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My recommendations: One of your biggest problems is going to be the two big french doors behind the mixing position. Presuming you don't want to lose the doors I would recommend a set of heavy drapes for the entire back wall. Also the window. Bass standing waves form between one corner and...

judging from the specs of the lavalier microphone I am guessng that the recorder has a mono plug, no plug-in-power and an unbalanced connection. so you are limited to electret and dynamic microphones or to get microphone power through a separate box. But ther are a LOT of dynamic and electret...

I would go with a combination of the cloud above (with solid backing) plus some gobos.

I was thinking about the same thing with the shallow mirrors, but the half-domes would be a different matter, reflecting the sound in a wide variety of directions. it still gets you the problem with what to do with the large percentage of flat space around them.

From your description if you are micing really close you might be getting a bit of the player breathing in. It takes a lot of air to power deep brass and since the player does not want to back off too much some of their breathing in will draw air from inside the instrument.

Why leave off the option of allowing natural sunlight and ventilation when you want it? As I said, there is nothing special about the hard surface of glass versus the hard surface of anything else, and it is not necessary (or desirable) to cover every inch in 703. so go with drapes for...

A hard surface is a hard surface. Sound will reflect off of bare drywall pretty much the same as off of glass. And you have a lot of bare hard surfaces there. So yes you are correct that once you tame the standing bass waves your next concern would be with slap echoes and first reflections...

The only thing styrofoam might be usefull for is as a physical isolator. In other words if you were doing a raised floor you might try uing a closely spaced array of the styrofoam cubes as the physical support for a layer of plywood subfloor.

bpape has it right. Unfortunately finding a way of holding the compressed R-13 in place while still leaving it exposed to the sound waves may be more trouble and expense than its worth. Maybe just add some extra insulation to the attic space and let it do what R-13 was designed to do.

The wall behind the monitors is not as critical as the wall behind you. What I would suggest is simply exchanging the blinds for some heavy floor to ceiling curtains. You then still have the option of opening them up and they would break up high to mid first reflections.

My choice would be based on the geometry of the room. what you want of course it an impression of the entire audience and not just the loudmouth bozo who happened to be at the table under the mic. So if the ceiling is tall and you have access up there (say a lighting catwalk) then a suspended...

On some of the issues being raised here. I agree with Tex that you should consider the one room design if this is principally a practice space witht he option for recording, particularly if you are also participating in the recording as a musician. Second, in the interest of conserving space...

Speaking in general the differences between mikes that look the same is most likely. 1. Pattern 2. Frequency Response 3. Connector Type 4. Minor features (switch, or switched features like bass roll off or pad) Usually a change in diaphram size or technology or tube will need a slightly...

But have you ever thought why you record the bottom skin out of phase? While you principally record the bottom of a snare to clearly get the snap of the wires you are also recording the head. The top head and bottom head are mostly moving sympathetically. When the top is moving up the bottom...

Why so low?

The stuff in the link is two inch thick, so it will be good for placing on walls to stop slap echoes and cut the highs and mids. To tame the bass frequrncies you will need something thicker and placed nearer the corners of the room.

Well to start with ask yourself do you really need frames at all? Depending on where you are placing them you can do just fine with covering the 703 with fabric and hanging using impaling clips. Second, if you want frames but aren't into carpentry perhaps reconsider using wood and instead...

Yes on the rockwool/fiberglass being the filler material of choice, but be sure you get stuff that is between three and six pounds per cubic foot. The fluffy stuff in home improvement stores is too loose. And you do want one side of the gobos to be a hard surface.

You may be overreaching, remember that whatever isolation strategy you use it needs to be equal on all sides including floor and ceiling. How much headroom will you still have in this booth? How heavy is it going to be? If this is on the upper floor can it sustain that much dead load? how...

To the extent that it is difficult to breathe through some of the sound energy that strikes it will bounce off That goes for all frequencies.