Need some help with this room...

[runforrestrun09]

I'm starting a relatively small recording business in my home, and I will be using my bedroom for a lot of it-

The dimensions of my room are 10 feet X 14 feet... I have a large corner desk that takes up about half of the room, leaving the other half clear (an area of about 5 feet X 7 feet.

I'll be using the room mainly for drums, and need some help on how I should acoustically treat the room so that I can get a non-tinny sound, which has been my main problem. I'm on a really low budget, I was looking into carpet padding panels on the walls or something...

Please let me know what you think...

James

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by runforrestrun09

The dimensions of my room are 10 feet X 14 feet.

That's very small, which means that all of the reflecting boundaries are very close to both the drums and the microphones. So you need absorption to get rid of those reflections.

I was looking into carpet padding panels on the walls or something.

Carpet is not a good idea. See my Acoustics FAQ which explains exactly what you need to do in detail.

--Ethan

[bpape]

Carpet padding isn't going to get it for drums and isn't a good idea in general as it's only high frequency absorption at best. Some pad will do basically zero if closed cell foam or rubber based.

You'll need a decent thickness cloud on the ceiling and some pretty good amounts of broadband bass absorption if you want to tame the room.

Bryan

[rockerdude]

Originally Posted by runforrestrun09

I'm starting a relatively small recording business in my home, and I will be using my bedroom for a lot of it-

The dimensions of my room are 10 feet X 14 feet... I have a large corner desk that takes up about half of the room, leaving the other half clear (an area of about 5 feet X 7 feet.

I'll be using the room mainly for drums, and need some help on how I should acoustically treat the room so that I can get a non-tinny sound, which has been my main problem. I'm on a really low budget, I was looking into carpet padding panels on the walls or something...

Please let me know what you think...

James

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