New guy needs some help ...

Hi all, Firstly, let me say I'm very new to this, although I've successfully run a home studio for 7 years, as my only source of income. But I'm about to move into my own house, and I can change stuff. So bring on the acoustic treatment!! I’m building a new control room, 6m x 3m, ceilings 2.4m high (I’m guessing) – one six metre wall has a door, the opposing 6 metre wall has two glass sliding doors, which open out to the world. A few basic questions ... 1) My plan way to rub the green glue on new panels and affix those to the existing walls. What kind of panels would you recommend for the new additional walls – the ones I’m going to put the green glue on? Am I going about this the best way? 2) Can you recommend what I should do about the glass doors – is double glazing the answer? There is also a 5m curtain rod in front of the glass doors – is there some type of heavy curtain I could hang from that rod that would do the same thing as any modification to the glass doors? 3) If I go ahead with the green glue, is it still necessary to use bass traps in the room - it's rectangular of course. 4) Considering I've mixed pretty successfully in completely untreated spare bedrooms all these years, I'm not really precious about a perfect room, but aside from bass traps, is there anything else I should be definitely thinking about? The two three metre walls are identical, the 6m walls are different, one with a regular door, one with two glass sliding doors, and possibly a long curtain in front of them. 5) I'm planning to install a split system sir conditioner - anything to worry about or consider there? Thanks so so much for providing so much brilliant information free of charge. I knew absolutely zero before tonight, now I know quite a bit for total noob. Cheers.

I'm not going to comment on the HVAC stuff, there are many others more qualified than I. Regarding acoustic treatment.... I'd scrap the Green Glue idea. That's mostly for isolation/sound dampening purposes. Your room won't sound any different inside if you use Green Glue, however OUTSIDE (if you install the Green Glue correctly) they won't hear as much. So yes. Learn to distinguish between isolation and acoustic treatment. Two very different animals, with 2 very different procedures to accomplish your goals. I'm going to assume isolation is not a problem for you, and that you are only concerned about acoustic treatment inside the room. The first place I would start is to read Ethan Winer's acoustics FAQ. Once you understand that, it will become clear on how to treat your room. In short, you have two goals: 1) even out the low-end response of your room with bass traps/broadband absorbers; and 2) tighten up the stereo imaging of your mix position by creating a Reflection-Free Zone at the sweet spot. Ethan's article explains this in just the right amount of detail for acoustics newbies. Complex enough to be somewhat challenging, yet brief enough to be undaunting. Your next decision, once you understand your basic goals in detail (which you will after reading that article), is to decide how to proceed. You can DIY, which is obviously labor/time-intensive but cheaper, or go with prefab applications (GIK, Realtraps, certain Auralex products, etc) which are easier but more expensive. OK, that's the basics, which pretty much apply to any small room studio. Think about the above, and follow up with additional questions. Keep reading and learning! There is a lot to learn, but if you are careful and ask good questions you can avoid expensive mistakes.

Thanks so much for the reply - sound proofing is definitely a requirement, but so is a decent mixing environment. I'll check out that link. A few follow up questions ... 1) After reading the forum, I noticed that some people build bass traps by stacking insulation batts cut into triangle in the corner. This seems like a good way to go for me - doe this work in all siutations? 2) With regards to soundproofing, is there a better way than adding new thick walls with green glue behind it? Thanks once again for your help!

Fantastic link by the way! This is why I love the internet.