Proposed Design for Small Mix/Control Room

Hi All, I built a live/recording room a few years back from advice on the old Homerecording forum. It's served me well and I use it as a single room studio with my mix desk and monitors in the live room. It's not ideal for this purpose due to lack of symetry; and while I've gotten good use from it, I'd like to upgrade my mixing environment. To this end, there's an attached room to the main studio structure that's currently used for storage as well as an isolation room for guitar cabinets and occosionally vocal overdubs (if the singer is the shy type). At any rate, I'm looking to convert this room to use as my main mixing area. The attached pictures show a 3-D image of the room from Sketchup; then a 2-D image of my proposed room design (I got overwhelmed trying to do this in Sketchup). I'm also attaching my skp file if anyone wants a closer look at the complete studio. It's essetially a three room standalone structure (entry cubicle, live room, future control/mix room). Interior walls are sheet rock. Exterior walls are wood siding. I have a few specific questions which I'd like some advice on: 1. I'm thinking of putting in a new wall as shown, building it inside out (studs exposed) to facilitate treatment. The reason here is to improve the room ratio and get it close to 1:1.40:1.90 ratio favored by Louden. I could still use the area for storage of items not needed on a regular basis with access through the large window at that end of the room. Does this get me much, or would I be better off saving the space and just working with room treatments to handle any anomolies? I don't really need the extra isolation, so it would only be for improved acoustics. 2. The biggest challenge I see is the ceiling, which slopes left to rigth in the plan view (across the width) from about 8-ft to 7'-2" (roughly an 8.5% slope). This means a sloping overhead section across my monitors and mix position. Can a cloud (or several clouds )alleviate this, or would I need a more solid flat structure (e.g., sheetrock with treatment applied to the face)? For my room dimesion calculations I assumed a lower surface elevation of 7'-0". 3. For the frontwall treatment between the monitors, I've seen numerous designs here incorporating slot resonators. Is this applicable across the board, or should I consider other options (e.g., 703 with air space behind, no slats)? Let me know if there are any questions or other issues I should consider.

I've gotten some feedback that it's probably best to have as much volume (cu. ft wise) as possible so the new wall is out. I'll just plug the window there. Ceiling-wise I'm at a crossroad--treat the whole thing with 1-in 703 with an air gap behind (basically Ethan's mid-bass trap design) and go with the angle as is: or Build a cloud or a couple of clouds to suspend from the ceiling at around the 7-ft level; or Build a wood frame at around the 7-ft level (flat) and fill it with 1-in or 2-in 703 panels. Any thoughts appreciated.

yes Alex - go for the full room volume - I'd hang a cloud over the mixing area, not an absorb surface but a reflective one to direct the sound behind you so it dissappears in the rear traps. cheers john

Sounds good, thanks John. I imagine I could rig it so I could angle it if necessary; but a flat panel (horizontal) I would think would direct things back based on the angle of incidence, as long as it's located pretty much overhead.

No I didn't mean horizontal, angled. here you go ;) cheers john

Thanks!

Oh man, I just had a chance to load that up. Awesome! Now I just need to figure out where to get a couch like that :D