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Old 29th November 2009   #1
floydisbest
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My Control Room: Blessing and a Curse!

I am working in an efficiently-priced studio with a nice, 6-window view of the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I am monitoring out of Adam A7's via an Apogee 8000 DAC VIII in addition to stock computer speakers with a tiny sub, and also headphones.
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Unfortunately, 2 of the 'walls' in my control room are-window based, one is looking to the outside Grand River, while the other is looking into the Live Room.
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The control room is 9' tall, 9' 6" wide, and up to 28' long. I now have 3 Owens Corning 4" Traps floating above the desk at about 7' 6", with a quite heavy stage-curtain behind the whole desk as well. I have 4 more traps on-hand that I've been using as isolation for instruments.

I am uncertain If I should flank additional bass traps along all of the rear and above corners, and also how far out from the rear/listening position they should go.
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My listening position is about flush with the windows, and flush with where the stage curtain ends with my ears.

I do know that it is more ideal to monitor in a (( wide )) listening area VS narrow, but the river VS live room issue is what is getting me. This room has the best ~vibe~ I've had the opportunity to work in, but I certainly want it to be the most beneficial acoustic-wise also, as I occasionally do mastering as well....

Here are additional pictures of the live room also ( 30' x 20' x 10' tall).+

These are a couple of weeks old, there is now a vintage Ludwig drum kit about on about the center of that large rug. All the floors have been freshly-painted with outdoor deck paint by my landlord.
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Any idea, period will be insightful and not be taken negatively!!

Thanks!
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