Booth ventilation

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mathbishop
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Booth ventilation

Post by mathbishop »

Hey everyone, im in need of some advice on ventilation for a small drum booth. The booth fits a small kit very comfortably and I have it sounding great but I have only been tracking guitars in there and I fear that once I drummer gets in there he will suffocate after a couple takes (not literally, but figuratively).

I have a mini split for the control room that I got oversized as to ensure it will never have to work very hard to cool the room down. I have thought about just installing some inlet/outlets with small fans to circulate the air, I have also looked into getting another small minisplit for the booth...im not convinced of either of those ideas.

Any suggestions?

the booth is just under 50sqft
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Re: Booth ventilation

Post by John Sayers »

"installing some inlet/outlets with small fans "

is your best bet. Or you can leave the door open when recording drums. ;)


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Re: Booth ventilation

Post by Gregwor »

As John said, you can totally circulate the booth air back into your control room. But, does your control room have fresh air in/stale air out system in place to ensure you're getting fresh air into the room?

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Re: Booth ventilation

Post by mathbishop »

Been doing some more research, and I agree with you both. The air in/out with small fans seems like my best bet.

Thank you both!
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