Any ideas to treat my oddly shaped room?

[Shakkal]

Hi all, need help with some ideas about how to approach the treatment of my room. It’s an odd room for recording / mixing but it’s what I have and it’s much better, at least larger, than the mouse hole that I previously had. I’ll be tracking and mixing mostly my own stuff.

Measurements are in the attached pic. Ceiling is 240 cm high. Floor is hardwood, walls and ceiling are brick (plastered and painted). Window, door, and closet need to remain usable. I know that I’ll probably have to think about some free standing panels because of that.

Any ideas in general? I'm finding it hard to think "symmetrical" for panel placement given the room layout, especially the back of the room.

Also, please take a look at point “A” on the pic. Do I have to be too concerned about that “corner” for bass buildup? Guitar amps will be located in that section of the room.


Thanks!

 

[mjbphotos]

Yes, I would say you've got to be concerned with all the corners and bass wave reflections/build-ups. If you can leave the door open (botom left), then a flat trap on the left wall would work for you.

 

[Shakkal]

Thanks, I figured it was a large enough corner but wasn't sure.

On the other hand, unfortunately the door must be kept closed. The other tricky aspect is how close the door frame is to the adjacent wall which limits how thick a panel I may hang from the door itself and/or from the left wall while still allowing the door to open to a reasonable extent.

The lack of symmetry from the back of the room (right side of the pic) is also confusing me as to how to solve it.

 

[mjbphotos]

Building bass traps on wheels/stands will be your best option - you can roll them into place when mixing, roll them out of the way when you want to use the door and closet.

 

[Shakkal]

Thanks again, I assume that the back ones (closet) could be placed on wheels at floor level but the front ones would have to be raised?

My main concern is having too many heavy boxes elevated on thin stands in the room knowing I'm clumsy enough to eventually knock one down.

 

[mjbphotos]

Corner traps should go all the way from the floor to the ceiling. Figure out how to hook them to the walls so they are not an accident waiting to happen!

 

[Shakkal]

mmm yeah, maybe even attach a loop/hook or something to the door so that it pushes the trap smoothly and doesn't just hit it and knocks it over.

I had been visualizing single panels, hadn't realized the floor to ceiling issue, thanks for that.