So I'm finally setting up my music room in what used to be my workshop. I am hoping to elicit some suggestions about placement and treatment from people who know what they are doing.
I've really pared down my setup. The basic setup is:
Bunch of outboard gear --> i/o into MacBook Pro --> monitor through NS-10s and Camber 3.0TIs. Control with a Tascam US-2400.
The purpose of this room is just a demo/goofing around studio.
Below is a sketch with proposed setup. Couple things I was thinking
1. Loaded build-in bookcase on far wall with an alcove for an upright piano. This is the demising wall between my townhouse and that of my (friendly) neighbours. I was thinking that it would both serve as a sound barrier and as a diffuser. Books would be a good random surface and basically be an additional 10"-12" of buffer. The wall between my neighbours and me is 8" thick and insulated anyway.
2. The room has a 7' ceiling. Not ideal, but it is what it is. To compensate somewhat, I was thinking of pulling down the drywall and exposing the joists. Then adding trim along the joists so I could build and set in something like the Auralex Space Coupler or Space Array in the same manner as a hanging ceiling.
I was thinking of building something like these:
Auralex Acoustics - SpaceCoupler
Should these be all couplers, or a mix of couplers and diffusers?
3. Should there be absorption above the couplers and the subfloor, and if so, what material? I was going to put at least a couple inches of rigid insulation between the joists and under the subfloor for heat transfer and minor noise anyway.
4. Is my choice for workstation placement okay, or am I better off switching it to A and putting book cases along D and part of E, and Piano along B? I was thinking that I could pull the desk out a foot or two (on casters) when mixing to get the monitors away from the wall.
5. Floor is T&G bamboo. Concrete foundation underneath. I have various rugs I can lay out to reduce reflections. Walls are drywall. Where would I need diffuser on the walls?
