what to do in a concrete room

[eeb]

so I'm starting to work on the new studio.. Right now i have 2 rooms and both are completely concrete.. ceiling, walls and floor.. a little rough..

I'm guessing it's 100% nessisary to drywall everything before i even think about room acoustics? (panels, bass traps all that good stuff) I'm really new to all this.. give me some mics and a mixer and we're all good.. give me an empty concrete room and i don't have a clue what to do. I don't really have a huge budjet right now.. So i need to make this workable on the cheap. Any suggestions on where to start? any good websites you can direct me to research?


thanks in advance

[apl]

Originally Posted by eeb

so I'm starting to work on the new studio.. Right now i have 2 rooms and both are completely concrete.. ceiling, walls and floor.. a little rough..

I'm guessing it's 100% nessisary to drywall everything before i even think about room acoustics? (panels, bass traps all that good stuff) I'm really new to all this.. give me some mics and a mixer and we're all good.. give me an empty concrete room and i don't have a clue what to do. I don't really have a huge budjet right now.. So i need to make this workable on the cheap. Any suggestions on where to start? any good websites you can direct me to research?


thanks in advance

You don't need to drywall.

Review www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html for starters.

I treated my room for <$150. See here.

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by apl

Review www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html for starters.

Thanks apl for continuing to link to my FAQ and for spreading the word.

--Ethan

[bpape]

You can build treatments now that will help out and get you by. After you frame and drywall (and you should eventually for a multitude of reasons), they can be reused at that time.

Bryan

[JasonB93117]

Another great site for ideas and/or inspiration : www.johnlsayers.com

There is a forum as well, with studio plans and construction logs.