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Chaotic · 14th November 2006

I appreciate the advice drummerboy, but thats a little too involved for what Im doing. My studio is where my hiphop group writes and records our music. Its not going to be open to the public, so it should be easier to get it to where it needs to be since I only need to cater to my specific needs. I'll never be recording a full drum kit, or live strings or a grand piano. I'll have a small vocal booth (where I could also mic up a guitar cabinet if need be), everything else goes in DI-mic pre (bass, keys, turntables, samplers)

Basically I have my 13x15 control room and a 4x7 booth. So Im looking to treat the control room for mixdowns, and treat the booth to be pretty dead (since I dont have the luxury of a nice big live room).

Id really only treat the whole ceiling of my control room if it would help keeping the noise down so I dont bother my neighbors. But from the research Ive been doing, it wont likely help much with that. So I'll probably just go with a 703 cloud above the mix position. 4-6 screws in my ceiling is OK.

The rest of the control will be treated with 703 in floor-ceiling freestanding frames in all corners, behind the mix position and at all early reflection points.

I think thats the route I should go. any input????

My next thing to tackle is my vocal booth. Any suggestions on this would be helpful.

In my control room I have two big closets to choose from for a vocal booth. One is L shaped and bigger then the other. The problem with the L shaped one is that even though its bigger, the ceilings are too damn low. 6'6" to be exact!!! The MC in my group is 6'2", that doesnt leave much headroom!! I probably wouldnt be able to treat the ceiling, so im not sure if thats a good idea. Also, I dont know if L shaped booths are a good idea. Ive never seen one in a pro studio. and its not all that bigger then closet #2.

Closet #2 has 6'10" ceilings, but its a 3'10" x 7' rectangle with cedar walls.

If these were your two choices, which would you choose and how would you treat it???

Remember its for primarily male hiphop vocals. I plan on using outboard for my verb, since Im sure I cant get either booth to sound good, due to their size. So I wanna make them pretty dead (as long as its not so dead that it sounds like crap)

14th November 2006	#12
Chaotic Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 246 Thread Starter	I appreciate the advice drummerboy, but thats a little too involved for what Im doing. My studio is where my hiphop group writes and records our music. Its not going to be open to the public, so it should be easier to get it to where it needs to be since I only need to cater to my specific needs. I'll never be recording a full drum kit, or live strings or a grand piano. I'll have a small vocal booth (where I could also mic up a guitar cabinet if need be), everything else goes in DI-mic pre (bass, keys, turntables, samplers) Basically I have my 13x15 control room and a 4x7 booth. So Im looking to treat the control room for mixdowns, and treat the booth to be pretty dead (since I dont have the luxury of a nice big live room). Id really only treat the whole ceiling of my control room if it would help keeping the noise down so I dont bother my neighbors. But from the research Ive been doing, it wont likely help much with that. So I'll probably just go with a 703 cloud above the mix position. 4-6 screws in my ceiling is OK. The rest of the control will be treated with 703 in floor-ceiling freestanding frames in all corners, behind the mix position and at all early reflection points. I think thats the route I should go. any input???? My next thing to tackle is my vocal booth. Any suggestions on this would be helpful. In my control room I have two big closets to choose from for a vocal booth. One is L shaped and bigger then the other. The problem with the L shaped one is that even though its bigger, the ceilings are too damn low. 6'6" to be exact!!! The MC in my group is 6'2", that doesnt leave much headroom!! I probably wouldnt be able to treat the ceiling, so im not sure if thats a good idea. Also, I dont know if L shaped booths are a good idea. Ive never seen one in a pro studio. and its not all that bigger then closet #2. Closet #2 has 6'10" ceilings, but its a 3'10" x 7' rectangle with cedar walls. If these were your two choices, which would you choose and how would you treat it??? Remember its for primarily male hiphop vocals. I plan on using outboard for my verb, since Im sure I cant get either booth to sound good, due to their size. So I wanna make them pretty dead (as long as its not so dead that it sounds like crap)