Construction Question

[peipons]

Hello everyone,

Looking to build a studio space on the second floor of a garage I'm building. The ceilings would most likely be slanted pretty steeply (similar to the picture below). The picture shows about 5.5 feet in the lowest area and around 8 feet at it's highest with a fairly large part paralell to the floor.

What are the potential minuses (or pluses?) of such a design? Would it better to have to have more paralell area (one extreme) or 'ski-lodge style' coming to a point at the top (the other extreme)?

I'm just beginning this project so any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jamie

 

[TexRoadkill]

Each design will have their own set of issues. I would probably go with an open A frame and acoustically treat the peak. As a general rule the more air volume you have the better.

 

[Dani Pace]

You have the perfect design... if you want boomy recordings. I can't explain the physics involved but the slanted areas between the walls and celing present some reflection problems which will cause a lot of extra boominess, especialy if the slant and demensions are the same on more than one side of the room. The design might be all right for acoustic instruments but drums or electric bass will be very boomy in a room with this shape.

 

[peipons]

I was afraid there would some sort of 'bell effect' but I was hoping that that would only apply to dome type structures... oh well.

Is there any way to reasonably treat this type of room (assuming that it is A-frame with a peak at the top... not exactly like the room in the picture) to resolve this issue?

 

[bpape]

You'll need to treat the peak with a long cloud. You can actually use this to your advantage to get some bass control without taking up floor space. You'll still need more but this will help.

On the slants, you can address it with a series of small absorbers spaced as arrays and/or put up some poly diffusors to help minimize the effect.

Bryan

 

[TexRoadkill]

I was afraid there would some sort of 'bell effect' but I was hoping that that would only apply to dome type structures... oh well.

Is there any way to reasonably treat this type of room (assuming that it is A-frame with a peak at the top... not exactly like the room in the picture) to resolve this issue?

There are many ways to treat it but it depends on your budget. The easy way, like bpape suggested, is to run a clowd along the length of the peak and then put up some panels along the angled ceiling.

You could also hang a bunch of baffles and put in a cloth ceiling to hide them or some combination of both.