Help Me with my Slanted Walls and Room :)

[DJTonyMOMO]

Hello Everyone. Well I have recntly moved and have turned the attic of the house I'm renting into the studio. My questions for all of you are?

1. The Attic has slanted walls as you can below. What can I cover them with to better the sound in the room a little at least?

2. The floors are wooden. Should I just place a carpet on the floor?

3. Check out the chea[y diagram on how I have my equipment set-up. Is there any other way I can set my equipment up to better place the monitors for better sound?

Thanks in advance to all that give me a hand.

Thanks again

 

[DJTonyMOMO]

Heres the other cheapy picture:

 

[frederic]

Turn the room 90 degrees, where your monitors are facing the length of the room.

Slanted ceilings do suck, however I have one on my studio that I'm still constructing.

With a lot of experimentation, I found that putting the monitors below earline, facing upwards (10 degree angle or so) actually works okay, based on the room I have. I found through basic clapping that I have less deadspots by doing this.

So, now I've torn the place apart, reinsulation, and putting up appropriate walls and ceilings. But I will have my monitors (audio and video) under the slant to enjoy the larger amount of air behind me.

One does have to make the slanted ceiling as dead as possible however, but thats just foam, bass traps, etc.

As far as flooring goes, I'm of the mind whereas the walls and ceilings get coated with products that absorb, or disperse sound, and the floor gets hardwood or pergo installed. I find working in rooms with hardwood more relaxing, and I don't mind breaking my balls to put in a nice floor. But because hardwoods are reflective, that means the walls and ceilings need a little more treatment.

Carpet does absorb sound, but mostly high frequencies. Low frequencies go right through no problem.

 

[DJTonyMOMO]

Thanks for the reply frederic

Ok I will try to turn the room around longways

But what do you think I should cover the walls with?

 

[frederic]

Thanks for the reply frederic

Ok I will try to turn the room around longways

But what do you think I should cover the walls with?

That depends what acoustical defects you have!

It will be a combination of foam, dispursion panels, maybe carpet, bass traps, etc.

 

[Michael Jones]

Yeah, I agree with frederic. Turn your equipment 90 degrees. It's nice to have the monitors fire towards the long end of the room.
Run some mode calcs based on your room dimensions (you'll have to use an AVERAGE for the ceiling height) and that'll tell you WHAT your problem frequencies are.
Then go to the SAE site, and look over the section on absorbtion/diffusion. That'll tell you HOW to treat the problem frequencies.
Do all that, and you'll end up with a nice sounding room.

 

[DJTonyMOMO]

Hey thanks alot Frederic. You helped me alot

Hey Micheal whats the link to that site?