Echo in rehersal studio

[grachuss]

I must have missed this forum I posted this question in another one:

My band and I are getting ready to record preliminary tracks for our next demo. The only problem is our studio has the most horrid echo I have ever heard, I cannot hear the guitar or my bass(and I'm right next to a full stack), just the drums and cymbals. I have seen various accoustical treatments but have never had any experiance putting these up. My main focus is rolling off the high end to hear the guitar more. The dimensions of the room are 10x30 and the ceiling is about 12 feet high it has very thin drywall(an old converted office). It also has about 4 feet more storage space past the wall kind of like a loft or barn. Is there anyone who has had any experiance treating rooms for EXTREME echos? What should I do?

here are some pics of our studio, dosen't show all of it though
http://www.batteringtrain.com/html/images/practice2.html

thanks for any help

 

[Sennheiser]

Someone here will have more and better suggestions that these but you might want to try some gobo's to isolate the drummer a bit.

Also get something on the walls. Carpeting, burlap, drapes, just about anything to absorb some of the highs from the cymbals.

Have you tried putting some distance between you and the drummer?

 

[knightfly]

"Have you tried putting some distance between you and the drummer?" -

You'd be better off putting some distance between you and that room. Man, what a freakin' disaster! If those are the actual dimensions, you've got up to 4 different room modes at the exact same frequency (14 total between 226 hZ and 233 hZ) - I'm not sure if ANY amount of treatment short of TOTAL absorption would help here.

Check out my last post here

http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57675

for a couple of useful downloads. Enter your room dimensions and you'll see what I mean. That room calls for massive amounts of absorption at almost every frequency from 18 hZ up to 300 or so.

Maybe John can suggest something that will work, most of my acoustics info is theory, where John's built/fixed much more... Steve

 

[John Sayers]

That room calls for massive amounts of absorption at almost every frequency from 18 hZ up to 300 or so.

yeah that's the case with most rooms

Short of low frequency traps and slots there's not much you can do in that area other than add insulation/curtains etc. Actually the thin drywall surfaces you mentioned will act as panel absorbers in the low end. I'd try to get as much absorption from curtains/mattresses etc etc. to cut down the drums.

cheers
JOhn