Recording in an "L" shaped room.

ChristopherDawn · 3rd March 2004

There's no place on here to ask about tracking or mixing or anything, so hopefully this will be a fine forum to post in.

So I'm about to record my band in our practice space. The thing is is that it's L shaped. I'm wondering where the best position will be to record things.

Here's an example of how the drums are set up now:

(yellow lines are doors, blue area is the drum set space, black lines are stairs)

I'm wondering if this will cause problems since one half of the drum set points to the larger opening and the other will be reflecting off the closer wall first?

How would you position the drums, as well as guitar amps for recording in a place like this? Opinions?

zimv20 · 3rd March 2004

put the drums where they sound good

dbluefield · 3rd March 2004

You could do a little reading over here:

http://johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/index.php

And post a few questions to get you started

Welcome to acoustics

Best,

Dave

3rd March 2004	#1
ChristopherDawn Gear nut Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 76 Thread Starter	Recording in an "L" shaped room. There's no place on here to ask about tracking or mixing or anything, so hopefully this will be a fine forum to post in. So I'm about to record my band in our practice space. The thing is is that it's L shaped. I'm wondering where the best position will be to record things. Here's an example of how the drums are set up now: (yellow lines are doors, blue area is the drum set space, black lines are stairs) I'm wondering if this will cause problems since one half of the drum set points to the larger opening and the other will be reflecting off the closer wall first? How would you position the drums, as well as guitar amps for recording in a place like this? Opinions?

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zimv20 Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,627	put the drums where they sound good

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dbluefield Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Marietta GA Posts: 166	You could do a little reading over here: http://johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/index.php And post a few questions to get you started Welcome to acoustics Best, Dave