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   Hi Denis -- on Apr 19 2020 at 01:56, you wrote:   
      
    DH>> My platinum owning friend uses speakers for most of his recording work   
    DH>> (he has his own studio in the basement and does a lot of small group   
      
   DM> What is basement and in which basementen, Dallas?   
      
   A basement on this continent is a space below the main living floor.   
   Often it's entirely or mostly below ground. Typically we consider the   
   space to be "unfinished", meaning there are just bare studs forming the   
   walls (you can see the back side of whatevercovers the outside of the   
   house at that level). The ceiling is usually unfinished also, so when   
   you look up you see the bare floor joists and the underside of the floor   
   boards. I should mention that most construction here on the West Coast   
   (and in many other places in North America) is wood frame, so we have   
   wooden joists (horizontal) and studs (vertical) forming the frame, with   
   plasterboard, wood, stucco, etc. covering the frame. Brick and concrete   
   construction is quite rare other than in large commercial buildings. For   
   examples, google Vancouver and go to street view.   
      
   In Frank's case, his basement is at ground level (because in his area   
   the water table is quite high) and it's completely finished with a   
   couple of bedrooms, bathroom, sitting room. It had an enclosed garage as   
   part of the basement but he's converted that into a recording studio   
   with a sound-isolated control room at one end.   
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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