I have just moved into a rental property and im stuck here for quite sometime but I need to start production on a few demos for bands and I have to make do with this room for mixing. As its a rental im not allowed to actually "construct" anything so Im looking for suggestions for acoustic treatment.
Firstly I havent got my hands on a calibration microphone yet to test the room for modes etc. But just from clapping loudly in the room I can hear the problems with flutter echo and im very sure there are some major standing waves cranking in here.
About the room: The room is 3 meters long by 2.8 meters wide by 2.4 high. So its basically a cube ( not ideal i know, but its all ive got). It has one window that has flimsy blinds installed and 2 (what I presume to be) hollow doors (theyre very light). One of the doors opens into the hallway and the other is a cupboard that is used for storing mics and cables and other junk. The walls are what looks like painted plasterboard. Its a fairly new house (about 2 years old) so sure its well insulated with fiberglass batts. The floor is carpet on concrete with underlay and the roof again looks like plasterboard. I know for a fact the roof is insulated and the exterior of the house is brick so im not worried about pissing off the neighbors, I don't tend to mix at high enough levels to be annoying.
Room purpose: The room is going to be used mainly for mixing. I just want to achieve a coherent and well balanced environment so I dont have to check my mix on a million other systems. I may do a few overdubs and bits and pieces from time to time.
Im thinking about putting a small couch at the back of the room and im looking at building a few bass traps. Any suggestions for placement of furniture, speakers acoustic treatment and which treatment might be preferable in this room would be greatly appreciated.
As for budget, well Im in New Zealand so our dollar doesn't go very far but im looking at no more than $1000 NZ on acoustic treatment which after researching products shouldn't be too hard to stick to.
Ive attached a couple of sketchup pics. Dont know how to make a small sketchup file, guessing you need the pro sketch up?
Any help would be fantastic!
