Help with acoustic treatment in basement studio

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:27 am

Hi!

Would someone help me out with figuring out the acoustic treatment for my "under construction" basement studio?

I´ll post some pictures below which describes the studio construction and level design.

Please forgive me for misspelling Insulation (I wrote Isolation, like in norwegian).

Here we go!

Here´s the recording room as seen from above:

Here´s also the recordingroom as seen from the side

Control room

Total overview

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:57 am

here are some more illustrations... not in scale either...

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:14 pm

ideas anyone?

Post by **John Sayers** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:30 am

Sarath - lots of drawings but NO measurements!!

what is the size of your rooms??

cheers
john

DreaminDrumBeats · Post by **DreaminDrumBeats** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:14 am

Are you going to have 2 control rooms?

If not what about using that space as well?

And yes we need drawings with measurements in order to help you better

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:26 pm

okei, I´ll do some measurements and illustrations.

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:32 pm

here´s the controlroom in scale

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:34 pm

DreaminDrumBeats wrote:Are you going to have 2 control rooms?

If not what about using that space as well?

And yes we need drawings with measurements in order to help you better

if you mean the empty space on the illiustration called "former 2nd control room", the space has been taken away from me by the landlord, unfortionately.

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:54 am

With that small a dimensions, you'll be better off rotating things 90 degrees so your speakers fire down the LONG dimension of the room; more like this

http://www.johnlsayers.com/HR/index1.htm

Check the diagram at the bottom of the page... Steve

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:49 am

I´ll try to do some sketches. actually a design like that would be better in almost every way...

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:14 am

If i place the workstation 167cm out from the former left hand wall, I got a clear view out in the recordingroom on my right hand side... what should I do with all the empty space behind the workstation? what should i do with the roofing? some kind of hanging absorbers in an inverted staircase shape? I´ve been thinking about three individual hanging units in three individual positions... are my ideas any good?

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:07 am

Which part of the workstation? The important parts are your head and speakers. A head position of 38-39% of total room dimension is one good starting point.

You can find more about this here

http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=18059

HTH... Steve

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:28 am

Hi again, and sorry for my previous "post and run´s"...

I´ve been thinking about the tip I got about moving the workstation from the longest wall, beneath the glass window, and over to the short wall with the window on my right side...

The room is about 20´ x 10´ and the window is about 2,9´up on the longest wall.
Window 9´whide and 2.4´high

What should i do with the acoustic treatment in this room? is symmetry a problem for side absorbers when the window is placed on the right?

sarath · Post by **sarath** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:31 am

i was also thinking about placing the workstation about 4.5´away from the shortest wall, with the window directly on the right side... my question is what to do with the celing above the workstation and all the way back to the end wall. any pointers?