Dark Fader
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I am planning on builing a meager studio in my basement this summer. I really would like to have the room have some nice natural accoustical properties, although this is not the "trendy" thing to do. I also would like the opportunity to take them out. I think I can do this by making the room with good accoustical properties, like a natural reverb, and then covering the walls with carpet padding or whatever. Sounds good, except I have a small room. I wonder if I would just get "bouncy" reflections that hit the mic like a slap in the face, rather than the complex reflections that make a nice reverb. The ceiling is about 8ft tall or so. The room I'll be building will probobly be about 15ft x 15ft or so... Can I get a nice reverb with dimensions like these? What should I cover the walls with? Ceramic tile? Hardwood? Etc? I may also want to put a window in one of the walls if I put the "control room" outside the main room. What kind of ugly reflections would I get from this? How would I solve it? I'm thinking about angling the walls of the room a little like this:
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I might get more complex reflections that way. Any input will the welcomed, I've searched the internet, and no one seems to care about accoustics on the home recording spectrum much at all. Thanx.
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I might get more complex reflections that way. Any input will the welcomed, I've searched the internet, and no one seems to care about accoustics on the home recording spectrum much at all. Thanx.