New room, a little different, need guidelines.

[StressedOut]

Hello,

first time post for me but have been reading the forums for a couple of years.

I recently had to move out of my studio and got a new space that I just moved into. It's a bit bigger than my last and is sort of a one big room but with a "glass-wall" making it 2 rooms (See attached pictures).

The dimensions of the whole room is 5,18 m (17 feet) * 9,22 m (30.25 feet).

Counting the "glass-wall" it's 5,18 m (17 feet) * 6,77 m (22.21 feet) for the bigger room which is going to be the control room.

The ceiling is 2,56 m (8.4 feet) in height, but has theese beams going through out the ceiling. (Again, see pictures).

Also, in the walls are what I think you call alcoves (?) going into the walls, but they are different at each wall.

In the back wall is a small kitchen, so to speak. (Again, see pictures).

So, my questions are:

How would you face the mixing position? Is it the 38% rule for the whole room or just the part cointained within the "glass-wall"?

Do the alcoves (?) make it a bad room?

Do I need to treat the glass in some way? Is it bad when it comes to acoustics?

Basically I just need to get up and running NOW, as this is my livelyhood and I got a lot of work going on. I have a budget of 15000-20000 sek (est. 3000 $) for acoustic treatment that I'm going to order next week, from Real Traps or GIK. Is this going to be enough to treat this space properly?

I think I have some more questions soon but I need to get some ideas for when I get there tomorrow.

Thank you all beforehand, I'm already indebted to gearslutz for all the great threads!

(3 more photos coming soon)

[StressedOut]

Here's how the rest looks.

[Glenn Kuras]

GIK. Is this going to be enough to treat this space properly?

Yes and you should have some extra money left to buy yourself a treat for the studio!!!!!!!!!


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Glenn

[StressedOut]

rest of the photos...

[StressedOut]

I certainly will. Hope that I get the rest of the pictures working now.

[bpape]

Glass is always tricky and you've got a lot of it. The upside is that it's many smaller panes. I'd want to see the other end of the room opposite the glass and potentially a sketch of the space to make a final determination as to orientation. If the glass is behind you, we may need to tweak the seating position a bit as glass passes bass frequencies pretty well so it's not going to act like a normal wall.

Bryan

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by StressedOut

How would you face the mixing position? Is it the 38% rule for the whole room or just the part cointained within the "glass-wall"?

That room is big enough to work either way, but it's better to have the speakers fire the longer way down the room.

Do the alcoves (?) make it a bad room?

No.

Do I need to treat the glass in some way? Is it bad when it comes to acoustics?

Glass is not as big a deal as many people think. Yes, its a little more reflective at the highest frequencies, but it's less reflective at bass frequencies. Unless it's very thick.

Is this going to be enough to treat this space properly?

Yes, but it's a big space so you do need a fair amount of treatment.

--Ethan