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ChrisCummins · 8th November 2009

Since I started recording & mixing in my amateur recording studio, I've been encountering the usual problems of an un-acoustically designed room being crammed full of gear: non-translateable mixes, boxy recordings etc etc. So I have decided to rearrange the studio and build acoustic treatments to help make the most of a small room.

I have drawn up a sketch of a new room design. It has full room dimensions (in millimeters) and the listener position has been set center, 38% in. I have also sketched in where I am planning on putting some DIY treatments that I am starting work on. One of the problems I have is that I will not be able to mount any acoustic panels to the walls. This is going to sound strange, but when my parents had gotten tired of hearing my racket away on the drum kit indoors, they decided to get the room 'soundproofed', and so builders came in, lined the walls with fiberglass and built a plasterboard false wall 6" inside. Thus, I have to deal with a smaller, crappier sounding room then if I could just get rid of the false wall and use the fiberglass they've already installed. But that's life, and for now I will have to work around this. Any thoughts on how to position panels without wall supports?

I have also attached a graph from the ModelCalc, but I'm not sure how to interpret these results.

All help much appreciated.
Regards

8th November 2009	#1
ChrisCummins Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Derbyshire, UK Posts: 208 Thread Starter	Rearranging my studio (with floor plan) Since I started recording & mixing in my amateur recording studio, I've been encountering the usual problems of an un-acoustically designed room being crammed full of gear: non-translateable mixes, boxy recordings etc etc. So I have decided to rearrange the studio and build acoustic treatments to help make the most of a small room. I have drawn up a sketch of a new room design. It has full room dimensions (in millimeters) and the listener position has been set center, 38% in. I have also sketched in where I am planning on putting some DIY treatments that I am starting work on. One of the problems I have is that I will not be able to mount any acoustic panels to the walls. This is going to sound strange, but when my parents had gotten tired of hearing my racket away on the drum kit indoors, they decided to get the room 'soundproofed', and so builders came in, lined the walls with fiberglass and built a plasterboard false wall 6" inside. Thus, I have to deal with a smaller, crappier sounding room then if I could just get rid of the false wall and use the fiberglass they've already installed. But that's life, and for now I will have to work around this. Any thoughts on how to position panels without wall supports? I have also attached a graph from the ModelCalc, but I'm not sure how to interpret these results. All help much appreciated. Regards Attached Thumbnails