Looking for some advice on studio space please. :)

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Hi Everyone,

This is my first post on here. I've been following the forum for some time and now I could do with some guidance on this one please.

I've recently settled in to my latest home and wanted to try to get the most out of the building at the end of my garden.
Like many budding musicians I've had to make the most of what's been available in the past, but 99% of the time end up mixing with my DT880 pro's. They're great cans, but I want to be able to sit back and mix without having a sore head from the phones! :-)

I've attached a jpeg of a model I knocked up in Sketchup to give a better idea.

It's basically a log cabin standing on a heavy duty concrete base. The cabin is made up of 50mm timber, 100mm slab, 2x22mm OSB board, 2x18mm sound Block plaster board, tons of silicone and... Mmmmm, textured wallpaper. :-)
It has double glazed doors and window, 50mm gap and then secondary double glazing. It's a bit leaky, but I've no neighbours to worry about.

I've used Realtraps ModeCalc and if I was to take out the small room, leaving one big room the ratio sucks. (1:2.25:2.26) Cu Ft is roughly 2943 as one bigger room.

If I leave the small room in I'm stuck with the L shaped room, which looks challenging, plus the Cu Ft of that room is only 2377.

I've had to put up with tiny rooms for years and it would be nice to make this work

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

My studio.webp

Many Thanks

Mark
 
Mark,

Take out the small room!

It will work fine if you treat it well. Read my post on Small Room Acoustics. :) You are headed in the right direction. - Anyway, Modal calcs are only truly accurate for a rectangular cuboid that has a concrete shell and best utilized when building from the ground up. A larger, symmetrical room always trumps a good mode calculation. ;)

Cheers,
John
 
jhbrandt said:
Mark,
Take out the small room!

It will work fine if you treat it well. Read my post on Small Room Acoustics. :) You are headed in the right direction. - Anyway, Modal calcs are only truly accurate for a rectangular cuboid that has a concrete shell and best utilized when building from the ground up. A larger, symmetrical room always trumps a good mode calculation. ;)

Cheers,
John
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Than you ever so much for the reply John!
You've just confirmed what I've been thinking... It's time to get my saw out. :)

Sorry to pick your brains, but where would you suggest I put my speakers & desk? There's a lot of glass at the one end of the building, so it's either to my right, left, or behind me. Also, I have several 2" broadband absorbers and a large box of foam diffusers. What other types of absorbers would you recommend?

Best wishes,
Mark
 
Mark,

Post a PLAN view drawing so that we can see where things are. Put dimensions on the drawing... better yet, can you post a link to the .skp file?
I use AutoCAD 2014 and I can import ANYTHING.

Cheers,
John
 
Hi John,
I've started ripping out the small room and that's were I had my computer with sketchup on. I'll get it all plugged back in. :)

The internal dimensions with the small room gone will be 226" long by 225" wide. The roof height is 87.75" at the side walls going up to 112.75" at the apex. The window and doors are only in the one end of the building. The doors measure 10' W x 6'6" H. looking at it from the inside there is a 7" space between the right wall and the glass.
The window is 4' W x 3'4" H. looking from inside the building the window is 2' from the left wall and it's 2'10" up from the internal floor.

I'll get the .skp file uploaded. I'm a bit new to sketch up. I'll do best.

Many thanks,
Mark
 
2" absorbers will be ok for your ceiling cloud and point-of-first-reflection absorbtion. You need to make some 4" traps for your corners.
 
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