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Full Clip Audio · 14th September 2008

Hi all. First of all I want to thank all of the Acoustics Gurus who take the time to share so much information on here. I have spent a lot of time reading both here and other forums and the amount of knowledge is priceless!

We are about to build a new live room and have a 30 X 30 X 12 structure attached to our current studio to do it in. I have attached a rough idea of what I have come up with so far for a design.

The structure will be floating (as is the rest of our place) and the floors will be hard wood. Since we already have a smaller room for other things, our main goal is a killer drum sound. One of the things I would REALLY like to do is add a stacked stone wall. I have read a lot of mixed opinions on stone in drum rooms yet I see it in some of the nicest drum rooms.

I would love to hear opinions on stone in general as well as where to place it. My initial idea is to use stone on the wall with the window since it is already going to be a reflective surface.

Any input on the room design itself would be great. This is the first draft so any input would be VERy appreciated! Thanks guys!

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Full Clip Audio Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 865 Thread Starter	New 900 s.f. drum/live room design. Stone wall? Hi all. First of all I want to thank all of the Acoustics Gurus who take the time to share so much information on here. I have spent a lot of time reading both here and other forums and the amount of knowledge is priceless! We are about to build a new live room and have a 30 X 30 X 12 structure attached to our current studio to do it in. I have attached a rough idea of what I have come up with so far for a design. The structure will be floating (as is the rest of our place) and the floors will be hard wood. Since we already have a smaller room for other things, our main goal is a killer drum sound. One of the things I would REALLY like to do is add a stacked stone wall. I have read a lot of mixed opinions on stone in drum rooms yet I see it in some of the nicest drum rooms. I would love to hear opinions on stone in general as well as where to place it. My initial idea is to use stone on the wall with the window since it is already going to be a reflective surface. Any input on the room design itself would be great. This is the first draft so any input would be VERy appreciated! Thanks guys! Attached Thumbnails __________________ FCA Myspace