optimum ceiling design for studio tracking space ?

Looks like the recommended ceiling design for a control room gradually slopes up from the forward wall to the rear...when overhead clearance allows this. How about for the actual studio space ? any good, better, best suggestions....Looking at building "room within a room" Heavy double drywall, and insulation above................... What say ye wizards ?

Aloha and welcome to the forum, In Rod Gervais’ book “Build it Like the Pros,” http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5670 he points out both L.W.Sepmeyer’s & M.M. Louden’s formulas most widely used in professional studios worldwide. He also notes that the orders listed are (top to bottom) the first to third best ratios in both cases. L.W. Sepmeyer Height Width Length 1.00 1.14 1.39 1.00 1.28 1.54 1.00 1.60 2.33 M.M. Louden Height Width Length 1.00 1.40 1.90 1.00 1.30 1.90 1.00 1.50 2.10 Hope this helps, Aloha 8)

I've got that book.........just trying to get away from rectangles.....a nice non symetrical ceiling seems to be a better part of the plan....

I think there is no quick, universal answer. Much depends on, for example, the height of the ceiling. In general, though, I tend to like absorptive ceilings for tracking.

In a control room you want balanced modal response, and a reflection free zone for the mix position. In a live room...anything goes! You probably want to have variable acoustics...diffuse areas, and dead areas. Angled walls and ceilings will help tame flutter echoes, and reduce requirement for absobtion. Maybe what you should do is have a target RT60 in mind for your room...this may impose limits on how much ceiling height you can 'waste' by sloping. Bear in mind that in the tracking space you can hang absorbers and diffusers too... If the ceiling height is low, I'd go for an absorbtive ceiling and reflective floor... Cheers, Kris

I can easily go up as high as 19 feet in the center of the studio space, with the gambrell two-angle slopes down to about 12' on the sides.