Studio Layout, need opinions

[phriq]

90% of seeing is sight.

And once again, the other 10% is furry closet monsters

 

[RAMI]

And once again, the other 10% is furry closet monsters

Well that goes without saying no matter what we're talking about.

 

[guitarguy101]

90% of cardoid microphone sound is acoustic, the other 10% being the mic's tone. And the micsters, of course.

 

[phriq]

90% of cardoid microphone sound is acoustic, the other 10% being the mic's tone. And the micsters, of course.

I know mathematicians will disagree with me, but I consider room acoustics and mic tone to be completely different and each contribute 100% to the sound. Yes, I know 100 + 100 does not equal 100, but if you have a terrible mic and a superb room, the sound will still sound as crappy as the mic and vice versa. So in my opinion, they both contribute 100% to the sound..

 

[guitarguy101]

Well yes, but the micsters are where the sound really comes from.

 

[ljedik]

I know 99% of you guys disagree with my choice, but I have to consider this room a practice area first with recording as a secondary function. I'm a newbie and I will probably take my hits and who know's, maybe I'll re-build. I have the wall frames up now and I gotta tell ya, even though everyone is saying its too small, it feels roomy! granted, the equipment isnt in there yet, but I can feel that there will be room to work.

Its just wood framiing, I can always re do it down the road if I get more serious with it. After all I need room to set up both my drum sets!!

I don't yet have a lava lamp, but that will be a deffinate addition I promise!

 

[Capt Hair]

I know mathematicians will disagree with me, but I consider room acoustics and mic tone to be completely different and each contribute 100% to the sound. Yes, I know 100 + 100 does not equal 100, but if you have a terrible mic and a superb room, the sound will still sound as crappy as the mic and vice versa. So in my opinion, they both contribute 100% to the sound..

Your going to be as bad as your weakest link...simple as that



And it doesn't matter if the room "feels" big enough, it matters how it's going to sound.

 

[maestro_dmc]

What would you guys think if he went with option one, but switched the rooms:

The control room as drum booth,

and the "live room/practice room" for the "control room area/live room for everything but drums area"?

And while we're at it, could we stick a vocal booth between the drum booth and the man door?

 

[phriq]

And while we're at it, could we stick a vocal booth between the drum booth and the man door?

Did you forget? For home studios, the vocal booth is supposed to be the shower with the curtain closed. Then if it sounds crappy (pun intended), you can use the excuse that you recorded in a bathroom

 

[JimmyS1969]

I personally, would just use the whole space for everything. Take the time to get the drum sound/mic placement as good as possible by trial and error. You are not going to get much isolation from them anyway with a sectioned off portion in the same room without double walls and decoupling. You simply do not have the room for that. Weighing the disadvantages of compromising the size of either room, with the benefit of isolation from the source, would leave me with no other option than leaving the room as is, treating it, and making the best of what is there. You can obviously give your plan a shot and see what happens. Best of luck to you man. Let us know how it goes.

 

[guitarguy101]

I say you knock down one of the walls and expand.

 

[ljedik]

Actually expanding is an option, but it would cost me more per month in rent. I'mthinking I should stick with what I have right now and take my hits and learn what I can with what I have. I can always build an ajacent room in the future that can become a real "ideal" control room.
Like I said, I have to keep in mind that this is a practice room first. so I don't want to sacrifice the liveroom as we need room to be creative as well.
I like the layout of option 1 so far, I'm planning on setting up the desk so the the speakers shoot the long way of the room. I think with the proper sound treatment, it will sound decent enough for our recordings. We are not trying to emulate Sony Record studios after all! lol

 

[arcadeko]

I would have gone with #2 but extended the wall completely across the space, putting the live room door directly in front of the main door.
This would give you a symmetrical control room and live room and neither would be square.
It would also give you a larger control room so you could record re-tracks easier...

rip those studs down