Take a look and make some suggestions, please...

casimer · Post by **casimer** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 2:23 pm

Hello,

I am really looking for some acoustic treatment (not soundproofing) suggestions. I record acoustic & electric guitars, an acoustic drum kit, piano, strings, and vocals in my tiny coverted garage measuring 16' from front to back, 11' from left wall to right, and 10' from concrete floor to ceiling. The walls and ceiling are all double layer drywall on a resilent channel. Because of the rooms small dimensions the natural reverb is more an annoyance then anything else. So, I am basically looking for ways to make the space dead, but in a musical way---if that is possible.

Any and all suggestions appreciated,
Caz

www.pascalgoespop.com

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:39 pm

This should give you a general idea of what needs to go where;

http://www.johnlsayers.com/HR/index1.htm

Also, do a search here for "mirror trick" to get an idea of how to place some of the most important absorbers... Steve

casimer · Post by **casimer** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:46 am

i still would like any comments, constructive critiques, advice...

tenkas · Post by **tenkas** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:10 pm

Well I believe that Steve just helped you a lot by pointing that webpage... I mean, there are great guys on the forum that decided to GIVE (yes it is free!) their time to people who live all around the world, all interrested by recording studios.

I am not beeing rude, but I sugest you do your own PERSONAL research before resquesting any kind of comments, etc.

With that said

I got to tell you that if you are not good at working on wood, you don't care about looks, and you are a bit lazy, you can go out to any hardware store and buy some rockwool or 703 or 705 owen's corning fiberglass, and then just cover it with a garbage bag, so the fibers don't fly through the air, and then just stack your "creation" in the corner of your room to absorb some bass. The key here is to put A LOT of rockwool or fiberglass in the corner of your room, were bass builds up a lot. Try putting some in the top corners of your room (wall - ceiling corner), that souldn't use up any floor space.

Well, good luck buddy, and just keep reading!

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:57 pm

Caz, you'll find that there aren't a lot of studio oriented sites, and that quite a few of us frequent several - I personally co-moderate another one (besides this one), and belong to a few others; the main reason I haven't added my $.02 here is that I completely agreed with the advice you got on the Studiotips forum -

Oh, except that your speakers are too close together, not centered left/right in the room, and need to be on separate stands - you need more of Paul's famous rockwool (4" thick would be good) between the speakers and the wall, and at least a couple of chunks on the side walls where, if you place a mirror flat against the wall, you could see either speaker in the mirror from the mix position - this, plus the advice you got from Scott and Paul, and you should be good to go... Steve

casimer · Post by **casimer** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:03 am

Thanks! You guys are great and knowledgeable!

Caz

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