Room acousting for mixing

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Hello,

I want to adjust my envirment better for mixing
I'm positng a draw of my room (sort of)

brown - door
blue - window
purple - my desk
magenta - bed

(there's other stuff also, but that will do)

I want advice on how and where to put bass traps
and other things (not to many this is where i live also)

I thought about move the table so in will head to the corner
will it be good ? what should i do then ??

thanx

my Room:
www.geocities.com/elissunshine
 
I'd suggest you get something semi-permanent for the walls, and check out one of the Auralex Roominator kits.

They include instructions on where to place traps, diffusors, etc.
 
I would move the bed to the right until it is up against the wall...then I would put my desk right in front of the window. You want the longest room dimension to go front to back. You can put corner slot resonators up front...then you can create a dual purpose window covering (for soundproofing and treatment). Then you can put an absorber on the wall above your bed.

So many options
 
here i got three draw of option for my mixing desk :

red - mixing desk
blue - window

What would you think the best option ??

what else would i need else with that option ??
(bass traps .. etc )

thanx

my room is <-4.40-> on 3.40 (meters)
and the 4 meters height

my monitors - M-Audio SP-5B (small 5'' speakers)


http://www.geocities.com/elissunshine/index.html
 
Go with Option 1:
You have symmetry for good stereo imaging, the longest dimension is front to back so the reflection off the back wall isn't so short and you can look out the window when mixing.
 
Option 2...

It minimizes the standing waves that would normally occur and the back corner will be the longest distance then if you were to choose Option 1. Your still fairly symmetrical within the nearfield range. Having the corner in the back should have some traps.. I was going with option 1 until I got into a discussion with Bob Katz and Ronny Morris about how mastering engineers survived square rooms in the old days..
Thats my story and Im sticking to it...

SoMm
 
Well, if it were a square room, I'd probably go with Option 2 as well, because you'd still have symmetry and you'd minimize the early reflections off the side walls. But, since it's not square, you sacrifice symmetry, which is going to cause problems. The back wall really isn't further away either. In fact, it changes distance from left to right since you're set up askew in the room.

As far as standing waves go, moving the mix position isn't going to change anything. You're still going to have the same room dimensions, so you'll have the same modal response.
 
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