Help with Isoloation booth & control room

[fmajor7]

We have just finished relocating to some office space downtown and are using one of the rooms for recording studio space. The breakdown is as follows:

Alright I know it looks bad, my apologies, but basically we have a control room that is 9ft 5in in width and 10ft 11in in length. The isolation booth in the drawing is 9ft 5in in width and approx. 5 ft in length. It was sectioned off with 2x4 framing with double insulation and sheet-rocked with a standard door and a dual-payne laminated glass window with SPL rating of 52 which is 36x30. That is framed and we used insulation foam for all the cracks and crevices. The material for the original walling is pretty dense. Panel board, lord knows whats behind it. I just want to know with these deminsions what would be the best way to go about soundproofing it utilizing some rockwool or sound board of some sort with some accoustic foam? Im lost when it comes to accoustics. Also in the control room, where would be the best position for the foam if the monitors are located by the iso booth window?

Thanks in advance and sorry if I left out any critical details, your time and expertise are greatly appriciated.

- Fmajor

 

[fmajor7]

As a side note... This will be used primarily for vocals but occasionally for accoustic, strings, etc... We will be doing mostly Gospel/R&B/Hip-hop recording including contemporary/alternative so we would like more of a DEAD sound as we can always add effects to the mix to give a a more "live" sound... thnx

 

[RAMI]

First of all, forget about anything called "foam". It won't work.

Second of all, you use the word "soundproofing", but do you really mean "Sound treatment"??? 2 completely different things. Sound proofing is expensive and, frankly, almost impossible to accomplish.

If I go by your diagram, you didn't draw in any bass traps or broad-band obsorbers, so I'm assuming you don't have any. That's probably the most important thing you can do to your rooms.

 

[fmajor7]

Yes after researching more about accoustic foam and reading the boards I ve concluded that. I dont have any bass traps, when you say thats the most important thing, and looking at the diagram, where would be the best placement... does this include both the control room as well as the iso booth?

And yes I mean sound treatment. Like I said it will be primarily used for vocals and I can hear a bit of ambience within the booth already. I was looking into fiberglass or rockwool paneling to mount on the inner walls of the iso booth, would this be beneficial?

Thanks again in advance.

- Fmajor7

 

[Yonce N Mild]

I was looking into fiberglass or rockwool paneling to mount on the inner walls of the iso booth, would this be beneficial?

Thanks again in advance.

- Fmajor7

abso-freaking-lutly!

 

[fmajor7]

Ya ... im out of Fresno, California and I cant find any riberglass panels or rockwool at Home Depot, Lowes, or any of the hardware/builder stores. Any suggestions? Googling only comes up with places I'd have to order it from...

Very frustrating.... Im ready to record... lol

 

[RAMI]

I dont have any bass traps, when you say thats the most important thing, and looking at the diagram, where would be the best placement...

I'm no expert, but if I was to quote Ethan Winer and many others that are very knowledgeable on the subject, "You can't have too much bass trapping". To answer your question, bass traps go in the corners. That's not the only place absorption goes, but it's the most crucial.