Odd Shaped Room Accoutics: HELP!

[dannygold]

I'm setting up my studio in a new bedroom space. I have a question which I hope I can articulate without the aid of pics.

The room has a pitched ceiling on one side only, which starts after about five feet of vertical wall. Would it be better acoustically for my speakers to be FACING this pitch (sound hitting pitch) or FACING AWAY from this pitch?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Danny

[etflutes]

I'm no expert, but I recently remodeled my project studio and as a result did a lot of looking around at studio design plans and the like. I saw a number of studios where the ceiling above the monitor speakers was deliberately sloped. To clarify: When monitoring, you sit facing toward the slope, with your speakers facing away from the slope.

Whether that is the "correct" way, or the best way, I don't know. It seemed that there might be advantages to doing it that way--depending upon a multitude of other factors (of course!) including your speaker height, the distance they are from the wall, etc.. You might check out this forum--dedicated to nothing but acoustics and studio design.

http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/

[bpape]

If you have the choice, I'd put the slope at my back. The primary reason for this is to be able to trap the wall/ceiling corner at the front of the room where the monitors are.

Bryan

[Ethan Winer]

Danny,

Would it be better acoustically for my speakers to be FACING this pitch (sound hitting pitch) or FACING AWAY from this pitch?

The wording is somewhat confusing, but it's better to have the room become wider or higher toward the rear. This is a common design in pro studios, and it's called an expansion ceiling.

--Ethan

[Spy!]

Greetings all,

Just to expand on the original question, what if the pitch ran along the length as opposed to the width of the room; which 'rule of thumb' takes precedent, fire down the length or have the highest/tallest wall behind you?

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by Spy!

Greetings all,

Just to expand on the original question, what if the pitch ran along the length as opposed to the width of the room; which 'rule of thumb' takes precedent, fire down the length or have the highest/tallest wall behind you?

Move to a better room.

Personally I'd rather have the speakers fire the long way even if it makes the ceiling higher on one side than the other. If you hang cloud panels overhead that will take care of the mismatched heights pretty well.

--Ethan