A Word About Planning Materials

Part of the process of building something involves careful planning. Precision varies as widely as one's personality. In the case of a slightly obsessive (some say anal retentive) and particularly detailed person such as myself, the planning stage can go on for infinity and be fine tuned down to the wire. I tend to be one of those types who would like to color code their clothes in relation to their hangers and to organize and chart everything organizeable and chartable in life! Hence, my layout plans for the studio.

First and foremost, I was extremely agitated and disappointed that I could not take the time to learn a blueprints software program such as Sketch Up. I have the software installed and hoped to draw up a perfect vision of my studio masterpiece but I couldn't get past drawing a box. So, that left me "visionless" in terms of sharing. However, I did open up Appleworks and draw up a VERY CRUDE and primitive layout of at least where things will be. I've included the PDF of that here.

But more importantly, when it came to the massive underground tunneling system that was growing in complexity and the realization that many more snakes and wires needed to be acquired, that's where the real time consumption came in whilst making full blown cabling charts. I did use color coding to help with each equipment location and once the chart was complete (after several changes) it did help to visually sort out the great entanglement of audio wires that needed to co-exist with one another. I have included the PDF charts of those layouts and lists below as well.

You need not be particular to have good organization in life and I highly suggest creating charts of your own when in need of some visual and mental clarification in any project.

Barn Studio Layout	Cabling Layout	Conduit PVC Layout	Patchbay System Chart