Help with 'live end' of one room studio
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:57 am
Hi there
I've lived with my studio half finished for a while, now it's time to do the last bits of treatment and put fabric over the rockwool!
Currently my 'recording end' is pretty much sorted (I think) with massive superchunks (120cm front, pink fluffy), SL920 (45kg/m3) 10cm thick at the sides of the listening position, and a 10cm thick hanging cloud of SL920. Wall beneath front window currently untreated.
At the 'live' end I currently just have SL920 10cm thick across the back wall (10cm gap behind). My plan is to do smaller superchunks (~90cm fronts) in front of the SL920 (hoping I can find something low density in stackable slab format?), then 5cm thick SL920 ceiling clouds (height isn't great), and 10cm SL920 panels along the walls. There's a sofa below the 3 shorter panels, and a piano next to the 2 full length ones.
My questions:
- given the dimensions, am I right to go for 100% absorption across the entire space, or is there room for any kind of diffusion? If so what and where?
- the door into my office at the live end opens inwards to the studio, what should I do to treat it?
- is the untreated ceiling across the middle going to contribute reflections to what I record in the live end?
- have I missed any potential improvements at the control room end?
That's it - many thanks!
Harry
I've lived with my studio half finished for a while, now it's time to do the last bits of treatment and put fabric over the rockwool!
Currently my 'recording end' is pretty much sorted (I think) with massive superchunks (120cm front, pink fluffy), SL920 (45kg/m3) 10cm thick at the sides of the listening position, and a 10cm thick hanging cloud of SL920. Wall beneath front window currently untreated.
At the 'live' end I currently just have SL920 10cm thick across the back wall (10cm gap behind). My plan is to do smaller superchunks (~90cm fronts) in front of the SL920 (hoping I can find something low density in stackable slab format?), then 5cm thick SL920 ceiling clouds (height isn't great), and 10cm SL920 panels along the walls. There's a sofa below the 3 shorter panels, and a piano next to the 2 full length ones.
My questions:
- given the dimensions, am I right to go for 100% absorption across the entire space, or is there room for any kind of diffusion? If so what and where?
- the door into my office at the live end opens inwards to the studio, what should I do to treat it?
- is the untreated ceiling across the middle going to contribute reflections to what I record in the live end?
- have I missed any potential improvements at the control room end?
That's it - many thanks!
Harry