L shaped live room?

planet red · 24th March 2003

Any major problems in building a L shaped room for tracking drums in? I have the space to build a fairly big live room, just wondering if their's anything wrong acoustically to building a L shaped room.

Jules · 24th March 2003

Avoid right angles?

"sort of" L shaped would probably be FAR better,

Watch out for flutter echos!

Nutmeg II. · 25th March 2003

Do you start with a L shape or is that becourse you already had to cut the control room?

You could build the control room into 1/3 of the diagonal. That way you will have a more open space.

But than again a L is a good shape to seperate two sound sources!

robdarling · 25th March 2003

L-Shaped rooms rock. The L gives a space for energy to load off to instead of just bouncing back. It also gives more places to tuck instruments into where their sounds will mingle but not go so direct. Love them.

planet red · 25th March 2003

If i build it L shaped itll end up being over 500 sqft, the largest room I rectangular room i could get would be around 300 sqft. Its a weird layout, and theres some structure stuff I have to work around so I'm sort of forced to go with an L if i want something with decent size. Ceilings will angle from 10 to 13 feet.

ZEUSS · 25th March 2003

Rob darling made some good points. My main room is L shaped and it rocks for those reasons alone. Doing live all at once demos come out surprisingly good since i can keep everyone in the same room without headphones and stick the amps in certain directions away from each other. As long as you treat the ends with some sort of acoustic treatment I think you will like it. Jules is right on with the flutter echoes. Treat the walls where their are reflective problems. This is only my experiance with an L shape. I dont know if it is theoretically correct but it works for my situation.

Midlandmorgan · 25th March 2003

I don't have an L shaped room...but some of my clients sound like "L"...

24th March 2003	#1
planet red Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: historic richmond va Posts: 764 Thread Starter	L shaped live room? Any major problems in building a L shaped room for tracking drums in? I have the space to build a fairly big live room, just wondering if their's anything wrong acoustically to building a L shaped room.

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Jules Gearslutz.com admin Joined: Apr 2002 Location: A Yank in London, UK Posts: 17,808 1 Review written	Avoid right angles? "sort of" L shaped would probably be FAR better, Watch out for flutter echos! __________________ Jules Add your reviews to the new reviews area! Gearslutz on Facebook Follow my GS picks on Twitter

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Nutmeg II. Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2003 Location: GEARmany Posts: 985	Do you start with a L shape or is that becourse you already had to cut the control room? You could build the control room into 1/3 of the diagonal. That way you will have a more open space. But than again a L is a good shape to seperate two sound sources! __________________ "Any recording engineer who uses a tube U47 is obviously not a professional" Stephan Temmer 1979

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Midlandmorgan Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Midland TX Posts: 1,120	I don't have an L shaped room...but some of my clients sound like "L"... __________________ Ken Morgan Wireline Studio Midland, TX Good Sound Starts With Good Gear - Great Sound Starts With Great Players

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robdarling Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Richland, WA Posts: 790	L-Shaped rooms rock. The L gives a space for energy to load off to instead of just bouncing back. It also gives more places to tuck instruments into where their sounds will mingle but not go so direct. Love them.

25th March 2003	#6
ZEUSS Gear addict Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 379	Rob darling made some good points. My main room is L shaped and it rocks for those reasons alone. Doing live all at once demos come out surprisingly good since i can keep everyone in the same room without headphones and stick the amps in certain directions away from each other. As long as you treat the ends with some sort of acoustic treatment I think you will like it. Jules is right on with the flutter echoes. Treat the walls where their are reflective problems. This is only my experiance with an L shape. I dont know if it is theoretically correct but it works for my situation.

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