Hey all,
I was hoping some of you might be able to give me some advice here. I had read in a couple of different places (wish I could remember where, I can't seem to) that sloping your ceiling up in the back of the control room provides some extra help in removing reflections and overall improves the accuracy of your mixes. So that's what we did in the control room.
But I just had a studio owner who I trust tell me that it's really the opposite of what I should be aiming for. Doh!
Here's what we've done with the framing of the ceiling in the control room:
As you can see, there's a bit of a flat ceiling in the very front (maybe two feet out from the front wall) and then it begins a steady slope from around 12 feet high all the way up to 15 or 16 feet high.
A few questions:
1. Could I get some feedback on whether or not this is a good approach, and why? I've heard it both ways now.
2. Can anybody make some suggestions, if this is a *bad* approach, on how to modify what we already have to make the best improvement to the ceiling? We don't want to tear down what we already have if possible, but I'd love to hear all perspectives on this.
If the slope is indeed problematic, we might as well fix it now while it's just a frame and has no sheetrock on it.
Thanks!!
Matthew