Building studiocontrol room, need help

[Huli]

First wanna say hello to everybody, since I'm new both in this production world and in this forum i wanna give u all my greetings.
And now here is my trouble: I'vr just been introduced to the all complexity behind the making of a good control room for good quality mix and mastering; on the net i found a good guide lines, but i wonder if they can suit well also for a small sized room like the one I'm building.
This room is 3*3,42*4,17 meters, accordin to a ratio i found by some expert for rooms smaller or equal to bout 45 cubic meter. Actually this room is around 43 cubic meter and i wonder if that ratio is still necessary and also if i can replace one of the walls with a sort of heavy curtain, since the space i've, for both control room and recording room, it is not so much.
The project is a room for recording which includes also the console and the mixing stuff, that i can close, to optimize the acustic enviroment, with the curtain during mixing session.
As speakers, due to the tight space i was thinkin about 2 nearfield Focal-CMS 65, which i read around are particulary flat and allow to listen to mixing mistakes easily.
Thanks in advance for ur advices and suggestions

 

[moresound]

One can always track in the same room that the recording is going on in but can have it's difficulties.

 

[GIK Acoustics]

Hi Huli,

In most small rooms, we've found that a larger volume is almost always most important, and trumps dimensions and ratios. Also, ratios are meant to be followed EXACTLY. A slight deviation makes a large difference. Again, one of the reasons I would suggest getting more volume rather than dealing with ratios. Different wall construction can even change the response of the room and skew the modal distribution.

If you're building from the ground up, go with the most space you can.

You could definitely do a set up separated by a curtain when you're mixing. Its a small area, but you have to work with what you've got. We've treated similar sized and purpose rooms many times.

I would recommend a set up similar to this: Acoustical Room Advice - GIK Acoustics

Absorption around the front will help flatten the response around the mix position, while a mix of absorption and diffusion in the rear of the room would be best for recording.