Control room in the attic

[imloggedin]

So i need to move my home studio control room up into the attic possibly. Right now the whole thing is finished in tongue/groove wood board and i dunno if thats a good thing or a bad thing. I attached a sketchup image with the dimensions and everything. The ceiling height is pretty low but im thinking about cutting out the middle part of it and drywalling to the studs above. My basement has 7.5 foot ceilings and is totally unfinished, it might be an option too but would be alot more work since it leaks. What do you guys think? I just need a small control room area for mixing. Theres alot of room upstairs but it has short ceilings.

Thanks

[moracspace]

With proper acoustic treatments and some good hvac it will be great.

[imloggedin]

should i try and tear out the ceiling part and finish all the way to the peek? i need to devide it.. i cant finish the full upstairs yet, what dimensions should i do ? should i drywall over the wood on the walls and ceiling? should i use carpet or leave the wood how it is?

what would u do with this space?

i have lots of questions

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by imloggedin

should i try and tear out the ceiling part and finish all the way to the peek?

Not necessarily. If you remove the flat part of the ceiling, you'll want to fill the entire cavity above with fluffy fiberglass insulation. Then put up a wood frame at the same height as the ceiling OS now, and stretch cloth. So you'll have the same height as now, but the entire triangle shaped area will be solid fiberglass.

what dimensions should i do ?

The longer you can make the room, the better. Is this mixing only? If so, make it at least 20 feet long. If you want to record in there too make it longer.

or leave the wood how it is?

Leave the wood - you can always put down area rugs if needed.

Then plan on as much bass trapping as possible, and absorption at the first reflection points on the side walls.

--Ethan

[imloggedin]

Thanks Ethan! Sounds great.

[Weasel9992]

Yeah...that room ought to sound great once you're done treating it. Decent size, decent shape...wood is great. Just cover all the basics for treatment.

Frank