Which bedroom studio design? Vote now!

[Paulz]

Currently, my bedroom is a muddy mess. My speakers sound like mud, my guitar amp sounds like mud. So I've decided to spruce it up with a bit of acoustic treatment. The room will be used for recording guitar, recording vocals, mixing and sleeping.

I've come up with 3 possible layouts, and its up to the voters of this forum to decide my bedrooms fate.

Here's the layout of the room


And a current photo



The potential layouts. The black rectangles are 2ft by 4ft broadband absorbers, and the triangles are 1'9" bass traps that will extend to the roof. I'll have to move my v-drums to another room.

Option #1
This is how my bedroom is currently. The desk is located in the middle of the longest wall



Option #2



Option #3
I think this is the best design. I'm able to put in 2 bass traps, either a bass trap or broadband absorber under the window.. and possibly 1 above as well. The right absorber will be attached to the closet door, which I will swing open when I want to mix.



Any suggestions on how to improve any of these layouts would be great.

[CIRO]

None will give you simetry in the front wall (a must for accurate mixing).
Position 3 is the least worst, but you´ll not benefit by the speakers pointing to the longest dimension, what would help with much less nulls (caused by the proximity of rear wall).
The good is the window (unless the noise is a problem, obvious),which helps with bass response (passing through).

Another position you could "think" (considering the panels directly on the closet door(s)): where the drum is, and use the traps on the walls (front and side instead corners).
A panel (at least 4", more is much better)centered in the front wall/ceiling corner, IMO/E, is a must- whatever position you choose.

Only measurements with a software (like REW, which is free) + the "sound" of each position will tell you the best option.
My suggestion is to choose the position that shows better frequency response ,ok, but the one with less difference in L and R individual measurement in the lows too (probably this is the best position for simetry).


Ciro

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by Paulz

Any suggestions on how to improve any of these layouts would be great.

This explains what you need:

How to set up a room

--Ethan