Looking for opinions on three rooms.

Hi, I'm new here.. and new to most of the concepts discussed here (I'm trying really hard to change that though). Somehow, I've gone years playing and writing music, but never paid attention to the acoustics of the rooms I've worked in. :oops: I've been obsessively reading through these forums and have picked up a ton of useful info, and am looking forward to trying out some of the DIY projects I've seen here. I have three rooms to choose from in my house for my little studio. I'm mostly doing my music on a PC, using samplers and synths. I do occasionally record acoustic guitar too. I'm mainly looking to clear up the playback sound to improve my mixes. Sound isolation is not an issue here. Before I start on any DIY improvements, I wanted to get opinions on which room would be the best for a studio. I suspect that I'm currently in the worst of the three rooms - which I chose for convenience and aesthetics. (In my defense, you should see the view from this room - it overlooks a big slough [tidal river], and I can watch egrets, ducks, & various shorebirds from my studio). I realize that it's the most cube-like room of the three, but I'm hoping that it's possible to make it work somehow - I like this room much more than the others. Maybe the fact that it's the only one with 9 ft. ceilings redeems it somewhat (?). Thanks! Dana

P.S. It might not be obvious in the pics: Room 1 is carpeted, the other two have wood floors. Also, none of the doors have windows in them. I used these doors to represent the fact that all of the doors have panels and bevels in them - which I suppose is a little better than plain flat-surface doors acoustically. And, one of the big reasons I'm hoping to get room 1 to work is that it is the only room that is downstairs - it always stays fairly cool, while the other two often get unbearably hot in the summer. Thanks again :)

Acoustically, room 2 is the best. As you wrote, there are other factors involved. Andre

Thanks for the reply Andre. I thought that room 2 would be the best one (being furthest away form cube shaped), but being totally new to this, I didn't know if I was missing some important factor that would make room 2 less desirable - such as the long windows on one side, or the odd angles on the ends of the ceiling. Is room 2 significantly better than room 1? Is room 1 a lost cause? I'm thinking of making some absorber panels using Ultratouch. I can get it locally for $.71 a sq. ft.. Here are my initial ideas for treatment of room 1. (Not sure if I should use the 3.5in. or 5.5in. - or a combination). I'm confused about a couple of things... I can only cover over one of the doors. I'm thinking that covering the one closest to my work station would be most important - to catch early reflections. That makes it impossible to put bass traps in the rear corner though. Would one on the rear wall/ceiling corner be adequate? (Along with traps in the front wall corners). Also, for convenience and cost I'm thinking of making thick broadband absorbers for all of these corners (so, I suppose I shouldn't be calling them bass traps). Bad idea? And, the bookshelf on the rear wall is only 4ft. high (on a 9ft. high wall). Maybe I should consider hanging a panel above it horizontally? Thanks, Dana