Will I Notice a huge Difference????

I posted my plans on here of my intentions in building my home studio. After talking to a couple people, they still say I will notice a difference if I angle my walls. I know that is preached on here, but I always wondered in a home studio environment, just how much difference it would make. Below are 2 drawings. The top one is what I had planned....the 2nd one is with the walls angled. Will I notice a positive difference, and if I do this, how much of an angle to they have to be?? (1",,3",,,6"???) I need every inch I have for this room because it will serve as both a recording tracking room, and also a band rehersal room for my band when not recording. I am willing to give up the standard box shape construction (done this way so down the road, I can convert the room to a family room if need be or I sell the house) but I will angle the walls if it means that much difference. I understand in "world class" Studios it makes a difference, I just was never sold on how much its needed in a small "home studio". Again, I am still learning. :oops: Here are the 2 drawings. Would there be a noticable difference justifing doing the angled walls in my project?? As always, Thanks again for your help and advice! :wink: AJ

AJ - I'm not sure what you are trying the achieve here. You appear to want to have two control rooms, one for tracking and one for mixing upstairs. Whynot go with one proper control room - this will allow for extra space for rehearsals etc. You really need to read up some more because you don't appear to understand WHY the control room walls are splayed. Here's what you should read up on. http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html BTW Please do not start a new thread for every idea you have - you already have a thread. cheers john

Ok on the not doubling the posts. I apologize. :oops: What I am after with my set up is,,,,,I will use the "tracking" room for the live talent (and my band rehersals), and in the control room is where I will keep my console(s), recorders, and outboard gear (I currently have 2 consoles in my control room, 1 to record with which is a Mackie D8B, hooked to an Alesis HD24, and 1 the band uses for rehersal which is a Mackie 24x8.) What I have been doing is mixing into my Mackie D8B and onto an HD24 recorder. Then after I am done tracking, I bring that hard drive home from the HD24, and download it into my computer here at home (through Pro Tools), and use Pro Tools to do the mixdowns and add the compression, EQ and effects etc. That's where the Loft idea came into play. After I am done tracking, I can just take the tracks (via the hard drive caddy) upstairs, download them, and do the mixdown there. I know I can accomplish it all in one control room, but the space seems pretty limited, so I figured I would keep it seperated for more room and record downstairs and mix upstairs with my computer and Pro Tools (I dont record in Pro Tools,,,yet. I have just been using it for mixing down tracks.) Does this make any better sense? Again my theory was, since I dont have room to expand outward, then I need to think about expanding upward. I will read the link about splayed walls, and thanks for the advice thus far. AJ

Apologies accepted ;) Then why not setup the downstairs room as one big recording/rehearsal space - you can use the Mackie 24 x 8 into your PA for rehearsals and track the recording tracks to the Mackie digital - if you are not using any EQ or effects you really only need to make sure the levels are correct. Then setup the upstairs room as a proper control room. cheers john