How would you treat this room?

[Chris Modular]

So, we have an extra room in our studio space we would like to turn into mainly a mix room. The room is 15x10 and is currently cleared out except for the workstation 9the door to the room is on the opposite side of our desk).

If any of you room acoustic guys can give me some pointers on what I need I would appreciate it.

Sorry for the horrible ms paint diagram and please let me know if there is any other info you need and I will try to get it answered.

Thanks in advance.

[Ethan Winer]

Chris,

> The room is 15x10 <

That's adequate, but plan on a lot of bass trapping. Click on the link below to see a drawing that shows the ideal way to place speakers, the mix position, and first reflection absorption in a room like that. It's from THIS article on my company's web site. There's also a video version of the same article on our Videos page.

--Ethan

[whoriental]

I just posted a thread asking about this stuff, maybe I should make room mesurments and put them on it as well. I am for some reason really confused about rooms.

[6strings]

Follow Ethan's links.

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by Chris Modular

So, we have an extra room in our studio space we would like to turn into mainly a mix room. The room is 15x10 and is currently cleared out except for the workstation 9the door to the room is on the opposite side of our desk).

If any of you room acoustic guys can give me some pointers on what I need I would appreciate it.

Sorry for the horrible ms paint diagram and please let me know if there is any other info you need and I will try to get it answered.

Thanks in advance.

Check out Ethans stuff but let me get you started.

First you need to back your mix position to 38% of the room length (38% is where you sit not where the monitors go).

This is what I told someone else today also on gearslutz. Your room is not squ but it should help you out a little.

"Because your room is a squ and pretty darn small, you are going to need as much bass trapping as you can. I would cut the mineral wool or rigid fiber glass into triangles (2 or 3 foot face) and stack them from floor to ceiling in front and back corners. I would then make some 4 or 6 inch panels and cover them with FRK (on the face of the panel) and straddle ceiling to wall or floor to wall corners on the sides, front and back. Maybe 4 of them would be best, but you may need more. I would also put 2 or 3 of those panels (no facing on these) on the back wall and space them off the wall 4". Ok so that should give you pretty good bass control now for the reflections of the room. Make some 2" panels (no facing on them), put 2 on the left and right wall in the first reflection points and 2 or 3 on the ceiling above the mix position.

There you go now get to work.

Also if you would like take a look at our FAQ (link on sig below) to get a better understanding of room acoustics. "

This is just the set up I have him for his room but could be a good guide for you.


Glenn