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semidiablan
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I have just "finished" my music room. I have many questions and I am hoping you all can help me out. I am basically confused as to where I should put my monitoring/mixing area, and what I should do about room acoustics and foam.
First of all, should my monitoring area be in the actual recording room or is it best to have it in a separate room? The problem I see with having it in the actual recording area is the noise of the computer (fans, etc). However, if it were in another room, I am not able to put a window in my wall so it will be sort of isolated from the recording area. I have my computer in my bedroom, so I don't like the idea of having to put up acoustic home in areas of my bedroom. I could do it, but is that really how it should be?
Part II: Room acoustics! Here is an overhead view of my music room:
Next are some actual photos of the room. The first is of the ceiling which you can see is pitched. I am confused as to what to do with that. The second photo is a view of the east side and the third photo is a view of the west side.
Are the 2 windows going to be a problem, or can I work with them? Also notice the 3 horizontal support beams (north to south).
Should I texture and paint the room and then worry about setting it up acoustically? I've read that I should not deaden the whole room by pasting foam everywhere, so it sounds like I need to paint, etc. first. The floor is rough plywood, but I am going to carpet it. I am not worrying about a vocal booth yet, but I plan to have an area for this in the room.
I hope I gave enough details, but it is hard because although I know what I want, and about audio recording, I do not know all about acoustics. I have read some websites and books on acoustics, but I am having trouble applying everything.
In the end I want to be able to have a keyboard corner, an organ corner, a vocal corner, and a drum corner. I will have a couch or something for guitars. It sounds like a lot, but the drums will take up the most room and that is not important for me to worry about right now. I have the layout of these areas in my head, but I thought I'd mention it just incase it is important in the placement of various acoustic treatments. I want to be able to mic or direct input any instrument that is capable. The latter isn't a problem, but I want to be sure about the acoustics for mic'ing.
If you need to know more specifics, please ask. Thank you.
EDIT: Sound leakage does not cause a problem for me, so I don't need to solve for that.
First of all, should my monitoring area be in the actual recording room or is it best to have it in a separate room? The problem I see with having it in the actual recording area is the noise of the computer (fans, etc). However, if it were in another room, I am not able to put a window in my wall so it will be sort of isolated from the recording area. I have my computer in my bedroom, so I don't like the idea of having to put up acoustic home in areas of my bedroom. I could do it, but is that really how it should be?
Part II: Room acoustics! Here is an overhead view of my music room:
Next are some actual photos of the room. The first is of the ceiling which you can see is pitched. I am confused as to what to do with that. The second photo is a view of the east side and the third photo is a view of the west side.
Are the 2 windows going to be a problem, or can I work with them? Also notice the 3 horizontal support beams (north to south).
Should I texture and paint the room and then worry about setting it up acoustically? I've read that I should not deaden the whole room by pasting foam everywhere, so it sounds like I need to paint, etc. first. The floor is rough plywood, but I am going to carpet it. I am not worrying about a vocal booth yet, but I plan to have an area for this in the room.
I hope I gave enough details, but it is hard because although I know what I want, and about audio recording, I do not know all about acoustics. I have read some websites and books on acoustics, but I am having trouble applying everything.
In the end I want to be able to have a keyboard corner, an organ corner, a vocal corner, and a drum corner. I will have a couch or something for guitars. It sounds like a lot, but the drums will take up the most room and that is not important for me to worry about right now. I have the layout of these areas in my head, but I thought I'd mention it just incase it is important in the placement of various acoustic treatments. I want to be able to mic or direct input any instrument that is capable. The latter isn't a problem, but I want to be sure about the acoustics for mic'ing.
If you need to know more specifics, please ask. Thank you.
EDIT: Sound leakage does not cause a problem for me, so I don't need to solve for that.
