Treatment in a residence hall (aka: dorm) room?

I've been lurking around this forum for a couple months now, reading, searching, taking notes, and just absorbing in general. Lots of great ideas; I'm looking forward to the day eventually when I'll be able to design a decent space to move my little endeavor to. (Going on 5 years now!, I mostly do live "classical" recording at this point--concerts, recitals, etc; I've unfortunately had to turn down projects because I don't have access to a suitable space...someday!) But first I have to finish college and figure out where I want to live. :shock: So this might be considered the worst-case "bedroom" studio. I'll be moving into a single room next year in the building, so I'll have the opportunity to do what I can to make it sound decent. I don't usually record in this room (mixing/editing only), nor do I monitor at excessive volumes (so keeping the sound transmission to the outside down is not an issue; the construction of the building is pretty stout and doesn't pass too much anyway). I've been playing with SmartDraw and come up with a design that I thought I'd submit. Is there any merit to this design at all? The yellow rectangles in the front and back are the "real wall absorbers" detailed on this site, 6' wide by 8' tall. Would it be better to increase the coverage, and make them 8' wide? The monitors are Tannoy Reveals, which are rear-ported; their manual mentions plugging the port if you use them close to a wall--is this a good idea, with the absorber behind them? (The reason the gear is "on top" of the bed is because it's actually underneath it; the bed is lofted to a height of 62" (bottom of frame).) Unfortunately, the size of the room and the furniture that has to go into it limit the layout options greatly (if anyone imagines a better layout, feel free to suggest! I originally had the workstation desk and the rack under the bed, but didn't know how the side ladder/rails of the bed would affect the reflections, so centered it instead. This is mostly DAW-based, so having immediate access to the rack is not a requirement. One thought I had was the possibility of centering the workstation desk under the bed and creating a sort of "cave" out of fabric-wrapped 703, by hanging a cloud from the bottom and fixing splayed panels along the sides (orange rectangles). (the picture shows what the underside of the bed "cave" is like.) Any comments/criticisms/etc welcome! I'll find out if I've made practical sense out of anything I've read here. I know the room is far from ideal. :? But I'd like to get out of it whatever I can...and hopefully the absorbers & things would be reusable in bedroom/garage/barn studio I'll be designing here in a year and a half! :D -Joshua

just a quick glance. you typically want the speakers to throw sound down the longest dimension of a room. so what about putting your desk under the bunk bed, and putting your studio stuff where your desk is? also, it's helpful to have your left right symmetry as equal as possible. so maybe put your studio stuff by the door facing straight back into the room, put your desk under your bed. then put a couch along the back so "clients" can listen to your amazing mixes back there basking under the psychedelic glow of a lava lamp.

generic -- Thanks for the comments. Having read about the preferred speaker orientation on other threads, I did play with a design that had the workstation by the door as you suggest. Unfortunately, I found that there would be no way to get to the rest of the room, short of crawling under the desk. Assuming the workstation would go at the window end, how would having the angled wall on one side affect the symmetry of imaging? Would it be wise to construct a baffle of some sort (plywood sheet perhaps?) that matched on the other side. I'm coming to the realization that this tiny space may be beyond help, but still willing to try. Thanks to all who read & post here -- it's been a great place to learn. -Joshua