Sound Treatment Plan For Home Studio In The Attic?

[astokesmusic]

I recently busted a wall down in my attic studio and the space is much bigger now. I plan to re-paint the walls, re-arrange the acoustic panels and add more acoustic treatment where needed. My desk will be turned to sit down towards the window in the back of the room, and it will face down the room long ways, instead of facing towards one of the angled walls.

My room is: L: 24’ 4” x W: 10’ 9” x H: 7’

Also, the room is about 300 sq ft.

Is anyone good with acoustics, especially for home studios? I need some advice about how to approach the sound treatment. I am making homemade acoustic panels with fiberglass insulation (these are the panels seen on the wall in the image I attached) I don’t want to overcomplicate things and close the room in too much so I’ve been making 2” thick panels of 24” x 48”. I’ve heard mixed opinions on 2” panels, but if I go much thicker I could be closing up some room space. What could I do here to maximize the room with better acoustics, while not overdoing it? If there are any affordable extra sound treatment pieces I could I’d be glad to check those out too.

I basically need some effective yet budget friendly advice for the home studio type vibe.

PS: I have pretty good microphones with low self-noise and I use things like the Kaotica Eyeball mic shield, which already does wonders for recording. And I have the Apollo Twin X.

 

[rob aylestone]

You just need to assess the space and treat only what needs treating. With the 45 degree angles, there can often be strange 'focussing' happening that is head position specific. If this happens, you treat it. same with badly behaving bass - identify and treat.

 

[astokesmusic]

You just need to assess the space and treat only what needs treating. With the 45 degree angles, there can often be strange 'focussing' happening that is head position specific. If this happens, you treat it. same with badly behaving bass - identify and treat.

Okay, so would you say with the 24” x 48”, 2” deep panels we’ve built, we might need those running all the way down both walls? Just in areas around the desk? Or could it also be useful to have them in areas around where instruments like a small drum kit or our vocal mic will be?

 

[rob aylestone]

I genuinely cannot say. 2" fibreglass is only effective on higher frequencies, rockwool is better and a bit more predictable, but if your problem is in the 4K and lower area, thin panels can be quite pointless. Bass traps, membrane absorbers and other treatment all fix problems - but different ones. Have you listened to the room and measured it's response so you can see where issues are?

 

[astokesmusic]

I genuinely cannot say. 2" fibreglass is only effective on higher frequencies, rockwool is better and a bit more predictable, but if your problem is in the 4K and lower area, thin panels can be quite pointless. Bass traps, membrane absorbers and other treatment all fix problems - but different ones. Have you listened to the room and measured it's response so you can see where issues are?

Ohh I see. I’ll try to listen and figure it out. This isn’t really my strong point so it’s been hard to figure out what we need. Hopefully we’ll figure it out. Our studio is for production and mixing, but we don’t do mastering. I’ve just never had a room that is treated very good yet, so new territory for me.