Strange Shaped Control Room
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knightfly
GrouchyOldFartOnBatteries
Not sure what you mean by equipment (I hope it's not much, that's slightly larger than a telephone booth) but I would orient the desk and speakers as shown, centered on a line that is equidistant from both splayed walls, bisecting the door.
I marked up your drawing to show what I mean... Steve
I marked up your drawing to show what I mean... Steve
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Tnglwd_Stu
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Thanks Steve,
I'd never thought of orientating it like that.
Not sure if my equipment will fit with enough room to walk past
What about orientating the desk and treatment 180 degrees the other way?!?! will that work?????
Cheers for pointers,
Stu
I'd never thought of orientating it like that.
Not sure if my equipment will fit with enough room to walk past
What about orientating the desk and treatment 180 degrees the other way?!?! will that work?????
Cheers for pointers,
Stu
TexRoadkill
Audio Bum
Damn, you Englishmen are tiny. Most home bathrooms here are bigger than that 
knightfly
GrouchyOldFartOnBatteries
"What about orientating the desk and treatment 180 degrees the other way?!?! will that work?????" -
Not without using that absorbent in the entire room - by turning it 180, you cause those splayed walls to reflect right back at you which will smear the stereo imaging - and since part of one of your walls is glass, it would be hard to absorb that.
I knew it would be tight - if you stay on that centerline, you might be able to move the desk further away from the door and get past it - that was one of the problems I expected.
If you do orient things the way I drew, try to stay away from a position along that centerline where either your speakers or your head are exactly equidistant from both ends of that line (front to back)
If you MUST do a 180, you'll need to make a movable absorbent panel for the window and completely absorb the rest of the room - it will sound dead as a mausoleum if you do that, which is difficult to work with and the main reason I recommend against it... Steve
Not without using that absorbent in the entire room - by turning it 180, you cause those splayed walls to reflect right back at you which will smear the stereo imaging - and since part of one of your walls is glass, it would be hard to absorb that.
I knew it would be tight - if you stay on that centerline, you might be able to move the desk further away from the door and get past it - that was one of the problems I expected.
If you do orient things the way I drew, try to stay away from a position along that centerline where either your speakers or your head are exactly equidistant from both ends of that line (front to back)
If you MUST do a 180, you'll need to make a movable absorbent panel for the window and completely absorb the rest of the room - it will sound dead as a mausoleum if you do that, which is difficult to work with and the main reason I recommend against it... Steve
TexRoadkill
Audio Bum
That room would be perfect for a tracking booth. You don't have a larger more symmetrical room to use for mixing?
Tnglwd_Stu
New member
Steve - Thanks for the pointers, much appreciated.
Yeah this room would be perfect for tracking if I could get an entire mic'd drum kit in here, then I could use the 'live' room for mixing which is still only 12' x 12' - but is symetrical, square, but it's a start.
Unfortunately the liklihood of getting a fully mic'd drum kit in here is about likely as me affording a bigger house to accomodate all these hi-tech toys !:>
Thanks for the help.
Yeah this room would be perfect for tracking if I could get an entire mic'd drum kit in here, then I could use the 'live' room for mixing which is still only 12' x 12' - but is symetrical, square, but it's a start.
Unfortunately the liklihood of getting a fully mic'd drum kit in here is about likely as me affording a bigger house to accomodate all these hi-tech toys !:>
Thanks for the help.