Build a vocal booth or treat my whole room?

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Diffusion

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I just finished building my new room in the garage... its dimensions are 9' wide, 12' long, and 9' tall... its a great little room, only it echoes like a BITCH! Its walls are made out of drywall... now, I have a question... would it be a better idea to build my own vocal booth in the corner or just put up panels and bass traps around my room? A little isolation is preferable, and just treating my room will not give me that, but it certainly would save me a LOT of time and possibly money... also, if I were to treat my room as a whole how many fiberglass panels do you think i would need?
 
You can make movable panels that will work for reflection points/bass absorbers and can be moved into position to make a virtual booth for vocals. This assumes that the basic room will provide most of the isolation. This is a pretty cost effective way to go.

At a minimum for materials:

16 pcs 2" 703 for bass absorbers (doubled for 8 4" pieces).

2 pcs 2" 703 for side wall reflections
2 pcs 2" 703 for rear wall reflections/bass control for null at seating distance.
1 pc 2" 703 for ceiling reflection.

From there it's a matter of doing an analysis of the whole space to see exactly what's needed and where. The above will get you a long way though.

You can also use Rockwool or Acoustical Cotton. Rockwool may or may not be cheaper in your area. Cotton will be more expensive but is a dream to work with.

Bryan
 
that sounds like a good idea... how would I hang the fiberglass panels on the wall?
 
I think all you need to do is treat the room you have. If you have no treatments on the walls, a small room is going to sound just as bad. Diffuse and absorb. Read the links in the posts before mine.
 
You can frame the panels in 1x4 and hang them with french cleats, wires, etc. Some people have long cleats on the wall so that panels can be slid into position wherever they're needed for a particular session.
 
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