Room setup/acoustic treatment q's

[baggysound]

Hello everybody,

I would like some opinion on the all so often asked question about room setup and acoustic treatment.

I am not very good in drawing graphics, so please excuse my sketch of how the room looks like at the moment.

http://666kb.com/i/azkkz55qmqut989r6.png

On the right side, there is a window, with a radiator for the heating directly below, and both start exactly on the corner of the wall, which makes mounting anything directly in this corner impossible.

Also it is impossible to place anything in the corner behind the door because the distance from the wall to the door is simply too small or i would not be able to open the door properly.

So far I have one piece of furniture in the room (grey), that i have placed my turntables and dj mixer onto and that holds most of my records.

My plans are to set up a production table that holds my computer and monitor on the left in this drawing having my nearfield-stands just in front of the window. My outboard equipment goes into a rack on the left of the table (or i buy/build a table where i can include it) and my keyboard/guitar should go to the right of the table (at the bottom side of the room).

I now want to know about the best places for the acoustic foam and/or bass traps.
The side walls/back wall/ceiling is fairly easy to figure out, to eliminate early reflections, however when it comes to the lower left and lower right corners there is nothing i can place. Same for most of the area with the window/radiator. On the floor is a thick carpet.

any comments and help is appreciated

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by baggysound

I now want to know about the best places for the acoustic foam and/or bass traps.
The side walls/back wall/ceiling is fairly easy to figure out, to eliminate early reflections, however when it comes to the lower left and lower right corners there is nothing i can place. Same for most of the area with the window/radiator. On the floor is a thick carpet.

any comments and help is appreciated

Could you do traps on stands for the back corners? That way you could just move them out of the way when they weren't needed. You could still do the back wall and front corners in 4" or 6" traps...that would help a great deal as well. The wall/ceiling corners in the front and back of the room are open as well.

Frank

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by baggysound

I now want to know about the best places for the acoustic foam and/or bass traps.

Frank gave you some good advice, and this will keep you busy for a while too:

Acoustics FAQ
How to set up a room

--Ethan

[baggysound]

traps on stands are a great idea, i wonder why i didn't think of this before, thanks!

and thank you ethan for the links. one i have already read when searching for sound treatment in general on the realtraps site..

and yes, i believe you are right, that the second link will keep me busy for a while, thanks