Long and narrow room desk positioning

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Hi everyone, I'm writing to ask for some advice. After the birth of my second daughter I had to abandon the room where I had set up my home studio and ended up in the closet...3.4m x 1.4m x 3m high. At the moment I have necessarily positioned the desk close to the short wall but I have serious problems with emphasis on the lows, especially around 220Hz, despite 4 bass traps on the corners, and I am forced to work with headphones (beyer DT880 pro). Before I used the Yamaha HS80m monitors but in such a small space they were unmanageable, so I put them away and switched to the Rokit 5. I know that the shape of the room does not play in my favor but I ask you if, by moving the desk to the long wall, I would have the possibility of improving the situation or if it is better to resign myself and continue with the headphones. I thank in advance whoever wants to answer.
 
That's really small...

I'm not a professional but from what I have read, putting the mixing desk on the long wall is generally best to optimize tonal balance.

Best of luck!
 
I'm wondering if you might be better to treat it like the audio booth in OB trucks. They're very er, compact and frequently about the width of the mixer and Genelec 5" seem to be standard instal, about the 1.4m width you have. It means your stereo field is compressed but the space behind you can be treated far easier, because it's further away. Your two monitors very near field, the computer monitor would fill the width, but leave you with usable space for stuff behind you and a swivel chair makes 180 rotation work OK? Getting in close to the speakers in the trucks I worked in was something you needed to get used to, but it did work, and they had no traps, just carpet on the walls as standard and a few foam tiles. Hardly good.
 
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I'm wondering if you might be better to treat it like the audio booth in OB trucks. They're very er, compact and frequently about the width of the mixer and Genelec 5" seem to be standard instal, about the 1.4m width you have. It means your stereo field is compressed but the space behind you can be treated far easier, because it's further away. Your two monitors very near field, the computer monitor would fill the width, but leave you with usable space for stuff behind you and a swivel chair makes 180 rotation work OK? Getting in close to the speakers in the trucks I worked in was something you needed to get used to, but it did work, and they had no traps, just carpet on the walls as standard and a few foam tiles. Hardly good.
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This is the approach I would take.
Also I’d find a small monitor other than the KRK.
Something more neutral, I find the KRK to favor the bass much more.
 
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