help treating a tracking room

abell1234 · 4th June 2009

I have a new tracking room to work with. It is a rectangle 20x10, with low ceilings about 8'. I have bass traps in the corners and some on the walls. I really want to tighten up the room, but I don't know where to start any help would be great. I will be recording loud rock bands in this room.

tINY · 4th June 2009

I'd make the guitars sound right and run the bass direct. Drums will not sound good in a room that size....

-tINY

abell1234 · 4th June 2009

Is there anything I can do to the room , to make the drums sound better.......besides tuning the drums etc.

dominic hoenig · 4th June 2009

plenty of bass traps. i have a room not too dis-similar to that, i have 9ft ceilings.

i believe my drums sound good, so yours should be too !

of course there's things you're not going to be able to do. but it's workable, and you're lucky to have a room that size! i've worked in much smaller !

jwl · 5th June 2009

Bass traps in every corner, including wall/ceiling corners.

Absorption on the ceiling, certainly above where the drum kit or any other key recording areas are. If you can, do the entire ceiling, possibly with ceiling tiles:

If you have the budget for it, use diffusors on the walls, especially near any recording areas. If diffusion is out of the budget, then use absorption.

I'd also recommend some gobos or movable panels to arrange around the performers.

You'll want to make sure you don't make the room too dead. You can do this by installing bass traps that are semi-reflective at higher frequencies and diffusion.

judah · 5th June 2009

I would treat the entire ceiling or at least cover it with as many clouds as you can. Corner traps in all four corners. And then you can put up panels on the wall to control flutter and early reflection or build some gobos to put around instruments while recording.

Weasel9992 · 5th June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by judah

I would treat the entire ceiling or at least cover it with as many clouds as you can. Corner traps in all four corners. And then you can put up panels on the wall to control flutter and early reflection or build some gobos to put around instruments while recording.

+1. Like tINY said, you can't leave a room that size live...it's not going to sound great.

Frank

4th June 2009	#1
abell1234 Gear addict Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 455 Thread Starter	help treating a tracking room I have a new tracking room to work with. It is a rectangle 20x10, with low ceilings about 8'. I have bass traps in the corners and some on the walls. I really want to tighten up the room, but I don't know where to start any help would be great. I will be recording loud rock bands in this room.

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jwl Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2006 Location: southern Maine Posts: 1,316	Bass traps in every corner, including wall/ceiling corners. Absorption on the ceiling, certainly above where the drum kit or any other key recording areas are. If you can, do the entire ceiling, possibly with ceiling tiles: If you have the budget for it, use diffusors on the walls, especially near any recording areas. If diffusion is out of the budget, then use absorption. I'd also recommend some gobos or movable panels to arrange around the performers. You'll want to make sure you don't make the room too dead. You can do this by installing bass traps that are semi-reflective at higher frequencies and diffusion. __________________ The acoustic treatment experts

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judah Lives for gear Joined: May 2006 Location: Spaghettiland Posts: 881	I would treat the entire ceiling or at least cover it with as many clouds as you can. Corner traps in all four corners. And then you can put up panels on the wall to control flutter and early reflection or build some gobos to put around instruments while recording. __________________ It must suck to live with such a shitty attitude... DIESEL 24062 Laboratorio di registrazione sonora

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tINY Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 10,234	I'd make the guitars sound right and run the bass direct. Drums will not sound good in a room that size.... -tINY

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dominic hoenig Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2008 Location: brighton, uk Posts: 603	plenty of bass traps. i have a room not too dis-similar to that, i have 9ft ceilings. i believe my drums sound good, so yours should be too ! of course there's things you're not going to be able to do. but it's workable, and you're lucky to have a room that size! i've worked in much smaller !