Is my control room too big?

Hi, I just moved into a new space, and I have decided to put my control room in a room that is (W)160" X (L)332" X (H)124" I am in a month-to-month lease in an office builing, so I don't want to invest too much money in demolition and construction. The north wall and the west wall are exterior walls which are solid concrete. The west wall has a lot of windows to the outside. The south wall is wooden 2X4s with 1/2" drywall on either side filled with pink insulation. The east wall has 2 solid-core doors, and a large window into my tracking room. It is made of steel 2X4s and 1/2" drywall and is hollow. The ceiling is concrete which has a dropped ceiling at 12" which is drywall with acoustical tiles glued to it, then there's another dropped ceiling about 8" down from there which is a metal ceiling grid and acoustical tiles. The floor is carpet which is glued to harwood. (LAME!) My questions are: Are the ratios for this room too screwy? I realize that it's pretty close to being 2 squares side-by side. Since there are windows limiting where I can put permanent walls, can I build a free-standing wall to shorten to room? Where would I position my speakers in the room? Can you think of any problems I might encounter with the current state of the room? I've started scraping the carpet glue in my tracking room and it's a pain in the ass. Would this room benefit from the wood floors? thanks in advance for your expertice. John

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Seems to me the room is nice and big. But you still need to treat it so you dont have standing waves and the such. Look at the studio designs here http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html, this will get you in the right direction. Look at studio plans.

Seems to me the room is nice and big. But you still need to treat it so you dont have standing waves and the such. Look at the studio designs here http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html, this will get you in the right direction. Look at studio plans.

John, if you need any amount of sound proofing I'd find somewhere more permanent; there just isnt a way to "temporarily" sound proof that is even vaguely practical... Steve

Soundproofing isn't a necessity whatsoever. All of my work is done weekends and nights. I'm mostly concerned with what I can do to make the rooms sound better. Anything I can do for free (pull up carpet, knock down walls etc.) to help it acoustically is no problem. As most of do, I have more time than money. I have a lot of space to work with, I just chose this particular room because of the windows to the outside. It's a welcome change from the last two spaces I've been in over the past 5 years. If I have to put up a few walls and blow some insulation into the existing walls, I can handle it. Any portable acoustic treatment would be best. Thanks again for your input. John