I am moving into my new house in a few weeks and am going to set up the studio in my basement (It will be used for my personal uses only and possibly recording some friends). I will usually be recording guitars and vocals (I often use fake drums), but on occasion will record my real drum set.
The basement is unfinished, but I am going to have it finished (Floors, ceiling,basic heat/lighting/)
I want to make half of the basement a "den" (not for the studio) and half of the basement for the studio. You can see the dimensions of the basement below. (The red at the top left is my outside entrance). Ignore the markings for the living room and kitchen because that is on the 1st floor.
I was thinking about creating 3 rooms, 1 for the "den," 1 for the control room and 1 for the instrumentation/recording room. I was also thinking about just splittling the basement in half (den/recording and mixing)
Based on the size of my basement, does anyone have some suggestions/input to help me out before I get to deep into this endeavor? I am looking for suggestions for wall placements as well.
Some quick side notes (The walls and floors are concrete right now) When putting down floors, what should I get? Would laminate be okay (probably won't have the money to put down hard wood floors)...Would carpet be better? Thanks!
Thanks.
