Hello, I will soon be moving into a smaller space for at least a year and I was hoping to get some advice with the room that I will have available for a temporary home studio. It's 15'x12'x8'h with a closet occupying a corner of that space. The flooring is a slab with some sort of wood laminate and the walls are painted gypsum over insulated 2x4 wall construction. The wall between the room and the rest of the house is brick (this room used to be an exterior patio). There is an air vent just to the right of the entrance door below the TV that can't be moved. I really can't modify the structure so I am hoping I can achieve desirable results with absorption/diffusion. I am not concerned about noise coming in or going out, there are no neighbors nearby. I have drawn a floor plan of the room with how I would like to be able lay it out. I am pretty sure I have the desk in the worst possible spot acoustically but this room will also be where I spend a lot of time with my kids so I wanted to make the best use of the space as I can.
Initially, my questions are:
1. Will it be possible through the use of treatment to make a dual purpose room (mixing/tracking)? If not, I would prefer to make it as tracking friendly as possible.
2. Any recommended books to help me get started?
I plan to build most of the treatments myself. I have a local source of 703 and 705. That being said, I would like to keep the cost under $3,000.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Jeff
Need Room Layout / Treatment Options please
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 18622.
Hi Jeff, and welcome! :)
It's a strange shape, but it should be possible. However, I would not put the "mixing" section in that tiny alcove at one end: it's just too small. Put your keybaord or guitar amp in there, and put the mixing desk on the other side of the room, in the middle of the right wall., 2. Any recommended books to help me get started? I'd suggest: "Master Handbook of Acoustics" by F. Alton Everest (that's sort of the Bible for acoustics). That's the best text out there to get you started on understanding acoustics.1. Will it be possible through the use of treatment to make a dual purpose room (mixing/tracking)? If not, I would prefer to make it as tracking friendly as possible.
Good budget, the right materials.... Great! This sounds like it should work out fine! - Stuart -I plan to build most of the treatments myself. I have a local source of 703 and 705. That being said, I would like to keep the cost under $3,000.