Solved Finally gonna treat my room

[danny.guitar]

I'm going to treat my room. But not for mixing. I want to turn it into a good tracking room for acoustic guitar.

It's a small 8x12 bedroom (8ft high ceiling) so I don't think I can get a nice reverb sound out of it, but that's okay. I just don't like the way the room influences the recordings. I'd like to be able to just setup a mic, record, and not worry about how the room will effect the sound. I'd also like to be able to put the mics further away and still get a good recording. Right now I'm having to mic 6-8" away from the guitar.

I've read Ethan's website. I've learned a lot about treating rooms, but I'm just not sure how I should do it for tracking as opposed to mixing. All I want is the best sounding room for recording acoustic. Oh, and removing the carpeted floor isn't an option, we're renting.

So my questions are:

How thick of panels should I get? 2" or 4"?

Where should I put them?

I have a closet with clothes in it. I hung a blanket behind them. Should I put some panels in there and try to turn it into a small recording-booth-thing?

I'd like to treat most if not all of the room.

I'm going to be buying the panels pre-made from here: http://www.atsacoustics.com/cat--ATS-Acoustic-Panels--100.html

 

[bpape]

I'd do a little bit of broadband bass control in the corners where you're going to be mixing. You can use it for both purposes. I'd also consider some panels that you can mount on stands to use as portable gobos. This will give you some flexibility to play with mic and panel positions to get different sounds when you're tracking.

Bryan

 

[danny.guitar]

Yea I've thought about setting up gobos but I'd really rather just have the whole room treated so I don't have to worry about setting stuff up each time. I don't mind if it sounds a little 'dead' or 'unlively' I can always add reverb and stuff later on.

Does anyone have pictures of 'pro' studios where they usually track acoustic guitars? I've seen a couple and noticed a lot of Auralex on the walls probably for high frequency reflections and also a few thicker panels setup as gobos like you said.

Another idea would be to setup 4" thick broadband panels in the closet to absorb low-mid & high frequencies and turn it into a booth, so I could have my room for 'livelier' tracks and the booth for more up-front tracks.

Bass doesn't seem to be too big of an issue for me when mixing because most of my stuff is just acoustic guitar.

 

[bpape]

That's fine - was just trying to get you the best solution for both tracking and mixing and good flexibility. If you treat it for acoustic guitar tracking, it's going to be way too live for accurate mixing.

Bryan