What I did...and what I thinking of doing?

[watksco]

Hi all,

I've been lurking here a while, and I finally decided to do some treatment to my room based on the advice here and elsewhere - so a BIG thanks to the contributors here, the advice has made a massive difference to my little studio .

I squeeze into a tiny room (2.65 x 3.25 x 2.38m with one truncated corner). There were some obvious problems, and of course my mixes struggled and rarely translated to other systems successfully.

I wanted simple and cheap. I've attached a pdf of the basic plan I roughly followed, as well as some SketchUps of the room currently and what I'm thinking for the next stage. I used rockwool (430 x 1350 x 60mm per batt) that I got for the local hardware store (Bunnings).

The front corners a 1.5 batts tall (~120mm thick) and stand about 250mm off the floor. The front panel is 860 x 675 x 120mm, whereas the side panels are 860 x 675 x 60mm. The panel on the door is 1350 x 430 x 120mm.

I'd love some advice/thoughts on what I'm proposing (shown in yellow) - or some suggestions on what I should be doing different.

For the back corner I'm thinking on simply using a whole pack (6 batts - 430 x 360 x 1350mm total) wrapped in calico with a light frame for shape. Should I do something on the truncated corner?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Scott

[Glenn Kuras]

Looks good to me. couple things

1)You may find that more corners will need to be covered but what you have is a good start.
2)I see early reflection points covered on the left and right wall but you want to hit the ceiling also.

[SaSi_SiDi]

I think you need to do something about that angled back wall. It's getting close to the listening position. I would spread some pads over there. I don't think you need to overdo it with a big superchunk on the back corner by the door.

[Weasel9992]

Where is your head located in that diagram? It looks like you're right at 50%. Don't do that just to get your monitors a couple of feet off the wall..the cure would be as bad as the disease.

Frank

[watksco]

Thanks for the look-in guys...appreciated.

Originally Posted by Weasel9992

Where is your head located in that diagram? It looks like you're right at 50%. Don't do that just to get your monitors a couple of feet off the wall..the cure would be as bad as the disease.
Frank

So the middle of the room is a bad thing...? Does it put me at a node or something like that?

Originally Posted by Glenn Kuras

Looks good to me. couple things

1)You may find that more corners will need to be covered but what you have is a good start.
2)I see early reflection points covered on the left and right wall but you want to hit the ceiling also.

1) By 'more corners' do you mean wall/ceiling, or somewhere else?

2) I would like to hit the ceiling but its a rental, so my fixing options are limited. Do you have any suggestions there?

Originally Posted by SaSi_SiDi

I think you need to do something about that angled back wall. It's getting close to the listening position. I would spread some pads over there. I don't think you need to overdo it with a big superchunk on the back corner by the door.

What, no superchunk...? The reading I've done so far seemed to say that in small rooms like these it was hard to 'overdo' the absorption.

Yeah I thought the angled wall might need a look.

Cheers,

Scott

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by watksco

So the middle of the room is a bad thing...? Does it put me at a node or something like that?

In the words of Principal Mackie from Southpark:

Yeah. It's real bad, mmmkay?

It's about the worst place you could possibly put your head. Ideally you want your ears located 38% of the distance from the front wall. Of course, in a room as small as yours, there's not much actual distance between the 38% point and the 50% point, but you'll be better off moving forward some.

Frank

[watksco]

Originally Posted by Weasel9992

In the words of Principal Mackie from Southpark:

Yeah. It's real bad, mmmkay?

It's about the worst place you could possibly put your head. Ideally you want your ears located 38% of the distance from the front wall. Of course, in a room as small as yours, there's not much actual distance between the 38% point and the 50% point, but you'll be better off moving forward some.

Frank

Thanks Frank - looks like I need a tape measure to get my head in the right spot (if only it were that simple in life ).

Scott