Small Studio/ Movie Theatre Combo room
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 12:24 pm
I am attempting to achieve the following:
1. tracking room, mainly for drums
2. media room, for some mixing and media equipment
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Here are the specs:
room is about 11x22
located in basement
walls are block
west wall has angled soffit at top
6 theatre seats/carpeted
1 love seat in room
1 stage area 6x6 (exact area of my drumset)
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here are the questions:
Floor: the stage will be the location of the drumkit/or any instrument that i will track. I will build a stage that sits 6 inches from the concrete floor. the stage will be framed with 2x6 pine and filled with sand in between the frame space (to isolate any low end vibrations)- any suggestions here would be great. Can i get by with a hard wood floor on the stage area?
Walls: I intend to do the following: cover all walls with a fiber wool and paint fiber wool - *does painting fiber wool take away from sound absorbing qualities? *is there a better material than fiber wool/cost effective *can you see in my design if any sound bouncing will be an issue? I will add the one bass trap near the center top, and then the hallway may also breakup sound waves...please analyze.
CEILING: (in bold becuase its a stumper for me) - My wife does not want to put a drop ceiling. the height is not very tall - about 7.6-8foot - dropping the ceiling could reduce it even more. * can i get by will putting any type of sound insulation material in between the joists and still have the more open look?
Control Room: Control room will be on a built up 2x4 floor with sand isolation. Now, i realize that the size of the room is small -- *any suggestions here? is there a good speaker set to use? can i keep sound bouncing with wall treatment? It may be a suggestions to mix out in the main room.
Equipment: We are a completely digital studio. I want to keep this to be a simple setup with computer/8 pack preamp/motu 8 track input etc. this will minimalize the need of space in the control room.
- The room will accomidate our home movie theatre. the chairs could help with sound deflection. The back wall to the left will have a movie screen on it. it will not be directly behind the drum kit and will be surrounded with curtains.
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Any suggesitons/help greatly appreciated.
1. tracking room, mainly for drums
2. media room, for some mixing and media equipment
-
Here are the specs:
room is about 11x22
located in basement
walls are block
west wall has angled soffit at top
6 theatre seats/carpeted
1 love seat in room
1 stage area 6x6 (exact area of my drumset)
-
here are the questions:
Floor: the stage will be the location of the drumkit/or any instrument that i will track. I will build a stage that sits 6 inches from the concrete floor. the stage will be framed with 2x6 pine and filled with sand in between the frame space (to isolate any low end vibrations)- any suggestions here would be great. Can i get by with a hard wood floor on the stage area?
Walls: I intend to do the following: cover all walls with a fiber wool and paint fiber wool - *does painting fiber wool take away from sound absorbing qualities? *is there a better material than fiber wool/cost effective *can you see in my design if any sound bouncing will be an issue? I will add the one bass trap near the center top, and then the hallway may also breakup sound waves...please analyze.
CEILING: (in bold becuase its a stumper for me) - My wife does not want to put a drop ceiling. the height is not very tall - about 7.6-8foot - dropping the ceiling could reduce it even more. * can i get by will putting any type of sound insulation material in between the joists and still have the more open look?
Control Room: Control room will be on a built up 2x4 floor with sand isolation. Now, i realize that the size of the room is small -- *any suggestions here? is there a good speaker set to use? can i keep sound bouncing with wall treatment? It may be a suggestions to mix out in the main room.
Equipment: We are a completely digital studio. I want to keep this to be a simple setup with computer/8 pack preamp/motu 8 track input etc. this will minimalize the need of space in the control room.
- The room will accomidate our home movie theatre. the chairs could help with sound deflection. The back wall to the left will have a movie screen on it. it will not be directly behind the drum kit and will be surrounded with curtains.
-
Any suggesitons/help greatly appreciated.