acousitc guitar recording room

[neomnj]

Hello,
My name is vinny, and im new to all recording. i do alot of music with my accoustic guitar and all is done in 1 take with my voice and guitar. i have 2 closets in my room. 1 of them is in the corner of the room. i wass going to extend it but then i decided im going to make it a small recording room. its going to be a 6'x6' booth. my main question is does size really matter? as well as what kind of door or entrance can i make. i figured i can use 3/4" mdf for walls so im not having to make any permanent modifications to my house. im simply looking for some guidance in the right direction for what id like to do. if im completely wrong please let me know.
thanks for any help in advanced

-vinny

 

[tmix]

Vinny,

If all you are going to do is record voice and acoustic, I would not worry too much about building up mass to sound proof your room. It is probably sound proofed enough as it is. However, what you will want a room that has been acoustically treated to sound good to your mics.
Doing that in a small space like a 6 x 6 closet basically means deadening it completly because the room is too small to use its own sonic signature of size, it will sound small and boxy.
However if you create the closet to be dead and then stick your noisey equipment in there and then treat and record in the main room I think you will be happier because it will also give you a room worthy of mixing in.

 

[neomnj]

my room is to loud, im a computer tech and the only room i can do it in has about 8 computers running all the time so it hard to get a good recording, give me a size that would be better? i can probly cut the room in half by adding a wall to it and using the computer side to mix i also have a basement but its totally unfinished and i cant really afford to have it all finished right now. i can look into doing a section of it for a small recording room i have a drum set down there too that i use but i really dont use them in my music often.

 

[gullfo]

why not build an enclosure for the computers? depending on the size, you may be able to fit them in a standard 19" rack on their sides. just build (buy?) the enclosure with fans inside to draw off the heat and keep the noise to a minimum. on the wall nearest the fan output, put an absorber panel to cut any reflected fan noise. this should reduce the noise in the room significantly and make the bigger room suitable for recording.

here's an isocabinet i use for my dell 4400 pc (on side) and 2 adats.

 

[neomnj]

i did that to them already, most of them have to stay out because im constantly either working on them or moving them around, its my work room so when i have a clients computer (or multiple computers) its just easier to keep it out.

 

[gullfo]

i guess it boils down to choices... you want a work room for noisy computers, or you want a recording studio for acoustic instruments... unless you isolate one or the other, it doesn't seem compatible... a small room for acoustic instruments will sound bad.