Unfinshed Basment and I need help with tracking room and control room design.

[kevintame]

I need some help.

I have an unfinished basement and want to build a tracking room and a control room. I have searched many of the threads and have found that there are a lot of people on here who have great knowledge about acoustics and design. I wish to take advantage of these skills. If you people can give me some advice on how to construct this studio it would be great.

I'm looking to build a room inside a room (I need to cut down on the sound to keep the neighbors pleased.) Possible a floating floor. The main problem I run into is the low ceiling. I have 7' 9" until the rafters and then a foot more of space. But the other foot can't really be used cause that is where all the pipes and wiring is located. I want to be able to record drums. So... If anyone has any ideas for dimensions, where to build bass traps, how to optimize my space. etc. That would be great

Any ideas or suggestions are welcome

Thanks

Kevin

PS. I quickly drew out the dimensions and am posting it. If you have any questions please ask

[jhbrandt]

Hi Kevin,

Welcome to GS.

You can raise the ceiling by lowering the floor. Digging down the basement floor and pouring a new slab would solve this problem. - How much did you want to spend on this project?

I would recommend a minimum ceiling height for recording drums to be 9 feet. At 9 feet, you will need an absorptive ceiling over the drums. So, if the ceiling is lower, I would recommend heavy trapping above.

If you didn't need the isolation, you could fill between the joists with building insulation (attic blanket) and cover with fabric. - This will be close to 9 feet to the hard 'ceiling' surface (bottom of floor above) with heavy trapping.

You do not need to float your floor. You are in a basement. The slab is on the earth which is a good damping material.

Cheers,
John