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I want to use, like millions of others, my bedroom, for recording. It definately needs acoustic treatment, but how and what and is this doable and worth the cost? Any suggestions are welcome. Oh, recording is mainly guitar, both electric and acoustic, and vocals. Dimensions: 3,20 x 4,00 x 2,42 (in meters). Can anyone tell me how to upload an image? So I can upload a map of my room. Thnx.
 

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the easiest thing to do would be to build simple traps that you can move around to suit your needs.


Something like 2' x 4', 3 inches deep, use rigid insulation and cover it in cloth, very useful
 
How much centimeter is an inch? 2,56? I'm sorry, I'm not used to inches and so. And what kind of rigid stuff? Just wood?
 
lizzie said:
How much centimeter is an inch? 2,56? I'm sorry, I'm not used to inches and so. And what kind of rigid stuff? Just wood?
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1 inch = 2,54 cm.
 
lizzie said:
Okay that was a stupid question, but what rigid material?
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Fiberglass insulation, in the US it comes in 0.6m x 1.2m sheets in various thicknesses, 5 cm being perhaps the most useful. I don't know what's available where you are, but check with local building supply houses. The simplest approach is to build it into a picture frame--you could even mount a tapestry in front if you are clever!

You are looking for something like this:

http://www.certainteed.com/CertainT...ommercial/OEM+Acoustical+Board+Insulation.htm

Back to your original question, the recording part is easy, since you can close-mike vocals and guitars. That removes the room as a factor in the recording.

The difficult part is mixdown, since you need to be able to hear your mix in a relatively neutral environment. That's what using the panels will help you achieve.

Regarding your room, I'd get curtains in front of the sliding glass door too. Turn the bed the other direction, so the foot is next to the radiator (of course don't block the radiator). You need to move the speakers to your desk position, that's where you should mixdown. Try to center your desk on that wall, which is tricky because of the closet door. If you can make any improvements, replace that door with a bifold, which will allow you to get the desk more centered. Open the closet door when listening to your mixes.

I'd probably record sitting in front of the (turned) bed, with the mics facing away from the desk, and a bit into the headboard.
 
Hey, thnx for the advice. But, I want to make some comments:
The curtains in my room do cover the sliding glass door. They cover the whole 4,00 m wall. The speakers are not monitors, they are just big speakers from my audio installation. I might have confused you with putting them in the picture. I'm not sure if I got your point on where my desk should be, my closet has sliding doors, two in fact. The yellow door is were you enter the room. Did my drawing confuse you? But, because of that door I can't center my desk to that wall. Any suggestions for that? And why turn the bed? it would only block the radiator a little, but I actually prefer it where it because of handier floorspace. Again about the closet, I can open it half,by sliding one door behind the other. This is because absorption by clothes? And my bed doesn't have a headboard if it is was I suppose it is. My bed is just a rectangle about 40 cm high. Any other suggestions?
 
Oh, another thing, the glass wall with sliding glass door is like one huge window looking out on our roofterras, don't know if I spelled it correctly. And for the traps, should I just stick to the 2' x 4', 3 inches deep suggestion? Thanks.
 
Another question from me again, what about the traps? Where do I put those? On the wall? I don't much wall space. Or do I put them on stands? And then where do I put them? Thnx.
 
lizzie said:
I might have confused you with putting them in the picture. I'm not sure if I got your point on where my desk should be, my closet has sliding doors, two in fact. The yellow door is were you enter the room. Did my drawing confuse you?
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Yeah, you drew your closet door as a standard hinged door. But that's fine, just open one side of the closet--I'd open the side further from the desk. Or you could remove the doors if you don't mind that, and hang a curtain instead.

But, because of that door I can't center my desk to that wall. Any suggestions for that?
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Just get it as close as you can.

And why turn the bed? it would only block the radiator a little, but I actually prefer it where it because of handier floorspace.
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I felt it would create a better space for recording, and the absorption provided by the bed would be more symmetrical with the mix position. It might be a small effect, but it doesn't cost much to try.


Again about the closet, I can open it half,by sliding one door behind the other. This is because absorption by clothes?
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Yes.
 
lizzie said:
Oh, another thing, the glass wall with sliding glass door is like one huge window looking out on our roofterras, don't know if I spelled it correctly. And for the traps, should I just stick to the 2' x 4', 3 inches deep suggestion? Thanks.
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Probably the most best option would be to hang 1' x 4', 4" thick strips at a 45 degree angle against the corners where the ceiling & wall meet. But for the 2' x 4' pieces, yeah you just hang them on the wall. You could mount them behind your posters if you left some airspace in between . . .
 
About the 1' x 4' 4'' pieces. Do you mean just on the wall where wall and ceiling meet or really in the corner of the room? Because in the second scenario, I have only one corner available to do that but I can hang the traps like in scenario one.
 
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