Control room redesign

Let me rephrase the question. Ethan's acoustics faq: www.recording.org/users/acoustics says a drop ceiling is basically transparent to room nodes, and the hard ceiling above is the real boundary of the room for node calculations. Do you agree? If so, my drop ceiling's days may be numbered, and maybe hangers in a false ceiling would be the way to go. Thanks, J.J. J.J. McLeod Different Drummer Studios www.differentdrummerstudios.com

Yes the drop ceiling is transparent - I think I said that before. But it does hide all the aircon ducting you mentioned. The solution I proposed with the clouds is the cheapest and easiest way to break up the floor/ceiling parallel surfaces. You can always remove the individual ceiling panels, put your hangers in and then put them back, getting the best of both worlds, or you can just remove them permanently above the clouds and just put hangers there therefore retaining a clean ceiling line where the clouds don't cover the ceiling :) cheers JOhn

Thanks, John. I really appreciate your help throughout this long, convoluted thread. :) J.J. J.J. McLeod Different Drummer Studios www.differentdrummerstudios.com