New Bedroom Studio Just a few questions

Hello All! Over the past six months or so I've been reading through different threads on this forum and am very appreciative for the knowledge I've acquired thus far. I am currently in the planning stages but intend on beginning the construction phase after the first of the new year. The proposed room is L-Shaped and has a closet with sliding doors at the rear (South) end of the studio (7' x 6.5'). The windows on the front (north) and side (west) walls are 2' x 5' & 4' x 5' respectively. The floor is concrete (future wood laminate) and the walls are drywall/studs every 16". I believe I've narrowed it down to two plans I've seen on this forum, a) John's bedroom conversion with angled walls or b) rectangular bedroom with slot resonators on the walls, and absorbers on the left rear (southwest) corner. I would modify to include soffits on the front corners to accomodate Mackie HR824's. Plan "b" seems like an easier alternative, but I wonder what types of sonic compromises I'd be making.?.?. Another question is if I should build a small vocal booth by building a wall/door across the entryway (northeast corner of the closet to the south end of the 10.4' wall? And finally should I just cut the closet out of the room alltogether. My Budget is between $3,000.00. I'll go over if absolutely necessary but would prefer not to.

Please,,anyone??? :( OH AND MERRRY CHRISTMAS EVE,,,EVERYONE :D

Kelly, welcome and Merry Christmas to you too; if you can provide a link to the plans you mentioned it would be much easier to discuss; there are tons of plans on the site to try and sift through, and both John and I are always pressed for time. Thanks... Steve

Thanks for the reply Steve. I've edited my first post to include the plans I referred to.

You do realize that "plan B" requires building splayed walls/frames, right? Whereas the bedroom plan only requires building some free-standing units as you can, and placing them where the drawing shows? Sonically, soffiting your monitors will blow you away, so if you want the best sound rather than ease of construction, then "b" is for "best"... Steve

I deleted my last post after reading it over a few times (I even managed to confuse myself with that one... :roll: ) (sorry) I've decided to go with the design that calls for splayed walls and soffiting the Mackie HR-824's. My next question is: How/where best to build an effective vocal booth, or would I be better off recording vocals in the control room? I was considering either: a) angling off the right rear section where the entrance currently is and building a second door leading into the control room. "or" b) tearing out the closet, extending that wall another foot into the control room, placing sliding glass doors where the sliding mirrored doors are, and building the soffits off of that wall. This would require me to push the desk a couple more feet back to allow for space to access the room. Kelly

A quick question related to recording vocals in the control room. I've searched and cant' find an answer to this quick question. Is the acoustic treatment of a control room generally the same as a recording room?

yes Jer - a control room's acoustics is ideal for vocals. Freddy Mercury from Queen used to do his vocals with a hand held mike whilst standing on the rear riser of the control room and the main monitors as his foldback. cheers john

Thank you, John. I assume if it's the same for vocals than it is probably the same for acoustic guitar. But, what about drums? I know people like to record drums in a somewhat live room, but could I not record drums in the control room environment and then apply processing to get the desired space in my drum sound? Or, am I missing something? Just another thought I had...