Hi, I'm new to the forum, I am a student at uni in the u.k and for our first assignment we have been asked to design a studio and i was wondering of anyone on here would like to help me with some ideas and mabye help me with pointing out good and bad points of things i have thought of..
The design needs to be 15m x 15m
and i would like to studio to be aimed towards electronic music.
I have had a few ideas taken from studios i have seen online and have looked into, on i thought was pretty cool was the idea of a movable desk that had outboard racks, synths, drum machines etc etc so it can be moved and played from an area in the studio thats acoustically ideal.
Any help is appreciated.
Alex
Uni Project
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 18575.
Hi Alex. Please read the forum rules for posting (click here). You seem to be missing a couple of things! :)
That said, there's a couple of problems with your plan. First, 15x15 is a terrible size, since it is perfectly square. That means that all your modes in the "length" direction will line up perfectly with all the modes in your "width" direction, thus doubling the size of the problem. You should look into the concept of room modes, room ratios, Sepmeyer, Louden, Bolt, and Boner.
Having a movable desk would actually be a bad idea, since in a well-designed control room there is only one place that is "acoustically ideal", and that's a spot exactly 1.2 m above the floor, on the room center-line, about 12" in front of the point where the acoustic axis of the speakers intercept, and is also about 38% of the distance from the front wall to the rear wall. Making the desk moveable would only allow you to move away from the "acoustically ideal" spot.on i thought was pretty cool was the idea of a movable desk that had outboard racks, synths, drum machines etc etc so it can be moved and played from an area in the studio that's acoustically ideal.
I'd suggest two books: "Master Handbook of Acoustics" by F. Alton Everest (that's sort of the Bible for acoustics), and "Home Recording Studio: Build it Like the Pros", by Rod Gervais. And also read John Sayers own work @ http://johnlsayers.com/Recmanual/index.htm . Those three will get you on the right track to understanding how acoustics works, and how to go about designing a studio. I would also suggest making a diagram of your studio in SketchUp, and posting it here, for others to look at and offer suggestions. Based on that, I'm sure people here will help you to improve your design. - Stuart -i was wondering of anyone on here would like to help me with some ideas and mabye help me with pointing out good and bad points of things i have thought of..