studio dimensions question

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Marcel Flendrie

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Hi,

I have a question about studio dimensions. Me and an architect are looking into the possibility of building a small studio block inside an existing room for mic'd recording of guitar and vocals. The studio should be around 2x3 or 2x3.5 meters (about 6ft6 by 9ft10-11ft6). The ceiling height is now 2.7 m. (8ft10).

To avoid the piling of certain resonating frequencies between walls some rules have been posted and also some optimum dimension ratios have been calculated, for instance 1:1.14:1.39.

My question is whether the ceiling height should always be lower than lenght and width, i.e. does it matter which factor in the equation represents the ceiling? mathemathecal i would say no, but i am not sure...

thanks, Marcel
 
my understanding is that the ceiling doesn't need to be lower than height or width, and that what is important is the odd ratios, rather than even multiples. However, my concern with your project is that the room you are building is small, and smallness presents acoustic problems that are difficult to deal with. If you have a bigger space, why not just use that?
 
thanks Gecko, for the response. yes, room size is a concern also. The bigger space is my family room which i can only use when the everybody is out, is not very often. So I want to have a small studio for myself to record mic'd acoustic guitar and mic'd amped electric guitar. Think I need some good (bass) absorption to make 'dry' recordings and work from there.

And read some more threads on this forum, which is really great and helpful…Any other tips are very welcome!
best, Marcel
 
Send your family out to the movies when you want to record - it'll be cheaper than trying to build a tiny isolated box inside your family room. To truly isolate the acoustics, it needs to be a 'floating' room, and double-wall staggered construction used. How are you going to cool/ventilate the room? What you're thinking of - making a closet-size room on one end of a bigger room will not give you good sound.
 
Hi....i converted my garage into a studio......recording area is about 11x8 with a sloping ceiling rising from 6'6" to 7' 6" , and i have a separate control room which is only 6'x 8'. Its constructed as a room within a room .....the control room is ventilated by a window but in the recording area theres no ventilation. As i work just with my songwriting buddy this presents absolutely no problems, The floor in the recording area is built over a sand base, this reduces bass frequencies. There is also a lot of shelving which helps in respect of reflective services.
Anyway it works, no doubt there are audio engineers who might say otherwise........the essential for me is the separate control room as it avoids just headphone monitoring
 
have monitors in both rooms so when mixing we do comparisons between the two rooms plus 'phones as well....it seems to work ok:thumbs up:
 
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