help on redsign for ready built studio!

Hi Guys, New to the forum, wish i had the info from this forum before i built my studio, Its a free standing building at the back of my garden, it was built 4 years ago with concrete block cavity wall insulated i have since learned alot from this forum. Need to make a few adujstments i have extended one side of the studio removed the side wall, in my lame attempted of google sketch shows the outline and all measurements. I would like to move to the bigger side of the studio which was my former live room. What would be the best position and treatment for me to get the most out of what space i have? Thanks In Advance. Brendy.

could you describe your situation - music type, isolation needs, neighbor proximity, basically everything in the readme... will help better understand what you are trying to achieve

might be handy to post as 2d image too:

Sorry guys about the info, the studio has been built cavity wall insulated 4" concrete block and concrete floors inside, ceiling height at the front of the studio is 8' and the back is 7'4" inside measurement with slanted roof 9x2 joice insulated I don't have neighbors so that has never been a problem. The measurements on the sketch show the inside measurements of the building. I have made an adjustment to the sketch and added a machine room that I hadn't put on the first sketch. On building the studio I was told to lath the walls an place foam in between covered with a porous cloth then had 6"x1" boards vertical I now know this is not right. My two side walls are parallel I know this is not right, I built the small extension leaving me with a more obscure room at the back looking at the sketch this is on the left hand side where the window is. I would need to know the best listening position in this room then I can construct the stud walls and ridged fiberglass whatever way you would advise. The type of music I record is country/folk/gospel, I listen to allot of Nashville country would record live drums bass and acoustic guitars I don't often have small bands in playing at the one time. .p.s. not hot on google sketch. Cheers Brendy

Aloha, 2D image, 700 pixels wide :wink: Aloha 8)

ok guys i have never use sketchup before just a little time to get it right sorry for the delay i will post the sketch asap Thanks Brendy

brendy wrote:

ok guys i have never use sketchup before just a little time to get it right sorry for the delay i will post the sketch asap Thanks Brendy

Ok, it's simple. file/export/2d image save as JPG for example and upload in this thread. Simple eh :) good luck!

Hi guys I exported the image as 2d and saved it, as jpg I hope this is what is required if not please let me know. I have mentioned this before this is looking down on the studio the measurements are of the inside of the studio, walls all though the studio has been up for 4 years I have completely gutted the place out. Unfortunately the right side of the studio is 14' square and walls are parallel which I now know is not right with the studio gutted out I now have the opportunity to correct these problems the dividing wall was built with 4" concrete block on there flat plastered with a rough finish on both sides with window view I can't move that’s why I would like to move to the other side with the new extension on gives me a little more space. Thanks for your patience Brendy.

How 'bout flipping the CR and liveroom so that tittle corner on the left/down can act as an machine room. here's a VERY ROUGH sketch. Gulffo's the expert here....

Hi guys cheers for the sketch idea but unfortunately the center wall cannot be moved as it is built with block and has been there since the studio was built, I also am unable to put a bass trap where you suggested because the live room and control room doors are both hinged to the center wall leaving it impossible for me to put anything there. The whole reason for me switching rooms is to gain more space and by placing the machine room in the new control room would be more or less leaving me with the same size as my old control room. I do appreciate anyone's suggestions and thanks for the replies. Brendy.

Well, that's too bad cuz that building just SCREAMS for a set up like I did. On the other hand; if you're a serious studio builder you just rip out the existing stuff that keeps it from happening. :wink:

keep the isolation wall. add another inclined treatment wall and house the machine room there. make the back corner a storage room. use slats or other treatments to reduce the angles in the live room corners and add the needed trapping for the room.

Thanks guys for your time, I know its all down to design but my whole objective was to gain a bit more room natural light and some air circulation with not having neighbours the window would have been a big plus. Thanks for all the information and taking the time to reply. Just a thought my son was in collage studying music technology and was speaking to an acoustician he had mentioned acoustic blocks which absorb both high and low freq which I was going to build against the back wall which would be me facing the live room and the wall behind me. I would like to face the live room and splay my two side walls and just trap all the corners, by the way should I trap right to the ceiling in all corners? thanks Glenn and Ro for all your info. Brendy

if the window is high enough, maybe make an opening over the storage room to let light in... or add a window on the bass trap wall...