What ceiling is best?

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my colleage and I are building a studio and i was wondering what kind of ceiling is best for a live room?A regular flat ceiling -- or a ceiling that goes into a peak /\ ?we are in a three peice band and play rock.
 
id say an odd shaped ceiling like and offset triangle. like have one side longer than the other.
 
> what kind of ceiling is best for a live room?A regular flat ceiling -- or a ceiling that goes into a peak /\ ? <

Higher is always better. A peak is good too, but sound tends to focus under the peak so you'll need acoustic treatment there. The photo below shows how I treated under the 12' peak in my home studio.

--Ethan

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What about a high slanted ceiling. Is that not the best?
 
thanks for the input guys, any more opinions would be welcome. wow ethan that looks like quite a big live room! mine will be smaller with a "steeper" peak, if that makes sense! would it make sense in my case to maybe use bass traps up there instead as it would be nearly a right angle?
 
I'd agree with Panda. A high slanted ceiling will give you the lack of slap with the least height loss and no focusing of sound at any particular spot.

Bryan
 
Dave,

> wow ethan that looks like quite a big live room! <

Yeah, it's 34 by 18 feet. I've recorded small orchestras in here many times.

> would it make sense in my case to maybe use bass traps up there instead as it would be nearly a right angle? <

All corners focus the sound, so the steeper the angle, the more bass traps will help.

--Ethan
 
davedrave said:
thanks for the input guys, any more opinions would be welcome. wow ethan that looks like quite a big live room! mine will be smaller with a "steeper" peak, if that makes sense! would it make sense in my case to maybe use bass traps up there instead as it would be nearly a right angle?
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It would make MORE, not less sense than Ethan's wide angle peak.
 
thanks guys i think were gonna wait to see it finished and then think about bass trapping it. definately happy its not an average flat ceiling, what with all that slapback
 
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