Hey, I'm new at this posting thing so forgive me if anything is confusing...
If I succeeded in uploading the images of my Studio floor plan, then they should appear below.
The first image is an overhead of the entire studio, which I am constructing in the entire basement level of my home.
Although I am open to any and all suggestions concerning the overall layout, I have posted this to get some advice specifically concerning the layout of the control room/studio area. (The second and third images I uploaded are focused views of this area.)
As you can see, the space is a 29' 8 1/4" long, by 11' 1" wide by 8' High.
There is currently tight carpet in the entire area and slab concrete below the concrete. (again, this is the furnished basement of my home)
(Also note that the ceilings are consistently 8' throughout the basement.)
The space contains three windows, two of which are 6' 1" from the ground, and the third (which is an emergency exit window) is 4' 3 3/4" from the ground. (Fig 3)
Aside from the fact that I would like the control room area to occupy the space nearest the control room bathroom (see Fig1), I'm not sure the best way to lay out and construct the two rooms: (wall location, seperating window location, thickness of walls, where to put double walls, where to put the mixing console etc...)
While I have been doing tons of research and a very fast learner, I'm wise enough to know that I cannot possibly expect to know what the best options are this early in the game. And so I'm asking for a little guidance.
Any and all advice is more then welcomed.
To help you understand what I'm going for:
My studio's main clientell will be vocalists, garage bands, and small jazz or string quartet ensembles. As you can see by the floor plan, I don't really have the space for anything larger then that quite yet.
The control room just needs enough size for the mixing console, an engineer, and a comfortable couch which will be in the back of the room. I woulg also love the nearfields to be mounted into the wall which is constructed (unless this isn't the best idea...not really sure yet)
Of course, the main thing is for the control rooms shape and dimensions to be whatever will be best for mixing acoustics. I have been studying a but and basically have discovered that the main goal is to make sure the 3 dimensions of the room arent evenly divisible by the same number. But again, this creates many possibilities, I'm hoping that someone reading this will be able to advise me more specifically on a layout for the two rooms.
The studio (tracking) area will hopefully be either the same size or larger then the control room area. Although I would gladly sacrifice a bit of that space for the sake of acoustics in the control room.
Also, looking forward to ventilation, I can install a system anyway which best suits the space. If you have any opinions for the points of air intake and outflow, please specify them on one of my diagrams.
My budget for construction & ventilation is comfortably about $15,000.
However, if this is just "not enough" for good quality, I can push that to $25,000.
If you look at Fig2, you'll notice an obstruction in the control room space along the left wall. This is a bookshelf which is concealing piping and it cannot be removed. It extends 11 1/2" into the room and is 2' 8" wide. I realize this may be a difficult workaround. Any suggestions are welcomed.
If you look at Fig 1 you will notice that there is already a "vocal booth" which I converted from a closet. This can be removed completely if need be. However, I would prefer to leave it up for now, and if the adjacent room is the "tracking" area, then I don't see why it would have to come down. But again, if you see any reasons why it should, please let me know.
Ok well, that is all I can think to say for now about the space. If I think of anything else I will add to this post in the future.
Thank you sooo much in advance for your help.
-Sincerely,
Nathaniel Nunziante
Control Room/Recording Studio Layout Help
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 6687.