Hello Greg,
first things first, thank you for all the help and support and a happy new Year.
There are some things which i didn´t point out clear.
The Wall in Front of the Desk will be its own part. Which means, it will not be mounted to the floor and the slanted Wall, it will stand by itself.
As mentioned, i´m on the first floor and have to build 3 more Rooms, a Bath, a Kitchen and a Living Room. So maybe the Studio will later move to another room.
A "Problem" right now is the Desk from the first picture, as the room is right now.
I don´t know what to do with it. There is no other Room, where it could be used or stored. If it stays, where it is, it will eat up a lot of space.
The Desk is now maybe 5-6 Years old and was expensive, 500-700 bucks, from what i remember. But he is stable, huge and looks great.
My Idea for the Studio was a desk, like the black one in the first Design.
Here is an example:
It would be big enough for me, with a added Keyboard Drawer there is enough space for Keyboard, Mouse and a Faderport. If necessary, i can put my 49 Keys Midi Keyboard on top.
The Desk right now is 1,8m (5.9 feet) long and 0,8m ( 2,62 feet) wide. I could put Zaor Gripracks or Desktop Racks on top, but i´m not sure if this is the Way to go.
Puting the Racks to the left and right edge, there would be around 1,3-1,6m (4,26 - 5,25 feet) from Cone to Cone (Speaker)
But the distance Cone to Ear would only be 0,9-1,0m (2.95 - 3.28 ft), which is far far away from being good.
Some could argue, move them closer together, but then they are covering the Display.
I made new designs in Sketchup to show that. As you will see, i designed a new Front Wall. Grey is fabric/absorbing material, brown is wood board with holes.
Left and Right are angled towards the Basstraps. The red "Dot" is a knob, so you can open both sides for storage. The Wall is around 0,8m (2.62 ft) outisde from the straight wall below the slanted wall.
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Maybe, if i build the absorbers to my left and right much deeper, let´s say, 12-14", i could build a cabinet/closet for storage and on top it will carry the Absorber.
You could put a cabinet there and have your absorber on top of it. The absorber still only needs to be 4-6" thick.
Good Idea, put this in the new Design.
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What is your suggestion for the "baffle wall" ? Wood, so there is a hard wall around/in back of the speakers or absorbing materials ? Or even a combination of both, wood and absorbers ?
Without soffit wings I'm not sure you would get massive improvements by mounting the speakers in the wall. Also, your wall would have to have angled faces to mount the speakers into. Again, your design is unique. Basically, it seems that building angled walls to mount your speakers in could be tricky and somewhat ineffective. I would maybe try to tuck your wall back as far as you can while still having some storage area behind. Make the wall out of heavy material (maybe a thick sheet of OSB on framing with a layer or two of drywall or MDF on top of that. Then, put some 2'x2' panels 4" thick on the wall with the backs of your speakers right up against the 4" thick insulation. This will help with SBIR.
Good, this is also possible with the new design, at least, i hope it is.
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I don´t want to kill to many high frequencies, so if i build the "baffle wall" with absorbers, is putting a thin foil between the insulation and fabric on top a good idea ?
Build it out of solid material. MDF is easy to work with and you can have nice edges on it still unlike drywall.
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I put baffle wall in quotation marks, because i am not sure to put the speakers in the wall or in front of it.
I'd say in front of it for an easy build (and the fact that you might be using a few sets of speakers).
The new design is a combination of Wood and absorbing material, and the holes in the Wood Panels will be absorbing, too
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Would it hurt the sound, if i put a small showcase in the middle of the rear wall ?
Yes it will hurt the sound. Ideally you want your rear wall to absorb at much of the sound as possible so that when the sound does return to your ears, it is quieter and later in time (the velocity of sound slows down while passing through a medium with higher impedance) than if it were a solid surface. This is critical for achieving a good listening room.
To get this Problem out of the Way, i am thinking about 3 mobile Walls for the Back, as shown in the new Design. Maybe i will combine Absorbers and Diffusors, not sure. It will be a modular Design, so it´s possible to try and switch for best results.
And here are the new designs:
The new design for the Front Wall:
Limited Space with 2 Desks in the Room:
And the design with the table i have right now:
Way more space in the back, still with the 3 mobile walls. These could be use for Recording too, so maybe a good idea.
I was to lazy to design wheels for it, but there will be wheels.
Still using SketchUp online, the Free one won´t work, shows so license expired on start...
The more bass trapping the better!
