thanx.

Humidity isn't a big problem as long as it doesn't mean there will be actual condense inside your gear ( water drops inside your gear will kill it, beware! ).

Dehumidifiers usually don't work wonders, it won't decrease humidity from 60% to zero. They'll help for small spaces and things like caravans or cars, but usually not entire cellars. Besides, you'll need to empty them probably just about all the time if it's really 60% humidity over there.

A cellar studio can work fine, but you will need to make sure it's isolated, at a constant temperature (ie. cold enough so it will never rain drops from the ceiling) and ideally a bit like a normal room with good ventilation for it to work without issues.

Small errors might ruin your gear though, like leaving a plastic bag on top of your mixer when it's warmer than normal.

thanx phemox, this comment it's important.
i'm afraid of humidity still indeed.

you could do something a little crazy like this:

go somewhere with low humidity,
put all your gear in a huge plastic bag.. make sure it's really sealed airtight.

Then you can take them even underwater hahaha.

Turning knobs would be a bitch

i reconsider the option to working on a cellar.
so i basically try to diminuish the umidity puting out all the old thing in paper, woods etc and i noticed that the humidity is went from 70% to 65%. so i think that i have to go this right way. the important thing, having a costant temperature of 19° like my cellar, isto arrive to 50/60%...anyway i think tha i will also invest to machines wich put humidity out 'cause isolation would be very expensive for me.

I think 65% is fine if the temperature is stable. I have the opposite problem, my basement is so dry I have to cover everything to avoid dust getting into the circuits, and this is a real problem, especially for keyboards, computer fans, faders, etc. I wouldn't reccommend you a de-humidifier (and also, having a dry nose is pretty unpleasant ).

why not a de-humidifier, it's exactly what i wanted to buy....
anyway what's your experience playnig/recording on a basement? me i'm a little afraid....

I have my studio in a reconditioned basement. It's very un-cellar like but it's still underground. First you should always get some insurance no matter where your studio is. I try to have all my stuff up off the ground in case I was away for awhile & there was a flood. When I'm gone for awhile I also put some plastic tarping over my gear in case there was any leaking from the ceiling. I also never eat food in my studio to decrease the chance of creepy crawlies wanting to crumb-hunt anywhere near my gear. Been here for awhile- so far so good, but you've got to have 'disaster planning' in mind.

^That's pretty much it, although if there is risk of condensation it will be better to cover your equipment with some material which absorbs water (to avoid tiny drops falling onto your equipment.
I think you will not have any problems if the temperature is stable, on the contrary, humidity helps to preserve certain materials such as rubber (it's not as if you don't have any pads ).
I tell you from my experience: have a coat handy in winter, follow hXc's advice and enjoy man! Gear f*cks up in pretty much any environment anyway

PS: There are certain cleaners for electronic devices which protect them from humidity. If you are very concerned about it, maybe they're worth giving a try (also, you can always ask for advice at you local electronic store).

that's a good advice, i thought me too about it, but i think that sometimes you have to change those absorbing materials because ,after a certain time, they "help" humidity growns in the cellar.



that's interesting...i would like to know what technically speaking they are exactly, maybe i can try to find them here (europe).
thanx

ok
i installed a deshumidifier (sorry for the english) labeled " bodner & mann " , and so the humidity have a real decrease: from 70% to 55%!!! i paied it 200€ (not cheap but in this case i prefer no secondhad, you know...)
not bad at all.
humidity value seems to be constant.
i think that i could begin to build a little-shitty studio inside...i promise to make videos/pics of this "infernal cellar" studio rec!!!
peace