Basement Control/Live Room Combo | John Sayers’ Recording Studio Design Forum archive

Hello everyone, I've been hanging around quietly for a while and waiting to finally have a space to dedicate to my own studio. I recently bought a house and I've decided to use a room in my basement for a live/control room. I've been using a spare bedroom until recently but it's just too small for what I want to do with it. I do mostly solo acoustic recording myself but I want to have a space where I can also do live recordings of small (3-4 people) acoustic groups. The room size is pretty close to the laptoppop studio but I have a flat ceiling, so I've been using that as a base design. The dimensions are 17' 9" x 12' x 7' 7". It's got two doors that open inward and two egress windows. The floor is painted concrete but I'm thinking of doing laminate floors with area rugs. The ceiling is sheetrocked and popcorn finished. I was thinking of doing gobo type bass traps for the back wall to accomodate the door and gobos for the back side walls where I'd do the live recording. Here's the beginnings of the design I've been working on and pictures of the room: http://aaronhanson.no-ip.com/images/StudioDesign.jpg http://aaronhanson.no-ip.com/images/stu ... Design.skp Pictures: http://aaronhanson.no-ip.com/images/house/gameroom.jpg http://aaronhanson.no-ip.com/images/house/gameroom2.jpg I'd like to do minimal construction (no moving doors/windows) since I don't plan on living here more than a few years, so portable units would be a plus. I've got a bunch of 703 and 705 panels so I'm set there and I'd like to keep the rest of the room under $2000 (US). Noise isn't a big concern since my neighbors are quiet and the loudest I get you still can't here outside of the house. Am I on the right track here? What can/should I do about the flat ceiling?