This is my Control room ....a few Questions

Here's a VERY crude drawing of my control room. This is what the actual framing measurments are.(Before any drywall,so I'll lose a few inches all around) Total width at front of room is 9'8 1/2",total lenth of room from front,to back peak is 16'1". Totally non parallel (I hope),but semetrical. My questions: 1)Can anyone figure out what I might expect acoustically? (Since it's not a reqtangle,it's very hard to calculate preceived modes, etc.) It will probably have 8 ft ceiling. If there's a SERIOUS benefit to having the ceiling NOT be flat,I'd love to hear about it. (I can do some shaping,but won't gain much volume from ceiling.Also,I would have to call on a strucural engineer to design ceiling,if not flat,in order to meet code.) 2) Where would you guys bass trap with this design? I want it to be as ideal a mix room as possible(Givin the space to work with) Slot rezinators? 4" 703? 6" 705? How many Clouds? Where? Etc. Diffusion? Thank you,your help is most appriciated! :D

Hi GMo First, congrat on your project. Can you please resize your pics to the forum rules. Your thread would be more suited in the design or acoustic forums, but i'll give it a shot anyway. Leave the front wall of your room flat in the corners so you'll have more space for the bass traps that are going there. Due to your room size, your rear wall will have to be made almost dead. And i would inverse the angled in your rear walls, putting the peak toward the inside of the room. 1) Well i'm axious to hear someone who can predict the way mode would behave in irregular rooms. I don't think you'll get a definitive answer on this one. 2)There are many school of thoughts on that subject. From my point of view there are serious benefit from using slanted ceiling, providing you have high ceiling. But you don't have the height to built one without compromising your room volume, wich is already small IMHO. I'd go with a flat with acoustic treatment. 3) Roughly, Corners for bass traps, side wall for slat resonators, other members are more knowledgable than me on this topic, ask Gulfo, John, Ethan, or Eric Desart in the acoustic forum. Regards

Thanks for the info. So having a more traditional front,and back of room is better than the angles I've framed? Here's a picture that was posted on this forum. It's what I based this room on.In fact, this is almost my exact setup.Same type of control room,and Iso room as well. Not to scale.

Your angles are (somehow) OK in your design but from a finished room standpoint, that include acoustic traps. If you built your room like that it mean that your actual usable CR space would be much smaller in the end. your plan did not show any acoustic traps, believe me do take them into acount when figuring out the space you need, they take lots of space. The angled front and back wall you see in the pict you've taken from this forum are made with acoustic traps in place (yellow aera), not as finished walls. Hope this is clear enough.

So having a more traditional front,and back of room is better than the angles I've framed?

It may sound like that but that is not what i'm saying. :? BTW this thread definetly belongs in the design or acoustic forum. regards

Thanks again for the info. I'd be happy to move this thread. How do I do that. I can't find that option. Thanks again. :)

Aloha, Try PM'ing one of the Construction Forum Moderators to request the move :wink: Aloha 8)