I am in the process of finishing my basement to become my recording/music room. (attached is rough pic) and could use all the advice I can get for the best way to set it up. Here's the room dimentions and some of the decisions I've made so far.
Room is approximately 15 feet by 18 feet. Ceiling is just under 8 feet.
Floor -- planning on ether an engineered wood flooring or laminate.
Ceiling -- I am planning on drywalling about 2-3 feet in around the perimeter of the room. Primarily this for appearance. It would be easier to drywall around the air ducts at the lower end of the room than any other solution, and drywalling the other sides would provide some symmetry. Also, on the long walls, the floor joists (for some reason) are not the same width near the outer edges as they are though the center of the room.
For the center 5 sections, the floor joists are an even 2 feet apart. For this portion, I was planning on 10 or 12 inch insulation covered with burlap. to cover the seams, I am planning on 1x2" strips of wood running the length of the joist (or something similar. One question was, since the joists are 11" deep, which would be better? 10" insulation or 12" slightly compacted --- or does it really matter?
A second question for the ceiling was that I have some regular drop ceiling tiles that I could cut and lay between the joists (the tiles were free left by the previous owner). Would using them here defeat the purpose? or would I be better off using the burlap covering.... Any other potential uses for this free resource?
Walls for the wall treatment, I am still trying to decide. I was thinking of bass traps in the top left and bottom right corners (stairs and fuse box prevent the other 2 corners) and probably slat resonators along the walls (maybe absorbers too?)
What confuses me is How much treatment I will need, how do I need to tune the treatment, and how to accomplsh all of this to obtain the best sounding room I can get (as cheaply as possible
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At this time, I do not think I will have space for a separate control room, so the whole room will be used for everything.... any suggestions on layout of stuff after completion?
Anything you could suggest on any of this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks