My very small room in Tampa, FL

Hello there everyone. I've parused these forums for many days now and it really does seem I'm quiet the amateur. I'm a 23 year old saxophonist who loves music and is very eager to get some projects recorded. I am moving into a new place in Tampa, FL, with an extra room for a studio. Alas it isn't a very big room. I'm simply trying to build a good sounding jam room, something for two guitars, a keyboard, hammond organ, and of course the sax. Noise isn't really a concern as the next door neighbor is one of the guitar players. This is the room. The room itself is actually completely empty (without the desk, gear, and the corner traps). The flooring is tile, and the ceiling is 8'6" high. The house was built in the 30's so the floor sounds hollow and there is an attick. I'm only renting the house so I can't do very much to the actual structure of the room. I was planning to build the bass traps myself, like these. The desk is just an idea, and any input on overall ergonomics would be greatly appreciated. The monitors I'll be installing are the KRK-RP8's and the mixer board (for dimensions) is the TASCAM-FW1884. If you need any other information to make suggestion I'd be happy to provide them to you. My basic questions: -Do you think the desk would be ergonomically and aurally correct? -As far as acoustic treatments (possibly ignoring the stuff I put in myself in the Sketchup) what would be proper methods of achieving the best sound for say $250 - $300? Greetings from Tampa, Wouter PS: I was looking to post the SKP file but it was too large, and in order to reduce the chance of losing what I've written I will reply to this topic with it soon.

Here's my sketchup of the room, so you can play with it. Thanks for taking a look, Wouter

Anyone, any ideas are welcome.

Aloha nerve, I would suggest a couple of angled absorbtive panels on either side of your mix position mounted on or in front of your walls or something like John's side wall absorbers. http://www.johnlsayers.com/HR/index1.htm Here's a few more bits of info I've gathered on setting up a mix position. Monitors should NOT sit on the console but behind, placed on heavy decoupled stands - console placement causes early reflection problems in most cases, unless the console is slanted down in front a LOT. Distance to wall behind speakers will change response drastically - there is a wall bounce calculator on the Acoustics forum that's fun to play with (needs Excel) Moving either speakers or your head by as little as an inch or two can sometimes make drastic changes in response, due to modal peaks and dips. Left/right room symmetry (at least within a foot or two of ear height) is important for good stereo imaging.Roughly 38% of total room length from the front wall Equilateral triangle formed by left, right mix position Monitor angles 60 degrees Monitor height – woofer at ear level (avoid mid point of floor to ceiling measurement – either sit higher or lower if necessary) Angled side absorption panels – left/right of mix position Side walls 6-12 degrees Ceiling 12 degree slope Hope these help, Aloha 8)

Wouter - don't forget the ceiling. You can cheaply put a lot of treatment up there in clouds without sacrificing floor space. cheers john

Forgive my ignorance. When you say clouds - do you mean the same Acoustic Panels as I mentioned in my first post? Or did you mean something entirely different designed for ceilings? Thanks for the replies, it's going in the notebook ;)

Aloha Wouter,

Forgive my ignorance. When you say clouds - do you mean the same Acoustic Panels as I mentioned in my first post? Or did you mean something entirely different designed for ceilings?

Here's a couple of links to cloud unit photo essays: http://www.recording.org/ftopict-26889.html http://johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... c&start=90 Aloha 8)