[thethrillfactor]

My rule of thumb on live rooms is "the taller the better". Heck you don't need such a wide room(it helps though especially if you are recording a lot of people at once). For a great drum booth a tall ceiling is crucial and essential. As for the control room, nowadays because of space limitations we are starting to see a lot of "low ceiling" control rooms(as low as 8ft) even in the big studios. You do need a lot of front end dissipation though(for eg ceiling to the console) but it can be done. I think Bob Clearmountains control room at his MIX THIS studio is like this. The reason for such wide control rooms is for comfortability if anything(when you have a lot of people). The Barn thing sounds interesting. I saw in one of the last issues of MIX a guy who did the same thing, turned his barn into a studio and it was beautiful. Itn didn't sound like it was super expensive.




[QUOTE]Originally posted by FOURTHTUNZ
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Wiggy, I have a little knowledge about acoustics but you know what hey say about that...
Thrill,I guess I forgot to give the ceiling height in my control room
it also has a 9.5 ft ceiling that has been lowered to an 8ft suspended ceiling, I guess the idea was to use the dead space above the ceiling as a bass trap? I could expand the drum room a little where I am from 22*13*9.5 to say 26*17*9.5 I guess the ceiling could be brougt up to 14.5 if I tear out the ceiling and go rightup to the roof but... It seems to me the better studios have larger demensions for the kit room and the control room like
34*22*16 or so. I guess part of this was finding out from people like you that are recording big bands in real world, how small a drum room can be and still get a "commercial" sound. I have a chance to buy a barn that has been converted into a house that has been in my family for about 100 years, my Great Grandfather helped bootleggers during prohibition by storing and transporting booze there, so its got a neat history, even though he got
busted
This barn still has a room that is 20*45 and goes right up to the room beams about 50 ft at the peak! Anyway this would cost some major$$ to get the way that I want so I wonder if I should just stay where I am,sorry about the ramble
Danielgrggt grggt