L Shaped Studio Space

Hello, I am from Canada. Recently some friends and I came across a new space for our studio. We have big dreams of a control room, a live room and an isolation booth, and are trying to figure the best way of fitting it all in. We are currently at the stage of reading everything we can on the subject, but have never built a 'real' studio before and were hoping some seasoned opinions could help us out. Here's the game; we are in the basement of a barn, the ceilings are just over 9' tall, and we were going to put some laminate on the floor. The rules are that we can build as many walls, diffusers and absorption pads as we want, and don't need to worry about isolation between us and the outside world. We value a good drum recording, and the ability to do live off the floor stuff. If anyone is willing to impart some of their knowledge to us by drawing walls and notes on our attached document, we would be most obliged, and would create the best music we possible can in your honour. Thank you! Jason www.fineenough.com

The rules are that we can build as many walls, diffusers and absorption pads as we want, and don't need to worry about isolation.

If you don't need isolation, then why bother dividing the room into three? Just set it up as one large space, surely? You'd only need to divide it into individual rooms if isolation was important.

We are currently at the stage of reading everything we can on the subject, but have never built a 'real' studio before and were hoping some seasoned opinions could help us out.

Well, you certainly came to the right place! That's what this forum is all about: serious acoustics, no hyp, no myth, no legends, no snake-oil. Just solid, sound, acoustics, based on the laws of physics and the experience of some of the world's best studio designers. But please check the forum rules for posting: You seem to be missing something... .) - Stuart -