Another tricky room to treat

[Brendonious]

Hi All,

I want to correctly treat my new studio set up in the spare room of my house but there are a few furniture hurdles to jump first. I have a shelving unit half full of records and a free standing wardrobe. My Event TR6 monitors are currently stationed on my desk but I am going to buy stands soon. The below diagram (a work of art I know) shows my room/ furniture dimensions but here they are listed:

Room:
10.1 ft X 8.2 ft

Desk:
4 ft X 2.5 ft

Free standing wardrobe:
2.6 X 1.6 X 5.9 H

Shelving half full of records:
2.6 X 1.3 X 4.9 H



I want to know the best way to arrange the room and where to place acoustice treatment? Any suggestions much appreciated!

Thanks,
Brendonious

 

[James from Aus]

Hi, what are you recording, what volume levels, any probs you have now?. i did a live room and a drum booth last year, both work well for the money that was spent. but you need to know what result your trying to get before you start.

 

[Brendonious]

The room will be for mixing hip hop, will be mixing at a low volume but need to crank it up from time to time. Completely new set up and I haven’t really run any tests yet because I am getting some gear repaired.

I have acquired some Ecophon Focus A Acoustic panels. As i’m not too savvy with the specs required, what properties do I need to be looking for? All I know is that they have an NRC rating of 0.95. Anything else I need to check out?

 

[GIK Acoustics]

The room will be for mixing hip hop, will be mixing at a low volume but need to crank it up from time to time. Completely new set up and I haven’t really run any tests yet because I am getting some gear repaired.

I have acquired some Ecophon Focus A Acoustic panels. As i’m not too savvy with the specs required, what properties do I need to be looking for? All I know is that they have an NRC rating of 0.95. Anything else I need to check out?

Echophon Focus A's as in ceiling grid tiles? Do you have a suspended ceiling?

An NRC doesn't tell you much. The NRC is an average value of 5 absorption coefficients, related to speech frequencies. They don't mean much when dealing with recording studios, home theaters, etc.

Nothing that thin will help with bass frequencies at all, and they are likely too rigid to be useful with multiples to form a thicker panel. IOW, great for an office to reduce hearing voices, not great for much else. If you do have a suspended ceiling, filling it with light fiberglass would be a good start. Then bass traps in the corners, and first reflection points for starters.

You may want to consider what you want/need out of the space and your budget.