Okay, guys. I just got the okay form the mrs. to make a smaller room in our house into a control/mixing room. The problem: It's 10'X9'... not exactly ideal. Is it workable or am I just wasting time? Can I mix in a room with dimensions almost multiples of each other?
Thanks in advance-
Tough control room size- help!
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 3659.
If it is your only option I would say go for it :D Better making music in a small room than making none. How high is it? You should also post a sketch so the guys here can help you with working out the inroom acoustics as you definitly need as much absorbtion you can stuff into the space. I've heard mixes coming out of really bad sounding / boomy, small rooms that translate astonishing well. Especially one guy I know...he can't hear how awful his room sounds but he is really used to mix in it and after a while of trial and error the mixes translate. I must add that this guy has absolutely no inroom acoustics / absorbtion in the room. As I said...he can't hear how crap the room is :twisted: What I want to say is: Take the best room you have, tune it to the max you can afford (space / money), get used to how it sounds in order to create mixes that translate and rock on. :DIs it workable or am I just wasting time?
I'm working on a sketch now...You should also post a sketch so the guys here can help you with working out the inroom acoustics as you definitly need as much absorbtion you can stuff into the space.
Will you be doing any sound isolation (new set of walls and ceiling on a floating floor) and acoustic treatment for this room?
If you do both you’ll loose over 1 ft from all sides making it about 8’x7’
But if you just do acoustic treatment over the existing walls and ceilings your loss will be about 4” on each wall (assuming you’ll use 2x4s).
I’m just about in the same situation with my garage studio design (10’x8’6” after acoustic treatment).