Key posts: Garage Studio Build - Checking my plans are sensible

Substantial posts by RKML, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 49 of 68 posts are listed.

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RKML, 19 October 2017Hi, I'm about to build a studio room in my garage, in Hertfordshire, England. It will be for composing / mixing, so I'm planning some isolation for the room, to avoid…
RKML, 3 November 2017I'm now checking to make sure I haven't accidentally designed a 3 leaf system here. i.e. between my 'Outer Leaf' and and the actual garage door and gable roof. My…
Soundman2020, 3 November 2017Hi there "RKML", and Welcome! It looks like I missed your first post somehow, so I'm glad you posted the update. :) It's best to put numbers to that: you need to define…
RKML, 10 February 2018I must start this post with an apology. Stuart, I am so sorry - you took time to reply in detail to my original post, and I am only replying now, 3 months later. Life…
RKML, 12 February 2018I've come across 2 things I need to check. a) I can't run the Sorbothane app as it is only available for Windows. Would it be possible for a kind poster who has the app…
Soundman2020, 12 February 2018Congratulations! That's a pretty big reason for taking a break from your studio design! Whoa! You hired a company to design your studio, and they gave you no design for…
RKML, 12 February 2018Thanks, and cheers for you patience. Life has certainly been slammed sideways in some interesting and exciting ways! Now time to get the professional bit going vaguely…
Soundman2020, 12 February 2018That sounds like a good basic plan, except for the rear wall.... That's going to need a LOT of treatment... No, MORE than that! Keep thinking BIGGER! ... Still not…
Soundman2020, 13 February 2018Here's your basic "uglies" that are so nice, since they show you the major issues so clearly! Low-end waterfall: beautiful modal clarity, and probably SBIR too! Image…
RKML, 13 February 2018Yeah - its pretty wild in there. Glad the graphs show the ugliness as expected! That 51hz mode is crazy in the room with a reference track playing - it sounds like I've…
RKML, 13 February 2018Initial thoughts on Rear Wall. All rockwool panels 60cm x 120 cm The three uprights are 20cm thick The top one is 10cm thick. My thinking here is informed mostly by time…
RKML, 13 February 2018Will do. I’ll get on the case 2 quick questions: *In the UK the equivalent of 703 seems to be RockWool 45kg/m3. All good? *I can only come out 20cm from the wall at the…
RKML, 17 February 2018Rear wall done. 24" Superchunk at top of wall. As I couldn't fit superchunks in the corners I did the best I could and went for 'fill the wall with as much as I possibly…
RKML, 17 February 2018Cheers Greg, I will do. I’m sure there’s huge SBIR going on, as there is 0 treatment at all on the front wall at the moment. The speakers will be banging their signal…
Soundman2020, 18 February 2018:thu: Thanks! Comment much appreciated! For 'Stuart's Paid Acoustician Service!', press the 'PM' button... :) It looks like you changed all the settings on your DAW, so…
Soundman2020, 18 February 2018Whoa! Slow down! You are rushing way ahead of yourself! Take the time to analyze each set of REW tests completely, BEFORE roaring off full-steam into the next round of…
RKML, 18 February 2018Oh no... After all the months reading this forum, and now I'm that guy aren't I. Dammit. Left alone on my own on a Saturday afternoon, with no baby to look after and a…

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Soundman2020, 18 February 2018But that's NOT what REW is showing! The original tests seem to have been done with the individual speakers at around 65 - 70 dB, and the latest tests at around 75, or a…
RKML, 19 February 2018As always, thanks for a very generous and very interesting reply. Hmm. I'll check this I'm just going to do the tests again. no point messing around with potentially…
RKML, 22 February 2018Retest done. I hope these files are usable. I've been having problems with clipping in REW, and I just cannot find the culprit. I had to mess with my input trim again…
Soundman2020, 22 February 2018Now THAT'S something I probably wouldn't want to hear! A Welshman swearing loudly is not very musical! :) In fact, I'm surprised your mic didn't melt! :shock: :) OK, I…
RKML, 23 February 2018Nid yw'n swn melys iawn! :) That's great to hear - I will now be declaring an exclusion zone around my sound card and no settings will be touched until all testing is…
RKML, 28 February 2018So having spent another week reading extensively here, and researching my situation: * No tuned / panel traps. Just absorption. I've read countless places here that my…
RKML, 28 February 2018Here's a sketchup of the cloud idea. Image not preserved: Re-Test Cloud .jpg And here with the addition of rockwool off-cuts in polythene bags, stuffed up and hidden…
RKML, 2 March 2018Just a wee nudge for this one. Looks like I’ve got a bit of non-fatherhood time this weekend, and even a willing helper / rockwool-cuttter in my songwriting partner, so…
RKML, 2 March 2018Cheers - will do. I’ve just been reading your posts about ray-tracing in sketchup. Looks like that’ll be a learning process (as everything in sketchup is!) I should have…
Soundman2020, 3 March 2018Probably floor bounce. That's a fairly common situation, even in pro studios. You can check if that's the case by piling up some thick absorption in the floor between…
RKML, 3 March 2018Thanks Stuart - all really helpful. Cool - I've done this. Ah - really interesting - thanks. I'll read that thread thoroughly. Had a look at it before - but its becoming…
Gregwor, 4 March 2018It makes you realize how much easier designing a room would be with a really tall ceiling hey? :-( I FINALLY got my angles worked out how I like them. I will try and…
RKML, 4 March 2018Cheers Greg, I really appreciate the encouragement. Yeah - I can see doing this that 90% of my trouble here is just that I have a tiny room. Yeah, I'd like to see that…
Soundman2020, 5 March 2018I really hate to throw yet another complexity into the mix, but there's another issue at play here. Yes, LOW frequencies will be affected mostly by the hard back of the…
RKML, 5 March 2018Thanks! I'll dig out the Neumann KH120 dispersion patterns if I can find them online. It's the lows that I'm worried about far more than the highs right now. My…
RKML, 6 March 2018I may be getting somewhere with this. This is my first design that seems to have mostly worked. Almost all the direct sound goes over the mix position, although the…
Soundman2020, 6 March 2018Ummm... Are you SURE you are doing your reflections correctly??? It doesn't look like it from those diagrams! Key point: "Angle of reflection = angle of incidence ",…
RKML, 6 March 2018Wow. WOW!!!! :shock: If anyone ever needed a demonstration on the effects of baby-induced sleep-deprivation on an otherwise vaguely competent brain - well there it is.…
RKML, 6 March 2018Erm, lets forget my last couple of posts ever happened....... and we'll try this instead! Angles of sound illustrated are every 10˚, from 10˚ off vertical to 50˚ off…
RKML, 10 March 2018I’ve managed to find some hefty eye plates to hang my cloud from, and matching chain. All the fixings are rated for 80kg, and there’ll be 4 on each cloud, so I’m happy…

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RKML, 26 March 2018After an unexpected week's break, the studio treatment work should be continuing this week, first priority being the cloud. Stuart, if you have any comments on my final…
RKML, 2 April 2018Large update post coming up after this one. In the meantime though, I am confused: In order to check if my major 99hz null was a floor based reflection, I did a test…
Soundman2020, 2 April 2018OK, so take that same bunch of "stuff" and walk it around the room! Try it in many different locations, to see what changes. Put it on top of a chair or ladder, move…
RKML, 2 April 2018And here is the final state of my studio with the following treatment in place (All treatment with RW45 Rockwool) Rear Wall: Covered to 30cm depth Rear Wall / Ceiling…
RKML, 2 April 2018Cheers! I saw it after I posted my long post - and I've been on the case accordingly, hunting SBIR with my huge block of RW45. So... I feel like I've got some data that…
Soundman2020, 2 April 2018Hmmmm... Hopefully the desk is still out? If so, put a tall ladder right where it was, and balance your insulation panel on top of that... might be ceiling bounce? If…
RKML, 3 April 2018Ah cheers Greg, but no sub in this tiny room! Can't find anything that would do a high end roll-off in the hardware. The interface has no EQ functionality at all, and…
Soundman2020, 3 April 2018Are those graphs from just ONE speaker, or from both at once? This is why you need to do three tests each time: one with just L, one with just R and one with both LR.…
RKML, 3 April 2018You’re right, I didn't want to make everyone wade through 3x times as many graphs! I see what you’re saying though - it occurred to me that it would muddle the high end…
RKML, 3 April 2018I've not mentioned the 50hz room mode that is ringing on the waterfall, as I'm assuming (?) not much can be done about it at this point. I don't think I've got space for…
RKML, 24 July 2020Hi! Thanks for reminding about this thread - I had meant to come in at some point and update it. When I was designing my room I benefitted so much from some of the…
RKML, 24 July 2020Here's one of the final tests I did of the studio. I think I smoothed it to 1/3 to show a musician mate, because I felt that this is more of a reflection of how it…