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Mike3354
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Hey guys, I'm moving into a new house, and connected to my room is a small walk-in closet that I want to convert into a small (and it is small for this type of thing- 6'x6') room for tracking single instruments/vocals at a time.
I plan on having my computer/preamps/etc... outside the room, and i'm just going to run the mic cables under the door into the room. The question i have is how to treat the room acoustically, since it's so small and completely barren (apart from the carpet floor).
From what i was reading, it would be best to try to pretty much deaden the bass completely, so i was thinking of putting bass traps in all the corners and then some foam in a checkerboard pattern on the walls.
Would this deaden it too much/not enough/just sound bad? I plan on recording guitars (acoustic and electric), bass, vocals, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, hand drums, harmonica, organ/rhodes piano, lap steel if it matters at all (i know the instruments would tend to make you think i am recording country-ish stuff, but it could best be described as folk-rock influenced by punk-rock
).
So pretty much: what i explained is my best idea with the reading i've done, but i couldn't really find anything on how to treat a tiny square room for recording single tracks at a time. Any input would be great, thanks.
-Mike
I plan on having my computer/preamps/etc... outside the room, and i'm just going to run the mic cables under the door into the room. The question i have is how to treat the room acoustically, since it's so small and completely barren (apart from the carpet floor).
From what i was reading, it would be best to try to pretty much deaden the bass completely, so i was thinking of putting bass traps in all the corners and then some foam in a checkerboard pattern on the walls.
Would this deaden it too much/not enough/just sound bad? I plan on recording guitars (acoustic and electric), bass, vocals, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, hand drums, harmonica, organ/rhodes piano, lap steel if it matters at all (i know the instruments would tend to make you think i am recording country-ish stuff, but it could best be described as folk-rock influenced by punk-rock

So pretty much: what i explained is my best idea with the reading i've done, but i couldn't really find anything on how to treat a tiny square room for recording single tracks at a time. Any input would be great, thanks.
-Mike