corner control room measurements?

Ive gotten some estimates on building an addition to my home...and am seriously considering it to create a studio from scratch. Based on my plat of survey...I can ad a space of 20ftX20ft. Id prefer 3 rooms: Control, small vocal room, and a medium size live room. This studio will be mostly used by me where I compose 80% of the time using software samplers. Thus...for comfortability...I want the control room to be as large as possible since i spend all my time there. The vocal booth is a necessity...where as the live room is not as important...but would be nice in terms of expandability in the future. So here is kind of what i would wish for: Control room: 200-250 sq feet... vocal booth: 30-sqft live room: what ever is left My problem is that it seems that in a room of 20x20 a corner room would best utilize the space....using the formulas in rods book...i cant seem to figure out how to apply this to corner rooms. Not that i want a corner room...to me whatever best utilizes the space. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! P.S. In my estimates...sunrooms came out to way cheaper....i posted a dumb question in construction about the accoustical features of glass...and they ripped me a new one! :oops: :oops: Thanks! Tony :oops:

have you checked some of John's designs? like the corner control room? http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4206 is 20x20 the maximum size limited by zoning rules? do you have a preliminary sketch showing how this space would be attached to the existing house (or is it standalone?) maybe a sketch showing the property, house, and neighbors etc...? survey map?

You may want to consider the same square footage ( if limited by zoning) but different dimensions. PLUS... I would probably make a nice vocal booth , a small ventilated equipment / computer room (to silence every thing) and keep the rest in one larger control / tracking room. Use free standing gobos it you want to break up the room for multiple members. I have worked this way for years and LOVE it. Unless you are going to track multiple members of a band (including drums) at the same time, you wont miss the extra iso booth. I found it useful to lay out the rooms to cover what I need for 90% and "wing it" for those few times something unusual comes along. My opinion obviously. Tom

Thanks for replying guys: Glen, based on my survey...the maximum remaining buildable land is about 21X22....so 20 x 20 would be plausible. Neighbors are not a concern as they are real far....at least 40 ft....I have a walkout basement...this will continue outwards....obviously new foundation...the part of the basement it will continue from is perfect since it is kind of a storage area that nobody uses... Glen...the designs in the corner room kind of confuse me in terms of drawing them up in sketchup. And whats the word between the corner room and the more conventional rooms i see posted? is one superior to the other? Tom....because I actually never use a live band....i think u may be right..Plus, the fact that i spend up to 12 hours in the control room...i really want it to be as large as possible. In your experience..if I chose to do a large control/tracking room...how does having a grand piano, guitars, and other equipment affect the control room...? Thanks guys!...Im so glad I found this site! Tony

What do you guys think of something like this. The control room is based on MM Loudens 1 1.40 1.90. 9ft ceiling 12.6 width 17.10 length. see attachment please....any thoughts would be greatly appreciated THanks! Tony

Tony, I have all my musical equipment, guitars basses drums etc in my control tracking room. I have it all behind me from the mixing nook perspective. As long as the front portion of your mix position is symmetrical and reflection points absorbed past your listening postionabout the most you may have to do is keep guitars in their cases to keep from sympathetically vibrating when you mix, maybe a blanket to lay over the piano strings. Tom