Studio Design Phase in Mexico

Hi Doug, Those basstraps look really nice thanks for the advice :D, Im thinking of leaning more into the diy side with cloth panels and slat walls, I just found an insulation dealer in Mexico City which has 3lb 3"1/2 x 2'x4' mineral fiber panels for 100 pesos each, seems like a nice deal (way more cheaper than OC). You might want to check there website, its: www.aislante.com.mx Cheers

DIY rules, If it doesnt look so pro, at least you can tell your friends & clients "I did it "

It's been a while since my last post. I already bought 2 mini splits units, one for the control room and the other one for the studio. I decided for the small studio design John propose. So far the only question I have is how would you guys suggest making the cielings for both the CR and studio? The original small studio design has its CR with slanted cielings. Do they have gypsum board on the side facing the original cieling? Should the studio room cieling be built outside-inside too (gypsum board facing original cieling, framing with rockwool)? Or could I use the original cieling and built some nice clouds with lighting?

i believe it's a false ceiling i.e. you have it faced with plastic under the cloth - this way you get a lot of absorption overhead and the plastic preserves from HF. you could readily add ducts, lights etc as well as widely spaced slats and so on to it.

Oh I see, so I guess that no gypsum boards are attached to this false cieling. If this is the case the walls dividing the CR from the Studio should cover everything from cieling to floor airtight?

right - build out all the isolation walls and ceiling to separate the rooms, then add the treatments - in this case the false ceiling. that said, depending on your space, say you have an 10'x10'x10' room, you could make the angled ceiling hard using drywall/plywood/etc to change the mode behavior (and one of the side walls etc.) then again, if you have enough space, then you might make hard angled ceilings for the same reasons but have the height to spare.

Is there any isolation between these two rooms? A false ceiling designed for treatment reasons assumes that the isolation is in tact..is that true that isolation between the two rooms exists?

Hi xSpace, The only isolation between the rooms would be the parallel dividing walls, cieling and floor are both concrete. Would that isolation be too limited if I wanted to record drums from now and then and get a clear sound from my monitors? Would you suggest gypsum boards attached to resilient channels mounted on the original walls and adding another cieling to achieve a pseudo room within a room? Sorry I'm kind of lost now haha

If you already have a concrete barrier, walls/floor and ceiling, with walls that maintain a mass/spring mass between the two rooms, the framed walls may be the deciding factor on your transmission loss/isolation between the two rooms. The false acoustic ceiling helps to reduce the impact of the room on the listening area, so it may well be helpful. But the isolation properties of the existing rooms/walls should be taken into consideration...testing is either required or guesses need to be made:)

Here's the design John adapted while ago for my dimensions. Green walls are concrete.

my thinking on this - take the drywall currently on the LR wall between the LR and CR and put it inside the LR (entire wall) so there is a fuller air gap there. and move the drywall (bottom wall) in the LR to the outside so the slats have a cavity based on an inside-out wall.

lumisuto wrote:

Here's the design John adapted while ago for my dimensions. Green walls are concrete.

That is well and fine, but does not address the ceiling. Is there an elevation from the side?

Nope the cieling is 2.62m on every side :)

lumisuto wrote:

Nope the cieling is 2.62m on every side :)

That means is there a shot form the side that shows how this is constructed from floor to ceiling?