Converting a room into a studio what to do with the floor

[DrummingGuitar]

Like the title says. What should i do with the tile floor in my soon to be studio? Where i have been recording has been carpet and thought I'd put carpet in there as well. I'll be recording drums, guitars, and bass in this room.
Thanks in advance

 

[Re-tox_stl]

Hardwood with some area rugs. From what I understand and observe, that is the best way to go by far.

Drew

 

[cytokinesis]

Hardwood is great and all, but are there any more budget conscious solutions?

 

[RAMI]

You definitely do not want carpeting if you can get a hard floor. Either hard-wood, cement....anything but carpeting.

What are you going to do to treat the corners and walls of the room? Because without taking care of that, it almost doesn't matter what you do besides that.

 

[moresound]

Hardwood is great and all, but are there any more budget conscious solutions?

Linoleum.

 

[DrummingGuitar]

You definitely do not want carpeting if you can get a hard floor. Either hard-wood, cement....anything but carpeting.

What are you going to do to treat the corners and walls of the room? Because without taking care of that, it almost doesn't matter what you do besides that.

I am working on the it. What do you suggest.

 

[JimmyS1969]

I am working on the it. What do you suggest.

I'll jump in here. Google 'absorption panels' and 'bass traps'. There is some great DIY stuff that can be found searching threads here. Start with research and determine your budget from there.

 

[Dogbreath]

I'm not RAMI but that's who I wanna be when I grow up but....
what I'd do is leave the tile you've already got, do some area rugs like suggested and focus on the corners and gobo's.

Do a search for "superchunks" or DIY bass trapping and then figure on some spot treatment to the walls after the traps are in.

As to superchunks, they're pretty easy. Look for Roxul 60 (I think ) or OC 703. They'll come in 2ft by 4ft slabs and what I did was cut em into 2, 2X2 pieces and then go corner to corner so I ended up with triangles. Ya take these triangles and just stack em up, one on top of the other from floor to ceiling. Get some nice fabric to cover it, nail up some nice lookin trim and yer done.

There's also a bunch of threads around here about building your own traps with wood frame. Check em out. They're good. I'd go a minimum of 4 inches thick. If ya make these to hang on walls, allow a couple of inches air gap behing em to get the best results.

Don't forget the lava lamp.

 

[RAMI]

I'm not RAMI but that's who I wanna be when I grow up

Me too....But we don't know what a grown-up Rami would be like because it hasn't happened yet.

 

[RAMI]

Me too....But we don't know what a grown-up Rami would be like because it hasn't happened yet.

Take Jimmy and Dogbreast's advice on this.

 

[Dogbreath]

Dogbreast

 

[JimmyS1969]

Do not ever forget the Lava Lamp! It is of utmost importance that you have this before recording anything. Hell, don't even walk into the room without one.

 

[DrummingGuitar]

Thanks guys. This forum is the most informative and helpful forum i have ever been apart and i only joined last week haha

 

[JimmyS1969]

But have you ever layed eyes upon a dogs breast?

 

[saads]

But have you ever layed eyes upon a dogs breast?

Is this a test?
Lest you jest about a dog's breast.

 

[JimmyS1969]

No test, just jest.

 

[Dogbreath]

I feel violated.

 

[Dogbreath]

 

[DrummingGuitar]

so i am doing a diy bass trap but i am not sure whether to buy the owens corning 703 or the ats rigid fiberglass. the ats is around 20 dollars cheaper and they say it is the pretty much the same thing. What do you guys think