Thoughts on my Studio Design

[Jenz]

I'm, putting up a new studio from the ground. I'm mainly focusing on mixing (and some mastering), but i'd like to have a space for recording as well. This is the first sketch i got from my acoustic consultant, supposed to be the best in Sweden. I do a few 5.1 jobs every year, and i wonder if there are any drawbacks in this construction? Would i be better off with a more traditional live end/dead end design? I'm also thinking of reducing the recording space in favour of a wider control room. And i might have to find the room for a tiny machine room as well. I'm going to use Barefoot MM27's, flush mounting is not possible.

I'd be happy to hear your input!! Dimensions in meters, sorry. It'll be from the ground up, so everything's flexible, but i'm pushing the limits right now on how big everything could be. Input on height would be great! I'm thinking of 2,60 in the living room area, and a roof angle of 32,5°. This would probably create a control room with enough height? The rooms will have a completely floating construction.

Any input or idea would be helpful!

http://www.fstreet.se/Studion_planskiss_v1_exp.pdf

[gullfo]

interesting. if you have the option on ceiling height, why not start w/ 4m? then use the overhead space for trapping and treatments to get the ceiling angles and height to where they work best within the given room ratios.

where does your equipment get racked? in the desk?

[avare]

The design you showed is good as far as the detail you gave.

Good luck!

Andre

[jwl]

That design looks good, but it looks like the design includes soffit-mounted speakers, and I don't believe the Barefoots can be soffit-mounted. Are you going to adjust your design based on that?

[barefoot]

Hi Jenz,

Not soffit mounting your monitors is good since freestanding speakers typically translate better. However, that quasi-circular control room layout is detrimental in the freestanding case because the walls will act like a big convex mirror focusing all the first reflections toward the listening position. I prefer a trapezoidal layout more like the drawing below. This will also help break up the parallel walls in the live room.

Thomas

[Jenz]

Originally Posted by barefoot

I prefer a trapezoidal layout more like the drawing below. This will also help break up the parallel walls in the live room.

Thomas

Thanks Thomas, this could be a great idea! Thanks for answering my email by the way, the reason i started this thread. :) I'm meeting my acoustic consultant next week, i'll take this with me!

[EduardoApolonia]

Hi Jenz

You can check my construction thread, the project was made ready for surround. The dimensions are similar to yours.

Here is the 3D rendering shot from the floor looking at the ceiling


Since I'm not working in surround I did some small modifications on the bass traps behind the rear speakers that at any time I can easily put it as initially designed.
But the 3D renderings are the original surround design.

Link to the thread
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/recor...ll-studio.html

[andrebrito]

It is hard for me to believe that the best designer in Sweden hasn't look into this in detail. You should ask him about his options, I'm sure he has his own reasons.

Regarding the shape of the control room it seems clearly to me that he has choosen to use a soffit mount option for the speakers. Regarding the ceiling height for me the minimum is 3 m

[andrebrito]

Barefoot, I agree with your idea but not the design you show here since the front wall is inclined, making the control room asymmetrical

[barefoot]

I wasn't really trying to design the room in detail, just give the general idea. Modifying the rear wall can make the room symmetrical.

Something like this: