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I have a small studio at home which needs some approvements. How would you form the room to achieve optimum acoustics in my studio? I want good acoustics both in my controlroom and in the singingroom, please help me with suggestions and tips for how to build it. //WNR

Aloha and welcome to the forum! :D Congrats on your studio build! Any chance you could please:

Edit your profile to include your location. This is very important, because this is a worldwide resource, and as such, material costs and availability vary widely. For example, masonry is cheaper than gypsum in some parts of the globe, whereas it's the exact opposite in other regions.

You'll probably get more of a response by doing so and this will really come in handy two or three posts down the road. It's also part of the forum guidelines: http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3231 Thanks!:wink:

SAE Website - http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html For an instrument to sound good you must hear a balance of its high and low frequencies. If your room is too dead in the high frequencies the instrument sounds lifeless and tubby, whereas if it's too live in the high frequencies the instrument sounds distant and has no presence. To balance a room you must have a true balance of the high frequencies and the low frequencies with the right amount of deadness to liveness.

That said, depending on what your ceiling is doing, most here would recommend: - firing your speakers down the length of the room. - eliminate parallel surfaces - corner traps/absorbers in both rooms Here's a couple of good places to start for ideas: SAE Website: http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html (be sure to click on the acoustics, absorbers, construction tabs at left, and tabs that appear at the top of the pages) Wall Units - http://www.johnlsayers.com/HR/index1.htm Recording Studio Design Forum Reference Area: http://johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2125 More Useful Links: http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1168 If you care to check out a couple of recent threads using these absorbers, try here: http://johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... ght=#15598 and here: http://johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4091 Looking forward to your build! Aloha 8)

I have changed my profile now. Can I build in my speakers ( TAPCO S.8 ) or aint that possible? Can I have plastic behind the isulation to make it stay there? I appreciate every answer. Now I will keep on working on my studio. //WNR

Aloha,

I have changed my profile now.

Thanks for updating your profile. :wink:

Can I build in my speakers ( TAPCO S.8 ) or aint that possible?

After looking at their website, there are a couple of things to consider: - rear ported: While there have been discussions here about not soffit mounting speakers that are rear ported, several members have done so with their Mackie HR824's with great results. One would hazard a guess that the S.8 falls into that same area. You wont know till you try, eh? - heat/protection circuitry: If you do soffit mount them, be sure to allow for adequate cooling.

Protecting your investment We know people want to blast their monitors for long periods in less than laboratory conditions, so we added some extra circuitry just to keep your S•8s performing their best. The S•8s are tuned to maximize efficiency, but they can get hot when used in the real world. If the electronics get too hot, separate thermal switches activate and shut down the high and/or low frequency amplifiers until they cool down. An Over-excursion filter, just before the low frequency amplifier protects the woofer from shredding itself when the low-end is driven to the maximum. These extra protections ensure long life and monitors you can count on to have your back at all times.

Can I have plastic behind the isulation to make it stay there?

There are a few threads where some have used: Plastic strapping, nylon string/cord, wire, impaling hooks. Perhaps a search would prove helpful. Hope this helps, Aloha 8)

I´ve started the construction now, and I decided not to build in the speakers. I´ve also started to bolt the corners by the window (see sketchupfile). Is it possible to use only isolation and cloth on the corners, or should you use planking as well?* * What are the planking good for? //WNR

Could i do someting like this?

The "planking" is good for "pushing" reflections to the rear of the room to be absorbed.