The perfect recording/controll rom ?

i´m about to plan and build my first studio, and finally get my gear out of my bedroom . I found some info about the size of the room . [/The first two rooms (Studio and Control Room) are carefully modified from the ancient Golden Section dimensions. A Golden Section is an area that has a specific ratio of height to width to depth. The ratio is approximately 1 (high) by 1.6 (deep) by 2.6 (wide). When a room conforms to these dimensions, it will evenly reflect all frequencies so that any area sounds substantially the same. The ambience in the room will reinforce the tone of the instruments rather that sounding "muddy" or "thin"] what do you think about making a rom 9 feet high, is this enough? my only limit is of course the money. And what would your studio look like without any limits ? any thoughts ?

what do you think about making a rom 9 feet high, is this enough?

Not bad. If I was designing a control room from the beginning, with no restrictions, I would design a 10 high INSIDE HEIGHT ceiling.

And what would your studio look like without any limits ?

That is a question of taste. Have you looked at the studios under the "Studios Under Construction" section? My tastes are such that I like most of the designs of our John, Francis Manzella, Wes Lachot, Russ Berger, and Tom Hidley. I tend to not like the appearance of most studios designed by John Storyk, Pilchner-Schoustal. Regardless of what I just wrote, a good designer will design the rooms to meet your decor likes. You didn't ask, but the room dimension ratios are not that important. The one you mentioned is fine. With a 9 foot ceiling, you end up with a room of about 3000 ft^3. The EBU/ITU/tonmeister SSF (and probably several others)nominal reference volume is 100 m^3, or about 3500 ft^3. This, and many other technical recommendations are summarized in AES TD1001. Here is a link to it. http://www.aes.org/technical/documents/AESTD1001.pdf Good luck! Andre[/url]

[that is a question of taste. Have you looked at the studios under the "Studios Under Construction" section??] Yes and there is a lot of inspiration and help considering the design of the studio . the link was great :D are there any other considerations i should make when building and constructing a studio from scratch ? i think i`m going for total seperation between the rooms to get the best resaults regarding isolation but i`m kind of confused when it comes to the inner walls construcktion whitch design gives the best isolation ?

are there any other considerations i should make when building and constructing a studio from scratch ?

Your question is too vague. Please be more specific in your data. A double 200 mm concrete wall with 1 m spacing and floating floors will give excellent isolation. Is that how much isolation you want? IS it in your budget? What do you want the isolation for? Do you want clean tracks? Do you want to not bother neighbors? Do you not want outside noise on your tracks? Do you want a nice ambiance on your tracks? These are just a few questions whose answers will help us help your needs.

Clean tracks, and with nice ambiance if possible. Our plan is to build 2 Recording rooms, and 2 controll rooms. With "total" seperation/Isolation between the roms. We have to build the house from scratch so there is no limit (Exsept money). (Building houses in norway are quite exspensive.) but i`m wondering what the best solution is without any money worries:-) They will be considered later on when we lay down the final investment plan . I`m just trying to get a clearer picture about what the rooms will look like. Size,Flooring,and all the acoustics around it. don`t want to spend a lot of money without a perfect studio to work in:-)

Hi Sture, I think what AVare is saying is that you need to have a budget in mind before you even start designing. You could easily spend 1,000,000 € building a "perfect" studio. However, the materials and construction methods would very different from those of a 20,000 € studio. So the "perfect" template would be of little help. Thomas