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jasonbmerrill · 7th July 2008, 02:21 AM

Hello all. Please excuse my total noobness -- but...

The final steps in my studio building (for now) are a second "brick" preamp (if i like the first one) and acoustic room treatment for my small studio room.

My main concern is recording.

I want to record as dry as possible, without the sound of my room affecting vocal and acoustic guitar recordings. I am backed into 2 corners as my space for recording, and although its spacious for one person, it can fit 2 ok.

There is a mattress propped up against one wall (this can be moved)

i basically know what should i do to treat this room, at least for recording. If i have stuff left over, maybe some monitoring treatment too, but to me, that is not important. The source is more important, for now.

heres a layout of the room:

its not really to scale (obviously)

the grey area is the "performance area" which is quite empty. Since this is mostly for my own personal use and the occasional solo act (which ive already recorded in this room quite decently)
I dont need alot of room yet.

Clockwise:

The green faded area is the soft chair, and around that, a place to store instruments. Recording here really isnt too much of an option because of the door, etc.

Then we see the purple rectangle: thats the mattress up against the wall.

The red rectangle with the blue circles around it are the monitors and desk.

the red line is the keystation 88 pro.

theres a small closet in the upper left hand corner and the entrance is in the upper right.

What should i do?

I was going to get some rockwool and burlap, and make some panels i guess...

I basically want to kill reflections here, and make them easily movable so that i can make my own isolation areas wherever i want them

and i guess ill need bass traps too?

I want to figure this all out in 36 hours, so any help would be great

I already have this point of reference:

http://www.runet.edu/~shelm/acoustic...html#BassTraps

what about this

http://cgi.ebay.com/6-Acoustic-Studi...QQcmdZViewItem

or this

http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedi...l-booth-1.html

for additional stuff?

7th July 2008, 02:21 AM	#1
jasonbmerrill Gear interested Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Honesdale, PA Posts: 20	Need help figuring out the best/cheapest (DIY?) room acoustics treatment for me... Hello all. Please excuse my total noobness -- but... The final steps in my studio building (for now) are a second "brick" preamp (if i like the first one) and acoustic room treatment for my small studio room. My main concern is recording. I want to record as dry as possible, without the sound of my room affecting vocal and acoustic guitar recordings. I am backed into 2 corners as my space for recording, and although its spacious for one person, it can fit 2 ok. There is a mattress propped up against one wall (this can be moved) i basically know what should i do to treat this room, at least for recording. If i have stuff left over, maybe some monitoring treatment too, but to me, that is not important. The source is more important, for now. heres a layout of the room: its not really to scale (obviously) the grey area is the "performance area" which is quite empty. Since this is mostly for my own personal use and the occasional solo act (which ive already recorded in this room quite decently) I dont need alot of room yet. Clockwise: The green faded area is the soft chair, and around that, a place to store instruments. Recording here really isnt too much of an option because of the door, etc. Then we see the purple rectangle: thats the mattress up against the wall. The red rectangle with the blue circles around it are the monitors and desk. the red line is the keystation 88 pro. theres a small closet in the upper left hand corner and the entrance is in the upper right. What should i do? I was going to get some rockwool and burlap, and make some panels i guess... I basically want to kill reflections here, and make them easily movable so that i can make my own isolation areas wherever i want them and i guess ill need bass traps too? I want to figure this all out in 36 hours, so any help would be great I already have this point of reference: http://www.runet.edu/~shelm/acoustic...html#BassTraps what about this http://cgi.ebay.com/6-Acoustic-Studi...QQcmdZViewItem or this http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedi...l-booth-1.html for additional stuff?