Small single room studio, want to treat for vocals...Details and Pictures inside

[talontsiawd]

I am a beat maker/producer with a little bedroom studio. Due to the construction of my home, the room is a bit weird, it's about 11.5ftx9ft with a sloped ceiling. I recently moved some things around (my desk) and have much more room where I usually have my mic placed. I find a wealth of info on treating rooms for mixing, finding info on booths is a bit harder, finding info on a boothless room has been hard to find.

Right now I have my back tri corners treated, my back wall, and have 2 pannels that just need stands behind my monitors. All 703. I am pretty impressed how good my room sounds with this little work, it's far from perfect but works well.

Now that I moved my desk over a foot, I have extra space for really setting up some treatment specifically for vocals. It looks tiny in the pictures but I can get rid of the book case and shelves. It's about 3.5 feet x 4.5 feet but the corner is obviously not 90 degrees. It is around 55 degrees.

I was thinking about just putting one or two 703 panels but I can't find much info. Most booths I have been in only have foam but I don't know that it is better, I often wonder if it is just because it is commercially available.

Here are pics, I know the space looks small but it is the wall with the paintings on it. It is messy because I just started moving things around.

Potential mic spot

Idea of the room

 

[jhbrandt]

You are on the right track, my friend. The fiberglass / rock wool is superior to foam. The acoustic foam works well for certain frequencies and is inexpensive and readily available. And the marketing is very good - That's why you see so much of it.

Be sure to treat all reflection points on the walls and ceiling around your mix position.

For vocals; Stand a ways back from the wall or corner (you don't want to be in a corner) and place two absorption panels behind the vocalist. Try that.

It's funny. I see so many folks trying to imitate the 'Reflexion Filter' thingie. BEHIND THE MICROPHONE. - and usually a cardiod pattern microphone. Think about it. Where will you need absorptive blocking around a cardiod pattern mic?? (Answer): the front of the mic. or behind the performer. This and only this will reduce ambient sounds and reflections from entering the mic.

BTW, I'll be putting the reflexion filter site on my VooDoo list - keep checking for updates.

Cheers,
John