Desperately need home studio setup advice

[pitts2k]

Hello - just got a new space in my house for vo work and I need a little advice. The space is 7.5 feet long, 6.5 feet high and 3 feet wide. I have enclosed it with sheetrock, green glue, safe n sound insulation and heavy blankets. The ceiling has 2 inch auralex wedges,pyramids and egg-carton shaped foam all mixed together. The ceiling is fully covered but the walls are about 1/2 done. The attached read was done in the finished half of the space speaking into my mic which I placed in the V shape of the corner. I have read in other forums online that a ceiling as low as that can make the room sound boxy. I have had a well-known home studio master tell me that the height shouldn't make a difference. The ceiling is 6.5 feet high and I am 6 feet tall. I plan on finishing the space with more heavy blankets and then I will decide if I should go auralaex or next acoustics to treat the walls. By the way the flooor is covered with carpet. In the attaced read do I sound "boxy" or is the acoustic treatment whats missing at this point? I use a laptop, with protools and an at4040 mic. Thanks in advance.

 

[Massive Master]

In a space that small, you'd be better off pulling the drywall off and covering the SnS insulation with fabric. Foam & blankets aren't going to do you a bit of good (it can actually accentuate how bad the low end is in that space).

And never into a corner - Always out. The corners are generally the worst spots in the room even if they are properly treated.

(EDIT)

Okay, listened to the MP3 -- Definitely some weird phase issue in there, probably due to the height of the ceiling (which would add around 1-1.5ms on the first reflection), but it could be the proximity to the corner also.

If it means anything, I liked the read...

 

[GIK Acoustics]

Hello - just got a new space in my house for vo work and I need a little advice. The space is 7.5 feet long, 6.5 feet high and 3 feet wide. I have enclosed it with sheetrock, green glue, safe n sound insulation and heavy blankets. The ceiling has 2 inch auralex wedges,pyramids and egg-carton shaped foam all mixed together. The ceiling is fully covered but the walls are about 1/2 done. The attached read was done in the finished half of the space speaking into my mic which I placed in the V shape of the corner. I have read in other forums online that a ceiling as low as that can make the room sound boxy. I have had a well-known home studio master tell me that the height shouldn't make a difference. The ceiling is 6.5 feet high and I am 6 feet tall. I plan on finishing the space with more heavy blankets and then I will decide if I should go auralaex or next acoustics to treat the walls. By the way the flooor is covered with carpet. In the attaced read do I sound "boxy" or is the acoustic treatment whats missing at this point? I use a laptop, with protools and an at4040 mic. Thanks in advance.

I would not remove any drywall, especially seeing that you've used green glue and are obviously looking for isolation (which cutting out the drywall would completely ruin that).

Instead I would focus on bass trapping in the room. Some thick treatment for the walls. Safe'n'Sound is great for the price so since you can obviously get it, I would suggest doing 6" of treatment on the walls and ceiling. You could build a simple frame for each wall, fill with two batts thick of safe'n'sound and cover with fabric.

Sorry, but who is the master that told you ceiling height does not make a difference? It certainly does just as much as the length and width.

 

[pitts2k]

Thank you both for responding with such helpful information. I am going to take everyting into consideration and move slowly forward and test things out before purchasing anything. Let me clarify, the home studio master didnt tell me that height doesnt matter- he told me it that a 6.5 foot ceiling didnt matter even if I am 6 feet tall and would be doing my reads standing up. If anyone else wantsto chime in please do as it will be at least two weeks of incremental testing before I repost an audio sample and then purchase what I need.