different, I never had it come in like that...and there's a straight up crack there...mine was hard to find because it would seem to come from no where-but it's all behind paneling EXCEPT the primary place it came in and wrecked the paneling in 2010. But, it's liek the compromise is on the outside, in the dirt where you'd never see it underground--and it would just fill up the cinder blocks and just bleed out from wherever it could find a weakish spot-which made it seem a little random. I know at some point, I was going to take all the paneling down and paint the whole wall with FlexSeal...put the paneling back up. The fix is to dig out the foundation on the outside and seal the cracks and add an elastomeric sealant, similar to flexseal, then add a french drain to keep any water from pooling. Since this is at the corner of the house and the land drops down a few feet around the corner, it should be easy to get it to drain. But I'm not looking forward to digging down 5 feet and over 10 to add the sealant and french drain..
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Post by svart on Oct 12, 2020 15:22:30 GMT -6
Only way to actually fix this is French drains on the outside AND inside of your foundation. Outside - dig down around your entire foundation about 4 feet, re-plaster the walls, tar, and membrane. Then backfill to about 2 feet below grade, 6 inches crushed stone, then 6” permeable piping that empty’s out to the street. Inside - cut the slab along side walls about 12”. Dig down and put pipe surrounding the entire foundation. On opposite corners of the basement dig 3’ sump pits and all piping leads into these. Then put a sump pump in each one. You’ll never get water inside again (I mean unless you live in a flood zone. Then build your basement studio at your own risk. Well, the studio is already in the basement, has been for years.. This year we've had record rainfall. And yes, I think the sealant and a french drain is the way to go, but otherwise I don't have a moisture issue on the inside of the basement other than the leak of course.
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Post by mulmany on Oct 12, 2020 17:43:15 GMT -6
I was working in a basement a couple years ago, and the remnants of a hurricane was dropping a lot of rain outside. It was very quiet and then I was aware of the sound of running water... I went to investigate since I had been the only person in the basement. After checking all the sinks/toilets, I eventually opened an unfinished storage area door and saw a stream of water peeing out of the foundation. I felt like I needed to be the Dutch boy sticking my finger in the dike. It was so crazy, to see water shooting 5ft out of a poured concrete wall. Fortunately the foundation system was still under warranty.
Svart, hopefully the storms let up for a bit and let you get it taken care of. I just had my back yard re graded to solve my water problems.
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Post by svart on Oct 14, 2020 14:04:13 GMT -6
So last night the studio computer didn't want to boot up. I finally got it to boot by pulling the power cable and trying again, but it might be time to move on my plans.
I bought a small form factor computer the other day and I bought a cheap used motu 828es on reverb last night to start getting things set up.
Waiting to see if an offer on a 24ai is accepted and I might be in business with it a few weeks from now.
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Post by svart on Oct 25, 2020 8:04:52 GMT -6
Updates..
So 4k$ later the house has all new fascia and gutters and the crazy rain last night did not leak into the studio from the back doors or the cracks in the slab.
You'd be surprised how hard it was to find someone to come do the work. I'd think that people wanted business during these times but I kept getting blown off or some just refused, and still some never called me back or responded to emails and the few that did reply told me that it would be 2-4 weeks before they could come quote. I had two come quote immediately, one said they wouldn't do half the work they originally said they'd do, the other I used, but had to haggle with and some of the with needs touching up.
Apparently everyone is flush with work after all these recent storms.
I did some contouring of the yard yesterday before the rain to try to stop pooling of the water.
Also, I found that the chipmunks have created a huge tunnel system in front of the house where the leaking is happening. As I was digging around trying to increase the slopes, I kept hitting tunnels and the ground would cave in. In one spot it collapsed almost a full foot deep.
I moved some dirt from the back yard to try to fill the holes in the front but I need a lot more to really fix the area. I might have to get a yard of fill dirt next weekend to fix it right.
I also created a plastic catch box and put an automatic fountain pump in it. I put it just below the crack that leaked 50+ gallons last time. I also sealed the cracks around that one to direct the water up a into the box, the idea being that the 160gph pump should hopefully keep up with the leak if it happens again.
Anyway, last night it poured for about 5 hours and I only got a small amount of water, maybe a half pint or less. Not enough to even trigger the pump. A little weeped from some pores in the concrete but enough to moisten the floor in that area.
I think today I'll remove the box and just create a temporary plastic dam around the area with the pump and that's should be enough to take care of the leaks while I fix the chipmunk holes and contour the yard better.
On a technical note, I've received all the pieces of my new recording setup and I'll start setting it up by copying files over today, maybe.
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Post by EmRR on Oct 25, 2020 9:36:44 GMT -6
I don’t know how I missed this saga earlier, sorry to hear. I hope the fix holds.
Chipmunks. Bingo. About to dig out a section beside our house with eradication in mind, among other things.
The shared back section of the studio for years (before I owned it) would flood through a back door from a building damming effect during fast heavy downpours, a constant pain with a shopvac. Turned out there was a roof valley that could fill so much it would overshoot the gutter, right at the door. Then, foot traffic wear to the ground had left a low spot for water to run right at the door. The smallest earthworks fixed that, along with a diverter/dam piece added to the gutter.
The previous basement studio (also a rental) was surrounded by almost an acre of relatively level ground, but backed up to a huge parking lot. Once every year or two it would reach runoff capacity and water would run in a visible stream across the floor, all of the sudden full force, no preceding trickle.
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Post by svart on Oct 25, 2020 21:16:55 GMT -6
And now there's another damn hurricane headed this way.
It's one thing to get some rain, but it's another to get 6"+ in a couple hours after the ground is already saturated.
Anyway, I started getting everything set up with the new computer and Motu gear.
Getting everything installed was easy. This motu routing thing is impossible to understand. It has zero logical flow at all. It looks as if the GUI was designed by freshman students.
Uggh.
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Post by EmRR on Oct 26, 2020 10:58:56 GMT -6
Anyway, I started getting everything set up with the new computer and Motu gear. Getting everything installed was easy. This motu routing thing is impossible to understand. It has zero logical flow at all. It looks as if the GUI was designed by freshman students. Uggh. Good luck in that rain, I'll probably get some too. The MOTU routing will make sense. Label the living F out of everything you can. You'll find it's very much like Dante, I may actually like some of the GUI in MOTU better.
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Post by svart on Oct 26, 2020 12:03:32 GMT -6
Anyway, I started getting everything set up with the new computer and Motu gear. Getting everything installed was easy. This motu routing thing is impossible to understand. It has zero logical flow at all. It looks as if the GUI was designed by freshman students. Uggh. Good luck in that rain, I'll probably get some too. The MOTU routing will make sense. Label the living F out of everything you can. You'll find it's very much like Dante, I may actually like some of the GUI in MOTU better. I'm redoing the plastic bucket below the big wall crack tonight. I'm going to seal the small weeping hole at the bottom and then put the bucket back with a larger plastic dam around the whole corner to give me some buffer room in case the flow is too heavy for the small pump to keep up and I need to bring in the shop vac. I just hope I don't lose power.. I think I'm going to use expanding foam in the small weeping hole because it's polyurethane based and water makes it cure faster and harder, otherwise I'm using flex-seal or some other elastomeric rubber that might not hold if the block is wet. A plus is that the pressure from the can should force the foam deep into the hole and perhaps into the cavity in the block to help the seal. I think if I can hold back the weeping at the bottom, the bucket/pump can take care of the rest for now. I hope.. I've found a few small details in a couple How To pages for the motu stuff that make me understand the HOW of it all. I guess I'm still just aghast at how non-intuitive it is. With the SSLMixer, you just dropped an input down and assigned the hardware input, then added your output blocks, either output to another bus for AUX stuff, or to a hardware output. The SSL hardware was difficult to get working together but it was a breeze in the digital domain. This is exactly the opposite.
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Post by ericn on Oct 26, 2020 21:53:46 GMT -6
And now there's another damn hurricane headed this way. It's one thing to get some rain, but it's another to get 6"+ in a couple hours after the ground is already saturated. Anyway, I started getting everything set up with the new computer and Motu gear. Getting everything installed was easy. This motu routing thing is impossible to understand. It has zero logical flow at all. It looks as if the GUI was designed by freshman students. Uggh. Good luck, but I’ll remind you 3 feet of water in a house 5 feet above the road level 😢. But yeah Chris you have just gotten hammered this year.
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Post by svart on Oct 27, 2020 8:04:58 GMT -6
Attachment DeletedSo here's the hailmary temporary solution. I sealed the small cracks along the bottom of the wall and placed a plastic bin glued to the wall below the big cracks to catch the flow. A 160GPH automatic fountain pump is in the bucket and plastic hose runs 40ft out of the studio and out the back bay door. There's a secondary wall made from a larger plastic container glued to the floor around the first container to hopefully catch any weeping from the block that doesn't make it into the primary bin. If it doesn't catch it all, at least it will slow it down so I can keep up with the shop vac. I think I might go buy this battery operated pump I saw at Lowes as well. They're calling for a lot of wind thursday night here and with all the pine trees I'll probably lose power which will render my primary pump unusable. I've added 4 full wheelbarrows of dirt to the front of the house to slope the ground away from the house and I'll add another 4-6 tonight and pack it down to see if the rain can be mostly redirected away from the house as well as fill in all the chipmunk holes, etc. Eventually I'll have to have the front dug up and sealed from the outside professionally and deep french drains added at the base of the footing, but maybe in a few weeks after all the hurricanes fuck off for good this year.
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Post by svart on Oct 28, 2020 13:42:49 GMT -6
Hauled 7 wheelbarrows full of moist dirt up the hill to the front of the house last night. I'm a bit sore today. I put it all in place and tamped it down and tapered it so that water should avoid the corner of the house where the leaks happen, if the water makes it up that far.
I also found yet another chipmunk complex under an azalea and in some rocks at the corner of the house. Took a full wheelbarrow load to fill in the tunnels. I removed all the large rocks and stuff that hid the tunnel entrance and removed some of the bush and monkeygrass around the area and tapered it down the hill so water should run off faster. Knowing that there were so many chipmunk holes, there has to be link between them and the leaks since I didn't use to have these leaks before I started seeing lots of chipmunks. I can't believe those little turds can dig so much.
They keep going back and forth on the rainfall estimates. One model says 1" and another says 6"+.. That's a big difference. Guess we'll find out in a few hours.
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Post by svart on Oct 29, 2020 7:31:39 GMT -6
Well, made it through the storm. No water in the studio or basement in general. No damage to the house or yard but lots of trees down in the neighborhood after a 65MPH gust at 4:50am. No power since 4am and no ETA on restoring it. When Irma hit a few years ago I didn't have power for 36 hours. I expect this will be the same.
Had trouble getting out of the neighborhood due to the trees and debris but work has power so I was able to get my coffee, so I'm good.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 29, 2020 8:56:55 GMT -6
Well, made it through the storm. No water in the studio or basement in general. No damage to the house or yard but lots of trees down in the neighborhood after a 65MPH gust at 4:50am. No power since 4am and no ETA on restoring it. When Irma hit a few years ago I didn't have power for 36 hours. I expect this will be the same. Had trouble getting out of the neighborhood due to the trees and debris but work has power so I was able to get my coffee, so I'm good. Good luck brother.
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Post by svart on Oct 29, 2020 17:00:20 GMT -6
14 hours no power so far. It's 75F and sunny so I grilled the frankfurters I had in the fridge before things go bad.
There's 7 to a pack So can only eat 3.5. I have no refrigerator without power but eating as many as I can is better than wasting them all, right?
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Post by EmRR on Oct 29, 2020 17:15:03 GMT -6
Yep, no power here in central NC, lots of trees down. Not much rain, mainly wind.
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