Comment on my Studio Plan Please

[Krypto]

I currently have a 2-car garage under my house and I'm looking to convert it to a studio. The hatched area ///// is existing concrete wall. The house's main heating hvac runs across the ceiling. I plan to tap off that to heat the studio. I want to use suspended acoustical ceiling tiles and run track or recessed lighting. The ceiling will probably be around 7'-0" to get under the hvac, etc.

Any comments on the above, or the attached drawing are welcome. Also input on flooring material, etc.

 

[Michael Jones]

I like it!!!
Just one question:
How are you going to get cables from the control room to ISO 2?
Run them across the live room floor?

 

[Eric Best]

Krypto,

My only concern is the angle of your control room walls. In front they angle away from the mix position, but they start to angle back before the mix position. Because of this angle you will probably get reflections from the speakers directly to the mix position.

You also might want to think about getting rid of iso 1 and using that whole area for your control room. It is easier to get a smoother bass response from a larger control room. Or, get rid of iso 1 and make the storage area larger and treat it so it can double as another iso booth.

Eric

 

[Son of Mixerman]

I like it!!!
Just one question:
How are you going to get cables from the control room to ISO 2?
Run them across the live room floor?

Who said they have to be in the floor? I ran all mine overhead.

SoMm

 

[Krypto]

My only concern is the angle of your control room walls. In front they angle away from the mix position, but they start to angle back before the mix position. Because of this angle you will probably get reflections from the speakers directly to the mix position.

The whole concept of control room shape is kind of new to me. I took ideas from other layouts I've seen and thought this could work.
I appreciate the input and will consider the shape a bit differently.

Again, does anyone have experience with a drop ceiling comprised of acoustical ceiling tiles?

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Who said they have to be in the floor? I ran all mine overhead.

Hell, I just built 12" wide cable troughs, an mounted them on the wall as part of a graphics art piece. Can't even tell their there.(their the gloss black panels) There is 6 25' snakes, timecode and midi cables behind the removable covers. Theres one on each sidewall of my little studio/controlroom. The actual graphic art(colored plex) isn't shown in this pic as I hadn't mounted them yet.

http://home.rcsis.com/beachchic/studio4.jpg
http://home.rcsis.com/beachchic/studio5.jpg
http://home.rcsis.com/beachchic/studio7.jpg
http://home.rcsis.com/beachchic/studio8.jpg
fitz

 

[ChuckU]

Cool pics, Rick.

I'm curious about acoustical ceiling tiles, too.

 

[DDev]

In reference to the questions about the ceiling tile, the acoustical ceiling tiles should provide some mid and high frequency absorption, and will cut down on ceiling reflections. This would be similar in concept to the photos Ethan Winer has of his setup with his traps hung from his ceiling, I guess. You might be able to utilize the space above the ceiling tiles for bass trapping, also, and kill more than one bird.

Darryl.....