Project Studio Design Advice

Hey All, This is my first post and I must say what a great forum and community you've created and I'm excited to become a contributing part of it. I'm hoping you can help me out with some layout and acoustic treatment ideas for my bedroom/project studio! Here's my story: I’ve been recording and mixing production music and artist demos in my bedroom for approx 7 years and achieving good results in spite of my poor monitoring environment and acoustics. I’ve finally decided to turn an upstairs guest bedroom of my condo into a full-time mixing studio/home office. The room is currently empty (no acoustic treatment) just as it appears in the pic and .skp file and I’m ready to begin my studio setup. Most of my work is recorded direct so I don’t have a need for an iso booth to be included in my studio plan at this time. I monitor almost exclusively at low volume…generally 70-75db – occasionally I’ll go up to 85-90db for a minute or two but no more. I’ve never had any problems with my neighbors. *There is currently no acoustic treatment in the room aside from “popcorn ceiling”. *The original condo construction was 1981. *The entire floor is covered with a low, plush carpet which has ¾” foam padding underneath. The sub-floor is ¾” plywood on top of 2” x 10” joists *This bedroom sits over my kitchen area. *The closet has 3 sliding mirrored doors that run the length of the wall. *The ceiling has a strong slope but no exposed beams. *The entire room (except closet door) is covered in a single layer of 5/8” residential grade sheet-rock. *Interior and exterior wall construction is standard 2” x 4” residential *Both exterior walls have owens/corning type pink insulation. *Interior walls have no insulation. Room contents: The room will contain a small futon/sofa, 2 desks one for mixing & one for office, 2 - 4’ high x 24” filing cabinets and a my side-by-side 20 space rack unit My goal is to make the room into a solid mixing environment without adding any permanent construction to the bedroom. Sound proofing is not a major concern but it would be nice to make the room a bit quieter from the outside and adjoining bedroom. I’m a decent DIY’er and am happy to construct bass traps, gobos, etc. I also understand that I can only expect limited results without permanent construction. I'd really appreciate your advice on non-permanent acoustic treatment furniture/cabinet placement and the best location for the mixing position. Budget: $500 - $1000 – I’m happy to DIY to save a few $$! Thanks for the help!! TK

the sloped ceiling is nice but the bay window makes the space a bit trickier.... you could construction some slat resonators and absorbers to shape a "control room" within the space... the other bedroom could become something of a bass trap :-)

Hey Gullfo, Thank you so much for the design advice...that looks like a pretty effective layout! One question; with the sloped ceiling there is not much need for cloud absorber over the mix position. Is this correct? I'll start searching the forum for threads and educating myself on laying out and building slat resonators. If you have any links to your favorite slat res design threads please pass along! Thanks again for your advice!! Todd

a cloud over the mix position can still be useful even with the sloped ceiling.