Funk/Soul Room

hey guys, I've been holding off on treating my iso room for soo long now as I haven't been sure what vibe to go for in there. And yes... i have posted on this room in the past.. One thing I really dig though is recording old funk soul etc... you know... the ol' 1 mic on a kit etc hehe. anyway.. what kind treatment options would I be looking at in order to treat my smallish iso for pulling funk/soul drum sounds? here is a picture of the room: the back wall is 4.75m long and the left side wall is 3.3m. Its about 2.8m high with a slight tilt. The ceiling is a false ceiling made from 2 layers of rockwool batts covered in material... so its real dead ;) Back wall is Brick.. all other walls are 16mm gyprock. their are smallish windows on the close and right walls and obviously the doors you can see in the picture. I'm not really looking for exact science stuff at the moment.. just vibe ideas. So what am I trying to do in order to get that sort of sound? I know acoustic design wasn't such a huge thing for those sort of days and so often thing absorbers such as carpet was used on walls etc? Also though.. I have seen a lot of helmholtz absorbers in the old hitsville usa rooms so i duno?? I was going to frame up 75mm rockwool and mount it around 100mm off the back and left walls but will that just make things too dead on too wide of a frequency range?? I suppose it does sort of need to be versatile sounding too as I will be using it to track vocals and guitars as well. Im really interested in everyones thoughts. thanks heaps Matt

Hello. Interesting idea. trying to replicate an environment that sounds like the original old school studio's that label's like stax and motown used etc. . The 1 mic technique you mentioned is called ambient miking. And is as common today, as it was in the 60's etc. . As for room design, i guess you will have to do some extensive research into how the original studio's were built and what devices were employed to create the effects heard on tape. . You may find articles in magazines and books insightful, although I have not researched this area so I can not tell how much information is available on the subject. . Try soundonsound and the mix as a good starting point. As for drum sounds, look at the type of drum used. You may be able to research this by looking for articles in mag's, there are also a few dvds on the market, including one by the two best funk drummers in the world who were james browns main drummers. . Clyde Stubblefield and John Jab'O Starks http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6759346

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