Need help on designing studio

Well, it's a broken wall indeed. I've seen a few control room that's symmetrical, but they have some spcae that might have been adjusted to accomodate some needs, e.g. entrance, tape machine corner, etc. But, if it's better to make the room perfectly symmetrical, should I move the door so it would be on the symmetrical left side of the control room? Ari

bolehnggak wrote:

Well, it's a broken wall indeed. I've seen a few control room that's symmetrical, but they have some spcae that might have been adjusted to accomodate some needs, e.g. entrance, tape machine corner, etc. But, if it's better to make the room perfectly symmetrical, should I move the door so it would be on the symmetrical left side of the control room? Ari

Yes, symmetry is quite important when it comes to control rooms. I suggest you move the door to the right a bit and then simply have the control room wall go all the way to the back. If you really need the space you could always add an aditional door and use the space that is left out as a little storage room - not worth it though imho.

How about the soundlock? How if I planned to use it as a vocal booth? Since the soundlock walls are connected to the control room walls, and I don't think that I could afford more space, (and more money) to build them as a separate room with separate walls. It's already small booth, which myself still questioning, is it adequate as a vocal booth. Ari

bolehnggak wrote:

How about the soundlock? How if I planned to use it as a vocal booth? Since the soundlock walls are connected to the control room walls, and I don't think that I could afford more space, (and more money) to build them as a separate room with separate walls. It's already small booth, which myself still questioning, is it adequate as a vocal booth. Ari

I believe vocal booths should be tiny anyways :)

Ari, what sound lock are you talking about? I only see an entry with double doors at the bottom right. Were you thinking about something like this? It could both improve isolation for drums to the outside AND be a vocal booth (if the outside noise levels weren't too loud) Steve

Ari - I wouldn't worry about the rear of the control room being asymmetrical - it actually helps the low end at the back of the control room. It's the front end that must be symmetrical. :) cheers john

Thanks for the info John. And for Knightfly, the soundlock I'm talking about is the left side soundlock between the studio and the control room. It is intended to be a vocal booth. Actually I'm hoping that it could be also used as a drum booth, but I'm not sure whether the size is adequate. BTW the soundlock at the bottom right is a great idea, thanks Knightfly. Ari

Ok, so, I'm not applying any acoustic treatment yet on the design picture that I posted. Do you have any recommendation? Ari

well first off I'd improve the geometry of the front of the control room and put in a soffit mount speakers system cheers john