Need advice for an acoustic treatment.

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Hello all,

I'm fairly new to acoustic treatment, and a brand new user here on homerecording but I had some questions about how to set up acoustic treatment for recording, I am not worried about mixing and mastering treatment at the moment as I either use headphones or ship it out to a better location for that, but my band records in my home studio, (an oddly L shaped room, with built into the wall sliding cabinets), and I have gotten 4 bass traps and 56 sq ft of foam for the room. I would say its a medium size room, I dont have dimensions at the moment, but I will take pictures when I get home. We need to record guitar, bass, and vocals primarily, we use a digital keyboard and electronic drum kit for piano and drums.

I had read that for recording you want to minimize but not kill reflection, and a checkboard pattern was suggested, but since most tutorials and lessons are for the mixing and mastering side, I wanted to get some input from people who know much more about this this than I do. Also I have 5 corners and 4 bass traps. I was thinking about placing them in the top corners.

Thank everyone in advance.
 
Congratulations on your recording space! It is really hard to give recomendations for anyone without knowing the dimensions (including height of the ceiling), wall material, ceiling material, floor material,.. you get the idea. I am sure if you give more information, you will get some valuable insight.
 
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Please let me know if this helps or if you have further questions.
 
Hi,

Info on the room would be a good start (dimensions, type of flooring, etc). Position and type of mics also make a difference on where you can place the panels.

There's a lot of info here, and while it isn't written specifically for recording rooms, the principals are the same: Room Acoustics Primer - GIK Acoustics
 
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