Hello everyone from a newbie to the forum. Having previously worked in the recording industry, circumstances have led me full circle back into the fold, only this time working from my home-based studio in my long - vacated garage area. What this means is that I have a roughly 3 metre x 4 metre “tracking space” area which adjoins (on one of the longer sides) my existing control room (which I am quite happy with for the present, so do not wish to change). I would not have even contemplated doing this, however as this space has a 14 foot ceiling, I figure I should be able to get some useable acoustic “space” out of what I have available. As the ceiling of the adjoining control room is only 8 feet high, there is obviously a 6 foot “loft” area above it which is open to the tracking area.
I had originally abandoned the idea of double sliding glass doors allowing access from control to tracking rooms (on isolation grounds). However, as for example, “Scott’s studio” (as featured on John’s website links) has apparently successfully employed these even in the small format rooms used, I am looking at this possibility. I am wondering as to any feedback from members as to the options I had considered:
a) slot resonator walls right around entire tracking space, or;
b) slot resonator wall opposite sliding glass door wall, and 4 foot wide polycylindrical (convex shaped) diffusers (masonite packed with rockwool) on the short wall sides, or;
c) an alternating arrangement of hi and low mid absorber panels, with maybe some thicker bass absorbing panels in the corners ? Is there likely to be a need for bass trapping in this size room anyway ? (particularly seeing I can use the loft area above the control room to trap some of the low Hz.)
One other question comes to mind, as to what to do with the high ceiling, either a)angle a solid timber face down and inwards to achieve some reverberant reflections back into the “mic’ing field” or
b) maybe even use sails or a “parachute” to achieve some high frequency diffusion and thereby brighten the space acoustically. Hope you won’t mind the protracted query, however, I am unused to working in small “tracking spaces” (an in-house drum kit will be used regularly) let alone building one and being “stuck” with the results. I also wish to keep my concrete floor, so am looking at having the slab cut between tracking area and the rest of the structure to achieve some isolation. Your insights very much appreciated. Many thanks, Wayne P. (Hunter Valley, N.S.W. Australia)
Options for small "tracking space" area roughly 3m
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 10143.
assuming you're building isolation walls and such as necessary for your room, then the treatment parts could leverage any of the treatments you describe. probably use porous absorption across from the door and use polys on the short walls. use porous absorption clouds on the ceiling to preserve some floor space. slats can be used to break up the corners.