John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

Hello to everyone. For the record I've read the mandatory rules on submitting a post and have also unsuccessfully searched for information on "odd shaped room layouts" to answer my question.

My budget for re-establishing my home studio after a move was devoured after dealing with a leaky basement. I still have acoustic treatments from my "old studio" that I intend to utilize in the new place but that is not what I'm posting about.

Due to the cost of repairs of the water problem I'm leaving the existing walls and basement layout "as is". Nothing I can do about it without the funds. I still would like to "re-build" my home studio however. Basically this is a hobby for me.

Please see the attached file of the existing layout:

My question is, given the space as it exists, is it better to place the mix position along wall "A" or along wall "B"??

Thanks for any info.

Hi there "rawtoons", and welcome!

Pity about the water issue eating up your funds: but hopefully you'll be able to scrape together some more, to do your studio.

My question is, given the space as it exists, is it better to place the mix position along wall "A" or along wall "B"??

Position "A", without any doubt. There's no way to get symmetry at "B", while it should be really easy to do that at "A". And symmetry is important!

- Stuart -

Thanks so much Stuart for the welcome and reply. You've helped me confirm position "A" as the way to go

rawtoons wrote:Thanks so much Stuart for the welcome and reply. You've helped me confirm position "A" as the way to go

Yeah my vote would be on position 'A' as well. Best of luck!

Thanks Jonathan.