Control room design
This section gathers forum discussions on control room geometry and acoustic treatment strategy, ranging from theoretical questions to real-world project reviews. Members analyze how room dimensions, speaker placement, and boundary treatments like corner superchunks and rear-wall bass traps interact to create smooth low-frequency response, as in one thread investigating a possible null between monitors and listening position. Other threads address foundational planning questions, including whether angling a ceiling helps reduce modal buildup and parallel-surface reflections, and general-purpose floor plans adapted for bedroom, garage, and larger studio spaces. Many threads are project logs in which forum members—building control rooms in basements, garages, converted living spaces, and purpose-built structures across several countries—post their own dimensions, wall construction, and layouts for community feedback on sightlines, reflection control, and overall geometry. Together these discussions illustrate the recurring tradeoffs studio builders face when translating acoustic design principles like the reflection-free zone into constrained, real-world spaces.
Introduction drafted with AI assistance from forum posts.
- Start hereAre my speakers in a null?
- Start hereSample floor plans for Bedroom, Garage, and Larger Rooms.
- Start heredesign comments on this setup?
- Start hereGeneral question about angled ceilings
- SIMO Studio Design
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- Garden studio UK
- Studio Rebuild!
- LaNauEstudi Studio - control room
- [rename] Lilith design Phase ( L Shape )
- My 3d Control Room in Sketchup
- !Help! with layout for 13'x26' open space
- Re-design Question for John
- New Basement Studio
- Flutter Control Angle
- Have I built myself into a hole? (newbie first post)
- Molecula Studio design phase
- Problematic room needs taming. Advice needed!
- Can anyone tweak this layout for me?
- New studio & a crazy idea
- Seeking Studio Design Comments
- Converting Garage to Auralex Acoustics 101 Control Room
- New Room Advise
- Control room with entrance at the front end?!?!?
- Tight Project Studio 9' x 14' Finished Design Suggestion
- Studio Layout... [updated]
- Sketchup for my new control room
- Improving my studio
- First post - best use of space
- Design ideas for front wall with free standing spkrs
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- LEDE Design control room is obsolete? RFZ is a good choice?
- New home/project studio design in Finland
- Oh what to do?
- New Studio in sydney, is design correct?
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- Help with one room studio design in Delta BC, Canada
- How to lay it out
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- Need help on designing studio
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- 6 or 12 degrees?
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- SPLAYING WALLS, non-rectangular, averaging method?
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- Help w/ studio design!
- Project Studio, Take 2 (sans office)
- Is there a magic size?
- Control room redesign
- Home Recording space design in ARGENTINA
- Take a look/ my basement project studio design
- One Big Room
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- Studio Design Help... new space
- Video Editing Suite - Design Phase
- the ideal room ratio
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- Preferential Live Room Dimensions
- Trying to figure out how to use my available space?
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- I've got some questions on room designs (pics included)
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- Students need help on project studio design.
- Ideal control room shape: Main conclusions=confusion
- Pick it apart, please!
- Frequency Response of My Control Room
- Any real studio examples of "The Corner Control Room" ?
- thismanysounds - Basement Studio in London UK
- Early Sound Scattering ????
- New studio design in England
- New design
- studio outline in Sketchup.. any help?
- Small studio : opinions ?
- Building a mix room in a very, very small space.
- Radio / Livestudio Combo pt2: Acoustics
- Control room ideas in pole barn
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- Layout ideas for a 23' x 40' room?
- How does this look? 9floor plan)
- New Studio in Design Phase
- I Invite Your Comments on My Design
- Bass Nulls - Mix Position - or - Room Dimesions or ?
- NEW STUDIO DESIGN CHALLENGE!
- Control Room response - Analyzing a question for the Pro's
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- Wall angles, is it worth it in this case.
- Tiny Basement Mixing Room Woes
- Attic layout - are these dimensions acceptable?
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- No category for this but it is the same stuff
- Starting from Scratch
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- Asymmetrical Control Room Space
- Improving a Mixing room and Basic Tracking Room Design
- does anyone have anything to add to my studio plan
- Basement Control Room Design
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- Comparison Between Room Designs
- Acoustics for a Mastering Room
- Control Room shapes
- Confusion about wall angles. SAE VS This forum
- Studio ! Just getting started.....
- Please suggest some Control Room dimensions
- FINAL DESIGN before installing --> pls help to check is ok
- 7x10x11 Basement Design: Finished Design, questions remain..
- Please, can you help me with plan on SMALL studio?
- Old Church, Double control room layout
- Help with difficult studio design...
- Feedback on Studio Layout - comments welcome!
- Poor control room dimensions due to amount of gear!
- Aprovel and /or suggestions needed, please.
- At My Wit's End!
- Help needed with studio design
- *UPDATED* MY STUDIO: Help needed - LONG and NARROW Room
- New member designing a mixing/mastering studio
- Small control room opinions
- Calling BATTman!!! Newbie threatening to jump off ledge!
- AR Small CNTRL RM-> ideal dimentions/ -->New Design(s)!
- Looking for feedback on Basement Studio Design Plan
- Confused - treatment of rear of LEDE control room
- The effects of clap?
- New studio/set of rehearsal rooms based in Sheffield, UK!
- Help with mixing room/bedroom
- What can i get into a 12x20 building?
- My 5.1 Combined Studio / Control Room, Lake Tahoe, USA
- Control Room Orientation
- 24x28 Studio About To Built - NEED DESIGN FEEDBACK!
- Pics for Suggestions/Critique of Wall design plans
- Production studio in Italy
- Control Room Shape Question
- Your Criticizm would be apreciated- pics included.
- Major CR nulls.
- Question about side walls
- Home studio redesign
- Trying to figure out best studio plan
- Double Control Room - Rough Draft
- 1 room studio in Holland -- Sketch Up file included
- Control room size
- Need insight on new control room in hollywood CA
- Basment Controlroom Berlin
- General Info On Wall/Ceiling Angles...
- Small Box to Great 5.1
- Control Room Ceiling Height
- New Mix and Post Studio
- Is it even possible?
- Please help me tune my control room….please.
- 5.1 control room ideas & questions
- Front wall dead or front wall live?
- control room ceiling height
- Is this room too small to mix in?
- New Studio Design in Peru (PandPStudios)
- angles, dimensions, and ceilings OH MY
- Small room design needed.
- Wider than longer control room
- suggestions for an odd shaped studio space?
- Empty Space - Photos! 2 Control Rooms & Shared Live Room
- Bought a building...
- Help me iron out the basics!!! ,,,"please"
- New Studio, Practice Room Design, Advice pls
- 71ft x 21ft studio in Ireland needs design help! (skp file)
- New Basement Studio - Revisited
- Greetings, and looking for feedback...
- new studio space = blank slate
- Barn studio....please help.
- sacrifice size for symmetry? or go with accordian vibe....
- requesting help on studiolayout
- Which Shape for my Building
- Need Input on Use of Space
- Small control room & Booth HELP!!!!!!!
- New studio design ("Color of Sound")
- Small Room newbie problem.
- Opinions: Should I bother with this space?
- PLease advise on best room size/ratio for control mixing rm
- Help: Designing Small Mixing Room in Condo
- Layout Ideas, Does this make sense?
- Help with warehouse studio PLZ!
- Control & Rehearsal Room in one?
- New Studio plans Reserch
- Studio Space and Layout?
- Confused with Ratios/Dimensions, charts...
- My First studio
- Gone as far as I can Need Advice
- Redesign of Control Room - best mix position - Ireland
- Wanna Help? Moving Studio and Expanding: Skipper Sound
- mark up and a desk?
- How should I divide up this area?
- Another ceiling question
- Odd shaped stone wall basement studio acoustical challenges
- Costa Rican studio back on track!
- Help me Please!! New Studio Design
- Lofi Studio space - small hupdated skippy thing
- Basement Bluegrass Studio Design
- My control room in the attic, plz. comment. (Pix&plans)
- Floor Plan For A New Studio?
- First Design - Not trying to get it "perfect"
- I need help with the placement in my room and my treatment!!
- Which angle must to be between the walls?
- is 8 meter by 5 meter enough?
- duplicate
- control room shape/dimensions
- Design Advice Sought
- Control Room Design
- Small Studio Design Questions
- Two options for a control room shape.
- Basement Studio
- -First Post Ever - Building an AWESOME New Studio in GA!
- Garage Transformation into Multi Room Studio
- Basment Studio - First Crack...
- The 1000th basement - The 2nd time
- Building a new studio please help
- Basement control room
- Southview Arts Plans New Room
- Planning and building a studio - scetchup file included!
- Basement Studio - Ceiling Height & Control Room Dimensions
- basement support posts & speaker placement (w/ .skp file
- Control Room, Iso Booth and Bathroom in a 26'x 20 Garage
- Angles
- Constructing my first studio near a very noisy street
- Acoustic treatment upgrade and new desk-opinions needed
- Design/room treatment question
- Our new studio/c-room layout - several specific questions
- New Bedroom Studio Just a few questions
- studio in a small carpenter workshop. Some advice please.
- Building New Home - Designing Personal Studio In Basement
- Need some help for this floor plan.
- Existing workshop conversion 24' x 30'
- Need basic layout guidance for tiny studio.
- Home studio design plans / ideas
- Trying to figure best layout for studio/rehearsal space
- Help Please
- Help with Basement Setup with Numerous Obstructions
- Personal Studio in Detached Garage
- New 5-Room Studio Design...How does this look?
- Brain storming a design.... what's your thoughts?
- Small Studio needs helps ! Please give your opinions !
- first post, new studio, thanks guys
- Little mixing room
- Basement studio planning
- Design thoughts?
- opinions on my design
- Sorry Clueless
- Newbie: One room studio
- One Room?
- John Please Help me with this design
- 50 m2 of dreams- the Estonian studio
- Help with acoustic treatment in basement studio
- New all-in-one room studio from scratch
- Mission impossible?!?!
- Help Needed for the Design of Our New Studio.
- Small, Squarish Control Room - Advice Needed for Treatment
- Need Help with layout design
- Help me make a final decision... angled walls or extra space
- Live-Work-Mix-Overdub-track?? all in one space.
- LayDown Studio - studio plans/reconstruction
- Side Wall Reflections, and John's enemy!
- Control Room Help
- John and others-splayed walls?
- RFZ Sidewalls
- wall layout advice
- Recording Studio / Audio Post Production Hub on level 7.
- Acoustic Construcion for a small CR
- Hi from South Africa! All loft studio help welcome ...
- New Garage Studio!!
- Studio Design in Sellersville, PA
- Advise on room layout please...
- Help with studio space
- Hows this for a design? Attic stuido/practice space. Drawing
- Studio Design - Is this complete, or am i missing something
- New Studio design problem
- My first shot at a Studio
- InTherapy Studios control room
- specifics on the golden ratio...
- I got a question
- Input on my studio design please
- Designing a mix room
- Rehearsal room
- New design ideas
- Project Studio in Canada - Design Submission
- Control room..... on a stage?
- Control Room For an Auditorium
- Calculating the Mode Ratio for Unusual Shape Isolation Booth
- Hangers for control room design - Suggestions
- My Studio Design & Features (Design edited)
- question about the 38% rule
- studio planning for 2 car garage studio
- The beginning of my studio plans...
- CR floor in an RFZ design..??
- And yet another basement studio project ...
- Studio in Tasmania
- Newbie questions - starting out
- Studio Design Help - I want to start building!
- 2 car garage studio conversion in Portland, OR
- Glass in small control rooms
- Control Room Plan
- Studio Layout Help Please!
- modifications to this design
- Do irregular walls need to go up forever?
- Please Help me with Large Desk Design
- OK...what do I do with THIS? lol
- Basment Studio Layout Ideas in Atlanta GA
- Help recording engineer design his studio
- what do you think about this first design?
- Middle of the USA and new to the forum
- My First Studio Design
- New Studio in Springville, UT - Design phase
- Skewing the parraelle walls verticly?
- This could be fun...
- New studio layout, help and suggestions please
- How about this?
- New studio design... in dubio
- Studio design CR Size
- Corner control Room Question
- Hybrid Control Tracking Room
- Small studio in Dhaka
- new to the board, redesigning studio, could use advice
- Studio In Malaysia : Design and Renovations
- beginning a new studio design
- Is this crazy? (not me, my design)
- Seven foot ceilings PLEASE HELP!!
- New controlroom design!
- mastering suite build
- 12 X 16 Garage Project studio
- Studio Retrofit in Central Coast California
- Studio in Warsaw
- Building a small control room with built-in assymetry
- Need to make a room long enough for the wave to commense??
- pls fine tune my control room dimensions
- Studio design in an existing building.
- Basement Studio
- Seems to be very strange design...
- Room Reverb Problems
- room dimensions w/ Gambrel roof
- Control Room Design Help Needed - Trap Placement