Tiny Bedroom vs Average Sized Dining Room (Predicament)

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Right so here is my predicament...

I live at home with my folks and sleep in a very VERY small bedroom. It really is tiny and to give you a better perspective of just how small it is, I can fit in it a single bed, a wardrobe and a desk to fit my television on. I can just about walk comfortably from the bed to the door and struggle to open my wardrobe fully.

Because of my tiny room, I talked my folks into letting me set up my home studio downstairs in the dining room where I have been working for just over two years. Because this is a family space, I cannot install any acoustic treatment around the room, which I think may be causing my mixes to suffer.

What I want to know is whether you guys think it would be worth squeezing my studio back into my bedroom and investing in some quality treatment, or simply staying put in my untreated dining room space. I have both an Apple iMac and a Mac Book Pro so maybe a compromise between the two would be the way forward?

Any comments/recommendations would be much appreciated!

Thank you all,
Andy
 
Andy O'Connor said:
Right so here is my predicament...

I live at home with my folks and sleep in a very VERY small bedroom. It really is tiny and to give you a better perspective of just how small it is, I can fit in it a single bed, a wardrobe and a desk to fit my television on. I can just about walk comfortably from the bed to the door and struggle to open my wardrobe fully.

Because of my tiny room, I talked my folks into letting me set up my home studio downstairs in the dining room where I have been working for just over two years. Because this is a family space, I cannot install any acoustic treatment around the room, which I think may be causing my mixes to suffer.

What I want to know is whether you guys think it would be worth squeezing my studio back into my bedroom and investing in some quality treatment, or simply staying put in my untreated dining room space. I have both an Apple iMac and a Mac Book Pro so maybe a compromise between the two would be the way forward?

Any comments/recommendations would be much appreciated!

Thank you all,
Andy
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Get your own place, move out.
 
I wish that was an option for me right now! Student, 19, making the most of my savings.
 
Make up some free standing acoustic gobos that look nice and place them around the room. Mum will be happy because they look nice and dad will comment that the crappy home stereo sounds a lot better now. A nice thick gobo placed across a corner makes an OK bass trap.

Alan.
 
Yes, make some free standing traps, and put them in the basement when you're not using them. Or get some good headphones and learn how your headphone mixes translate to other systems. You closet-size bedroom 'acoustically treated' is not an option.
 
Thank you for the replies guys! Much appreciated. Will definitely invest in some quality free standing traps.
 
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