Size of a room

[jeronimo]

I have a 16 x 16 feet room with high ceilings and I was wandering if you guys think it's enought to make a control room and a drum room inside it?

[Todzilla]

If you're asking whether or not a 16' X 16' X 10?' space can be successfully divided into two rooms, I think the answer is "not without making some major compromises in sound.

Assuming you have 10 foot ceilings, you're looking at 2500 cubic feet, which is already a bit tight. Then if you assume a solid wall between the two (never mind an air lock for double doors), you're looking at each room being an average of 950 cubic feet. That's pretty tiny, even if you expand the drum room at the expense of the control or vice versa.

I would either go for an all-in-one-room and deal with the logistical evils, or I'd consider building a separate adjacent room (which is probably mega bucks!).

Of course if you want one of them 70's tiny drum booths where everything is dead and dry, maybe it could work ;^)

Good luck!

[John Sayers]

I agree with Todzilla..one room and a good pair of headphones

cheers
John

[ausrock]

QUOTE........."one room and a good pair of headphones".

John,

Why headphones rather than near-fields? Is it because of potential acoustic problems or just that it may be possible to be tracking and attempting to "monitor" the instrument at the same time through headphones rather than near-fields?
I think I understand what I'm trying to say..........lol.

Peace.........ChrisO

[John Sayers]

Have you ever tried to record drums in the same room??? headphones act like ear muffs that's all
cheers
John

[ausrock]

Thanks John, I guess I was just looking past what was obvious for the less obvious.

Peace.........ChrisO

[jeronimo]

I didn't get the headphone thing?

[Todzilla]

I think the headphones are used in the same room as drums to try to get some semblance of the mic'ed sound without picking up so much real drums that you can't tell at all.

Imagine recording drums in a room that has monitors trying to drown out the drums. There might just be a tad of feedback, eh?

[jeronimo]

Hummm... I get it. I just don't think that stay at the same room the drummer is playing is a good idea

[peter miller]

i've moved three times in the last 12 months and all my rooms have sucked..