John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

if you can't put in the drop ceiling, the bass trap wedge would be the next best thing. placing rigid fiberglass(o.c. 703) across the face of the trap is more efective than stuffing the whole thing with loose insulation. i would put some clouds on either side of the light fixture as well.

with the uneven ceiling, moving the desk to the side wall doesn't seem like a good idea. it might work if you could put up some sort of shelf even with the lower ceiling section and extending out to the light fixture. room symetry is very important from the speakers to the mix postion, less so behind that point. put some absorbtion above the shelf (maybe even a panel trap) to get some more bass traping.

how much space is there arount the furnace and water heater? 703 panel on the walls of that closet along with the louvered doors could make for an effective bass trap that wouldn't use up any of your working space.

using eq on monitors is a fairly common practice. lots of engineer's with much more experience than me do it. that said, i don't like the idea very much. most of my objection is philosophical, not practical. but, there aren't too many two chanel eqs on the market for under $400.00 that i would want to listen to everything through. that amount of money could be spent to greatly improve the acoustics of your room. with you mixing and tracking in the same place, room treatment seems like a more elegant solution and would help in both operations.

Actually, there are louver doors covering the furnace space. That whole wall is made up of louver doors! I have to have access to the furnace and water heater through those doors, so I cannot block it shut.

i meant that the 703 would go inside the furnace space (if there is enough clearance between the walls and appliances). the louvered doors are largely "transparent" to low frequencies. bass would go through the door and be absorbed inside the closet.