Drum Room Acoustics

[Bryaxis]

Hey guys, I need some help. Just finished building my drum booth..and now i need to design the inside as effectively and inexpensive as possible. The booth is about 8x8 ( i know..it's small) and right now it's just bare sheet rock walls and bare plywood floor..wanted to get some advice (and money) before i did anything else. i am totally open to any suggestions so feel free to throw in your 2 cents. thanks alot guys.
bryan

 

[Ethan Winer]

Bryan,

My best guess is to make the floor and two adjoining walls reflective, and make the ceiling and other two walls fully absorbent. That room is too small to benefit from a room sound, but a hard floor and two walls is similar acoustically to the corner of a much larger reflective room. The key to making this work is applying material that absorbs down to low frequencies, not just a thin layer of foam or fiberglass that absorbs only the mids and highs.

--Ethan