nbiehl
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Ok, I'll preface this by saying that "shoestring" might be too generous a word to describe my budget situation. I'm sure you've all been there, so I won't belabor the point. I'm hoping to steadily transform this room with a few hundred bucks here and there, so what i'm looking for is advice on the most critical areas to invest my limited funds.
I'm primarily an acoustic musician, and I can hold my own on a fair number of instruments. I sing and I write. I'm looking to create a space where I can, through recording, weave all of that together and see what happens. I'm also looking to create a space where I can help my musician friends whip up some demo recordings.
I'm lucky enough to have a room I can now dedicate to recording. The room is 9ft wide by 13ft long by 86 inches high. The room is a finished basement bonus room. 2 of the walls are concrete behind the sheet rock (no framing, just furring strips) and the floor is concrete beneath carpet.
There is 1/2 inch hardboard under the sheet rock on the ceiling. I used this room to record some acoustic instruments pretty late at night recently. The room is right beneath my bedroom, and my wife said she didn't hear a thing, so that's OK.
There are 2 windows in the concrete walls, about 18 x 34 and 64 inches off of the floor.
There is a closet in one corner, about 24 in x 42 inches.
There is a heating duct on the ceiling next to one of the interior walls, about 10 in x 24 inches x 7 feet. This is covered with sheetrock. It cannot be removed easily, because it routes heat to the rooms on the main floor as well.
The room will be used primarily for tracking one acoustic instrument at a time. It will also be my mixing room. I use ns10m monitors.
I think I've managed to scrounge a half dozen 4 inch thick cubicle dividers to use however they'll work best (I was going to use them to help control reflection.)
I would like to minimize the sound coming in from the windows. I have no problem sheet-rocking over them if that's what's best. Other than that, I'm not really concerned with sound transmission, I'm more concerned with treating for accurate tracking and mixing.
Got any advice?
I'm primarily an acoustic musician, and I can hold my own on a fair number of instruments. I sing and I write. I'm looking to create a space where I can, through recording, weave all of that together and see what happens. I'm also looking to create a space where I can help my musician friends whip up some demo recordings.
I'm lucky enough to have a room I can now dedicate to recording. The room is 9ft wide by 13ft long by 86 inches high. The room is a finished basement bonus room. 2 of the walls are concrete behind the sheet rock (no framing, just furring strips) and the floor is concrete beneath carpet.
There is 1/2 inch hardboard under the sheet rock on the ceiling. I used this room to record some acoustic instruments pretty late at night recently. The room is right beneath my bedroom, and my wife said she didn't hear a thing, so that's OK.
There are 2 windows in the concrete walls, about 18 x 34 and 64 inches off of the floor.
There is a closet in one corner, about 24 in x 42 inches.
There is a heating duct on the ceiling next to one of the interior walls, about 10 in x 24 inches x 7 feet. This is covered with sheetrock. It cannot be removed easily, because it routes heat to the rooms on the main floor as well.
The room will be used primarily for tracking one acoustic instrument at a time. It will also be my mixing room. I use ns10m monitors.
I think I've managed to scrounge a half dozen 4 inch thick cubicle dividers to use however they'll work best (I was going to use them to help control reflection.)
I would like to minimize the sound coming in from the windows. I have no problem sheet-rocking over them if that's what's best. Other than that, I'm not really concerned with sound transmission, I'm more concerned with treating for accurate tracking and mixing.
Got any advice?