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Switchcraft · 30th December 2009

All,
I know it goes against all control design rules to set up the control room so that you are against the shorter walls, but I like the design of a wide room because I want to use the sides for production as well.
This room will be a mastering, mixing and production room. I have other places to cut drums, my main concern is a good sound large control room. Ceilings are 7'6" and the space for the control room is 28'X13' (internal). That is shown as the white wall.

Obviously, the front wall will be thick with absorption, at least 6" with 2D diffusion.
I planned on making the rear wall poly cylindrical with a thin enough wood that low freaks would flow through it and the high freqs would radiate. I would consider slotting it too. These are probably no the best set up, I am just playing around for now.

What are your thoughts on something like this? The good part about this is that your lateral nodes will show up as much. The bad part is that you have to do a lot of thick trapng on the front wall to clean it up.

I see a lot of really wide control rooms, but they are general very big and still have a lot of rear wall 2D diffusion.
Is something like that in a smaller room?

What are your thoughts on these drawings?
Again, the internal white wall line is 28'X13'
Thanks for all of your help. Sketchup is amazing. I did that in one night of downloading and playing around.

30th December 2009	#1
Switchcraft Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,059 Thread Starter	Building wide, rather than long control rooms All, I know it goes against all control design rules to set up the control room so that you are against the shorter walls, but I like the design of a wide room because I want to use the sides for production as well. This room will be a mastering, mixing and production room. I have other places to cut drums, my main concern is a good sound large control room. Ceilings are 7'6" and the space for the control room is 28'X13' (internal). That is shown as the white wall. Obviously, the front wall will be thick with absorption, at least 6" with 2D diffusion. I planned on making the rear wall poly cylindrical with a thin enough wood that low freaks would flow through it and the high freqs would radiate. I would consider slotting it too. These are probably no the best set up, I am just playing around for now. What are your thoughts on something like this? The good part about this is that your lateral nodes will show up as much. The bad part is that you have to do a lot of thick trapng on the front wall to clean it up. I see a lot of really wide control rooms, but they are general very big and still have a lot of rear wall 2D diffusion. Is something like that in a smaller room? What are your thoughts on these drawings? Again, the internal white wall line is 28'X13' Thanks for all of your help. Sketchup is amazing. I did that in one night of downloading and playing around. Attached Thumbnails