nigelallistair
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Hello all,
I have what seems a bit of an unusual home studio space. I'm re-doing things a bit - new equipment, going uptown a bit - and want to treat the room for the best possible recording/mixing. The room itself is small, about 10 x 9 but it is technically an open den attached to the living room and so there is no back wall. And a very long way to the wall behind it. About 30 feet actually. So technically it's a very long room. Now I only use the studio room itself for recording, not the whole living area outside of it, it's just the odd layout I'm trying to account for. I think the layout helps me as there's no close back wall to work around but I'm not sure.
Because the room is so small I don't have the luxury of moving the desk and monitors away from the wall. They really have to stay there. So that has to be accounted for.
Also, the monitors will be slightly higher than they are now and so they will be above the level of the short wall at the back where the cables han so they have a straight shot 30' back.
A further concern is the ceiling. It is mostly flat except for the area directly above the desk where it has a small "cathedral" feature. There's a picture of it though it may be a bit hard to make out.
The pictures are attached and the diagram is of the post-redo as it see it. As the legend shows, the light green are the 4 traps (2 side wall and 2 corner) and a cloud up in the cathedral above the desk that I think might help.
Also, a general question about the effectiveness of traps in the corners. Since space is at a premium the 2' wide traps are awful wide. Would a 1' trap straddling the corner be ineffective?
The equipment you'll see here in the pictures is changing somewhat as so I've also done up diagram of the room with its new equipment. A new desk, board.
The piano is in a spot that was sort of by default as it doesn't fit well elsewhere in the apartment. I like that it's there but it's a huge space-waste. It's played for fun but not for recording. I will have two keyboards so I was thinking of just setting one of them atop the piano and building a sliding shelf under the piano keyboard for the other. It could then slide under when not in use. But that's aesthetic / space stuff, not acoustic.
I have a few other pic if needed but I reached the 4 attachment max.
Thanks sincerely for all your help.
Nigel
I have what seems a bit of an unusual home studio space. I'm re-doing things a bit - new equipment, going uptown a bit - and want to treat the room for the best possible recording/mixing. The room itself is small, about 10 x 9 but it is technically an open den attached to the living room and so there is no back wall. And a very long way to the wall behind it. About 30 feet actually. So technically it's a very long room. Now I only use the studio room itself for recording, not the whole living area outside of it, it's just the odd layout I'm trying to account for. I think the layout helps me as there's no close back wall to work around but I'm not sure.
Because the room is so small I don't have the luxury of moving the desk and monitors away from the wall. They really have to stay there. So that has to be accounted for.
Also, the monitors will be slightly higher than they are now and so they will be above the level of the short wall at the back where the cables han so they have a straight shot 30' back.
A further concern is the ceiling. It is mostly flat except for the area directly above the desk where it has a small "cathedral" feature. There's a picture of it though it may be a bit hard to make out.
The pictures are attached and the diagram is of the post-redo as it see it. As the legend shows, the light green are the 4 traps (2 side wall and 2 corner) and a cloud up in the cathedral above the desk that I think might help.
Also, a general question about the effectiveness of traps in the corners. Since space is at a premium the 2' wide traps are awful wide. Would a 1' trap straddling the corner be ineffective?
The equipment you'll see here in the pictures is changing somewhat as so I've also done up diagram of the room with its new equipment. A new desk, board.
The piano is in a spot that was sort of by default as it doesn't fit well elsewhere in the apartment. I like that it's there but it's a huge space-waste. It's played for fun but not for recording. I will have two keyboards so I was thinking of just setting one of them atop the piano and building a sliding shelf under the piano keyboard for the other. It could then slide under when not in use. But that's aesthetic / space stuff, not acoustic.
I have a few other pic if needed but I reached the 4 attachment max.
Thanks sincerely for all your help.
Nigel