Small recording booth????

[peder]

Hello there

I recently got my studio where i share a small recording booth with
someone else..

The box measures about 10 feet x 12 feet and sounds kinda boxy.
it is build like a room in the room (sort of at least)
They have put carpet on walls, floor and ceiling.

I want to use it for recording a small piano/spinette and drums and maybe a suitcase rhodes..

What can i do to give the room some life?????

BTW maybe we'll make the room a little larger by including 10 feet x 3 feet which is not build like a room in the room.. meaning that the floor is lower and the ceiling is higher.. could this be use to the benefits of the rooms acoustics???

thanks

.peder

[jwl]

The carpet is making the room dead at high end. The lack of bass trapping is making the room boomy. If it were my room, I'd take down the carpet and add bass traps.

If you want to keep the room bright, then when you add bass traps be careful not to make the room too dead.

Diffusion also makes sense.

As far as the addition, if isolation is important to you then I probably wouldn't mess with it, that is if you are satisfied with the existing isolation. It'll be very difficult to preserve isolation by tapping into those structures.

On the other hand, enlarging the room will definitely help, all else being equal.

I'd start with treating the room appropriately, and see how you like it. If you still aren't satisfied, then consider the room.

For more on treating your room, see these articles:
RealTraps - Acoustics Fact & Fiction
RealTraps - How To Set Up a Room
RealTraps - Creating a Reflection-Free Zone

[Glenn Kuras]

Diffusion also makes sense.

yea I could see it, but I would first treat the room with as much bass trapping as possible and take the flutter echo out of the room with thinner panels. At that point adding a little diffusion would work but keep in mind that with that size room you will not get the full benefit like you would with a larger room. Read the following how diffusion works.
GIK Acoustics presents "How Diffusion Works!"

Glenn