ibleedburgundy
The Anti-Lambo
My recording room is 35.5 feet x 15.5 feet (550.25 sq ft) with 9 foot ceilings. Right now it has 1/2 inch burbur carpet with a very thick pad underneath throughout the room. My recording desk is at one end long-wise spaced about two and a half feet from the wall. I record a live band in there and sometimes not live but individual tracks - keys, 3 guitars, bass, vocals, and a full drum set.
I am planning on removing the carpet and just going with the concrete floor. The question is, how much carpet should I remove? I was thinking about removing some and seeing if I like it and then removing some more. I was also considering leaving the carpet under the recording desk and perhaps at the entrance as well - which is the far side of the rectangle. So at each end there would be approximately 5 feet of carpet and in the middle there would be a 25.5 x 15.5 stretch of concrete. This would amount to 403 sq ft of concrete and 147.25 sq ft of carpet.
Or I should just say screw it and go 100% concrete.
I already have "super chunk" bass traps (4x2 pieces of OC703 cut into 4 triangles) from floor to ceiling in three of the corners (the 4th corner is the doorway). Additionally I have 4 bass traps from real traps and two mid range traps (also roughly 4x2). Plus I still have a box of OC703 with 5 or 6 2x4s - 2 inches thick - that I am not using - could utilize that whenever. I also have a few foam 2x4s strategically placed where they eliminated flutter echo (to my ear anyway). It's kind of a decent/mid size room so probably could use a lot of trapping.
Additionally, what should I expect in terms of the changes in sound? I am thinking it will be brighter and hopefully the drums are a little more crisp on recordings. Is this a reasonable expectation?
I am planning on removing the carpet and just going with the concrete floor. The question is, how much carpet should I remove? I was thinking about removing some and seeing if I like it and then removing some more. I was also considering leaving the carpet under the recording desk and perhaps at the entrance as well - which is the far side of the rectangle. So at each end there would be approximately 5 feet of carpet and in the middle there would be a 25.5 x 15.5 stretch of concrete. This would amount to 403 sq ft of concrete and 147.25 sq ft of carpet.
Or I should just say screw it and go 100% concrete.
I already have "super chunk" bass traps (4x2 pieces of OC703 cut into 4 triangles) from floor to ceiling in three of the corners (the 4th corner is the doorway). Additionally I have 4 bass traps from real traps and two mid range traps (also roughly 4x2). Plus I still have a box of OC703 with 5 or 6 2x4s - 2 inches thick - that I am not using - could utilize that whenever. I also have a few foam 2x4s strategically placed where they eliminated flutter echo (to my ear anyway). It's kind of a decent/mid size room so probably could use a lot of trapping.
Additionally, what should I expect in terms of the changes in sound? I am thinking it will be brighter and hopefully the drums are a little more crisp on recordings. Is this a reasonable expectation?