How do I make the most out of the space, and yet make it look decent and proffesional?
I´m aware of the illustration on the JSP website, and I will probably construct something similar to that, unless anybody else got some better idea.
Sarath,
I have a space that is pretty close to yours that I had generated some future plans for that I will try to attach. My space is basically 9 x 16 feet for comparison. My goal was to get a good sounding control room and an isolation/vocal booth along with some storage out of my space. The control room is approximately 9 x 11 feet with 7.5 ft ceilings. The booth is 5 x 6 feet, and there is a small storage closet adjacent to the booth.
Hopefully this will generate some ideas for you. I'm not an expert on this but have gleaned a lot from all the other discussions around here.
Good luck,
Darryl.....
Sorry to hear about your water intrusion. :cry: My wife and I went through one in our house last year. Total damages were US$75,000. Everything worked out OK in the end, but we lived in a hotel for weeks and it was very traumatic for our pets.
Thanks!
sharward, glad everything worked out in the end.
Ddev, thanks for your control room idea!
I want to use all the space for a control room only actually, but I will give it some thought... Like the room shape :D
I'd say keep the window. Real light is nice sometimes, hang a curtain and a wooden blind over it, put a sofa in the middle below it. Have the main set-up facing the window and have strorage area's or booth's either side with smaller windows, again with curtains and blinds. You could even have a synth room, vocal room, drum room or small kitchen in the rest of the space, but i can't imagine it unless i see it from a photo.
Normally on this forum people suggest the angled box type shape because of the standard control room ethic, but there's no reason not to have an elongated design as if you build new rooms with more walls you'll loose about 20% of the space.
Unless someone want's to come up with some reasons, then you can always segment it with portable things like heavy curtains, thick foam, or specially made abosorbing blinds, then u have flexibility.
I'd say keep the window. Real light is nice sometimes, hang a curtain and a wooden blind over it, put a sofa in the middle below it. Have the main set-up facing the window and have strorage area's or booth's either side with smaller windows, again with curtains and blinds. You could even have a synth room, vocal room, drum room or small kitchen in the rest of the space, but i can't imagine it unless i see it from a photo.
Normally on this forum people suggest the angled box type shape because of the standard control room ethic, but there's no reason not to have an elongated design as if you build new rooms with more walls you'll loose about 20% of the space.
Unless someone want's to come up with some reasons, then you can always segment it with portable things like heavy curtains, thick foam, or specially made abosorbing blinds, then u have flexibility.
interesting advice. i'm looking at building a more elongated room than the standard control rooms i see on here. can anyone help vouch for being able to build any shape room and use apparel to help treat acoustics?
Ah, nice input!
The window mentioned in my earlier posts is the control room/tracking room window, so a curtain would be more of a bother i guess.
I think I would use all that space for a control room actually, with the desk facing the shortest wall and the crtl/track window on my right, and a lot of empty space in the back with absorbers in the rear and so on, and so on...
Normally on this forum people suggest the angled box type shape because of the standard control room ethic, but there's no reason not to have an elongated design as if you build new rooms with more walls you'll loose about 20% of the space.
Unless someone want's to come up with some reasons, then you can always segment it with portable things like heavy curtains, thick foam, or specially made abosorbing blinds, then u have flexibility.
What you are saying is OK if your goal is to make a dead room, but usually the goal with a control room is to minimize reflections, especially at the mixing position, which is why the "angled box type shapes" are normally suggested - because they work. Mixing in a totally dead room is not a pleasant experience for most people (I happen to have one of those rooms, hence my desire to change it to something else).
That being said, there is a lot of merit to an elongated design, especially with the length that Sarath has. Check out this article by Ethan Winer for a simple studio concept that is basically an elongated design. Size-wise, it is pretty close to Sarath's space and the design principles should be valid.
http://www.realtraps.com/art_studio.htm
Darryl.....
my measurements for my room is about the same as the one in the article, but when I do some raw sketches in photoshop I have to cut down so much space to make it fit inside... I have´nt checked if the two illistrations are to scale because I´m not such a photoshop wiz, but here are two alternatives...
my measurements for my room is about the same as the one in the article, but when I do some raw sketches in photoshop I have to cut down so much space to make it fit inside... I have´nt checked if the two illistrations are to scale because I´m not such a photoshop wiz, but here are two alternatives...
crazy mate, these sketches are designed to fit exactly in my space!
these look good dude. the only thing i would ask is what changes would one need to have the speakers wall/flush mounted?
Basically what you are trying to do is to have the side wall splay be at 6 degrees from either side. So, in your room, if you go to the top/short wall and measure in roughly 18 inches from each side, then go down the long wall about 13.5 feet you'll have your 6 degrees. Of course this leaves about 6 feet at the back end that is outside the splay that will have to be dealt with, but they are not as critical as the front section where you will be while mixing. I would put some corner bass traps in the bottom corners and make the back wall absorbent with 4 inches of rockwool or rigid fiberglass for a starter.
If you want to flush mount the speakers, then you will have to add some soffits at the top end, similar to what I had drawn in my original sketch. There are tons of soffit design ideas elsewhere on this site that can give you a better idea of how to actually construct them (I just sketched out a location).
I hope this makes sense.
Darryl.....
"Flush mounted" is usually referred to around here as Soffit Mounted speakers, which are mounted inside a wall or partition section such that the front surface of the speaker is flush with the face of the wall.
If you look carefully at my first diagram of my studio you will see the speakers sitting in a corner cabinet looking thing that is supposed to be a soffit.
Darryl.....
...also, if something remains unmentioned which I can´t figure out for my self, it would be nice to have some expert advice.
according to my schedule, the construction of the controllroom will begin in about two weeks, so I´m eager to get a hold of all the info I need.
thanks, -hawk