Great job with the forum. Learnt more about acoustics from here than from Berklee's short course.
My name is Dan, and I'm struggling to gather enough info so i can start making some real plans (You'll see in a moment once you scroll down)
I'm in the research phase at the moment but i will be moving quite fast as I'm planning to start construction in about a month, month and a half depending on how it's going.
Goals:
I want to do a room inside a room (freestanding: floor 4 walls a door window and ceiling). I plan to record everything from instruments, ADR, VO to foley (so at times i do make some higher gain captures). Not planning to record any drums in it so i don't think I will pass the 100 dB. Don't have the location yet as i will be renting it soon. But the location is going to have to accommodate this room As this is the minimum in size i want to go. It will most likely be a House or villa in a quiet residential area so 40 dB of outside noise at max (will get some real measurements once I find the location).
Short term goals:
Get feedback on if what I understood is right and get the right framing thickness for the wood work (The cuts here are quite different Wood here) I did see the conversion chart table. But they don't really match up.
Learn SketchUp. Put my drawings *looks like a 12 yr old made it* into SketcUp like a reasonable adult. (pictures soon, i promise.)
Dimensions:
L: 359 cm
W: 293 cm
H: 241 cm
Budget:
I need to make it quite a looker sadly ... as some of the people i work with prefer looks over functionality.
But I'm aiming at the bare room at around 3000$.
Bear in mind that I'm from Bucharest, construction material is pretty cheap here.
LOL time:
This is what I'm picturing at the moment. The doors and windows are not exactly set in stone i think i should move them on the width of it.
This is a more zoomed in version the 4 strips of colored paper are meant to be gypsum
the measurements are in mm. And the blank sheet of paper is the board i would use as a base.
Questions:
Base board at: 100 x 22 mm
Studs : 70 x 42 mm
1. Are these strong enough to hold the whole thing? Is it enough for my needs, or should i make everything thicker? This is what i was thinking of lining the walls with. Will it work or is there a better option?
2. I know i will have to do a HVAC system. Is it possible to make one of those boxes with 3 connected rooms inside of them (the name eludes me)? Or several... is it possible for a room this size or would i need a split?
3. Anything I need to change regarding the studs placement?
I really appreciate any advice and i love how you guys handle things here. This forum is the most useful thing out there.
Thank You
L.E.:removed the double pictures