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hey peoples. i was just wondering if you'd take a look at the attachment of my room below, and tell me where you'd put the desk, and the studio foam up on the walls. i have that eggshell shaped stuff, the kind that deadens reflections.
thanks,
rob
 

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in a small space like yours, based on your door size I'd guess you have about 10' x 12' give or take. Its really difficult to do any kind of serious suggestion without knowing the exact measurements, the contour of the ceiling, what other "stuff" will be in the room, and what the floor is going to be.

Hardwoods are going to reflect more of everything than carpet, which will absorb higher frequencies. Without a doubt in a rectangular room this size, you're going to get killed on bass frequencies (standing waves), so you're going to definately need to treat the corners as I've illustrated below. Its possible, you'll have to put some additional absorbers on the side walls, and if you want my opinion I'd "feather them" so the angle slightly off the wall, say, a 5 degree angle (closer to the wall towards the bottom of the diagram, further from the wall towards the top of the diagram). This way, you don't have smooth surfaces on the two side walls for standing waves to bounce off. Not only will you absorb the bass frequencies, but you'll also reflect some of it in strange directions thus breaking the standing waves even further. I did this in a very small bedroom studio years ago and it worked well. I used heavy blankets in a wooden frame, but with 409 fiberglass being reasonably available, you should make your absorbers out of that material instead. You'll find "pretty" products like Auralex absorb high frequencies, which you might need some of, but tame the bass first and listen to how you like your room first, then spend a few dollars on foam.
 

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thank you thank you thank you

really guys, this is great. but i do have one concern. would you say i NEED to put the desk to the window with my back facing the door? is there any other place to put the desk and it will sound good? cause i really don't like having my back to the door. thats all. not critical.
thanks, keep em comin,
rob
 
hehe rob

put a retrovisor on your desk..so you can see the door.. because frederics solution is obviously the best.

greets y.
 
You don't need to do anything.

I put your mixing desk against the window because of the two narrower walls, its the only one that doesn't have a door, therefore wider.

Its a general rule to put as much air behind the seating position, for acoustical reasons, to use the length of the room.

However this exercise is futile since there are no measurements to work with...
 
frederic said:
You don't need to do anything.

I put your mixing desk against the window because of the two narrower walls, its the only one that doesn't have a door, therefore wider.

Its a general rule to put as much air behind the seating position, for acoustical reasons, to use the length of the room

Exactly!

However there is one other solution: sit on the window side of the desk with wall-mounted monitors (ideally recessed). Takes a little getting used to, since the treble response of your ears is a little different from the rear, but it does work. And you can always turn your chair around to hear the final mix.

I do this sometimes since I don't actually use a desk (just a small table), and I can spin around my monitors any way I like to hear the different sounds. It helps compensate for some hearing loss that I have.
 
...measurments

the last time i measured my room, i believe it was 11x12, the longer walls being the vertical ones in the picture.
 
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