My design of my studio - feedback needed.

Hi guys, just finished this up in a photo editor. I have "dumbed" it down to because of my budget of only $500. I will be using this ONLY for my band and me, nobody else. Isolation is not an issue, nobody lives around me :D Also, I have all equipment for recording covered, mixers etc all covered. Should I use drywall for the walls?

Anyone?

Hello Rofl.. I think it's difficult for people to comment because you're somewhat light on the details. However, here's the $500 budget answer... - yes, use drywall, at least 5/8", two layers if possible, staggered joints - caulk all lines where the walls intersect, i.e. make it air tight - use two glass leafs for you mix room window - use solid core doors - avoid room dimensions that are multiples of the same number - avoid a low ceiling Creatch

As was mentioned in the other thread you started, $500 is quite a stretch, and you won't really be able to do much with that. Even a middle-of-the-road solid core door is $200 from Lowe's. To give some perspective, I just spent $600 on insulation just for my basement control room, air lock, and iso room! I would say that you should focus on sound treatment rather than separating anything with walls or windows. The cheapest windows I found for a 3 X 4 opening (very small, btw) is $120 per pane for REALLY thin 1/4" laminate, which really does not meet any type of isolation need. I really need 1/2" and 5/8" at the minimum, and now we are well above $1,000. You say you don't need isolation since there are no neighbors close by, you can save some money there, but you will need isolation in the control room (mixing area), or else why build it as a separate room? Also, you can create a make-shift vocal booth for vocals after all of the other parts have been laid down using foam panels or blankets/comforters. My suggestion would be to forgo the control room and vocal booth for now, and make everything one room. Then treat the walls and get some form of bass trapping for the big room. Even with those minimum requirements, you are probably not going to get it in under $500 however. What are the walls made from now? Are they concrete or brick? If so, you will need to treat them somehow, and blankets are not going to do much except treat some of the high frequencies making for a very boomy- and boxy-sounding room. I would re-think the scope of your project, and scale way back to meet your budget. Best of luck with your project.

Agreed. For $500, I'd start by making several gobos and broadband absorbers on stands that you can move around the room. Focus on treatment, so you will be able to start to get good sounds. You should be able to build several freestanding acoustic devices that you can arrange depending on what you are doing (ie, tracking, mixing, etc). When your budget increases, you can start to think about making walls. With that small of a budget, I'd say you are in over your head to think about serious construction.

What is the definition of a Gobo????

a gobo is [typically] a moveable low "wall section" which is used for small amounts of isolation/absoprtion/reflection. its used around drum kits, amps, etc. to partially block the sound to improve isolation, add some absorption or reflection where needed to balance. a number of folks use them instead of iso booths to keep the bands playing together without having too much bleed. gobos come in all kinds of sizes and styles but essentially its a fairly heavy unit on wheels (often removeable or raise.lowered to seal down to the floor) which has absorption on one side and a heavy hard side on the other for trapping (like a membrane panel) and reflection. if you check jwl's link you''ll see one type. search here and google for more ideas.

here's a .pdf I made awhile back for Sjoko's gobos. http://johnlsayers.com/Stuff/Draw1.pdf the frequencies are probably wrong as it was done before the calculator was fixed. cheers john