Your thoughts on my new venue

[technocolour v2]

I'm moving out of my old place and the new place has this structure which I can use as a studio. It's a glorified shed so the floors, walls and roof are wood. Here's the floor plan and dimensions:



Taking into consideration the unusual roof shape, the volume of the room is 1,601 cubic feet. Here's the outside:




It looks like two separate units but it is actually one. The problem is, the height of the ceiling at the apex is 7'9" whilst at the lowest points it is 6'6", so we're talking real low ceiling here!

I have a couple of questions:

1) How bad is the height and shape of the roof? What are my treatment options?
2) I have free reign to do whatever I want to the interior so all options are on the table. I got good results from my current room by doing lots of testing and treatment (see my last treatment thread here), I'd like to get similar results (or better) in this new room, assuming the laws of physics are on my side. I am prepared to do whatever it takes to get a good (great?) sound.
3) How will the wooden construction affect the acoustics? Would the wooden boundaries work with or against me?
4) Any 'gotchas' regarding my dimensions and what not that i should be aware of?

All thoughts and suggestions are welcome!

Edit: I will be using this room for mixing only (other than the odd bit of vocal recording here and there)

[Ethan Winer]

1) It's what you have, so don't worry about it. Absorption at the appropriate places will do a good job of mitigating the low ceiling.

3) Wood reflects about the same as drywall or any other reflecting surface. Again, you simply put the treatment where it's needed:

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[spice house]

cool space! lots of great character, I'm sure

[gullfo]

which side is the control room? if you're picking the double sloped roof side (larger side) then facing the "booth" would work nicely as you have an expanding ceiling over the mix desk and a nice sloped ceiling on the booth. a single decent wall with a window and/or door and treatments per Ethan, should be decent.

[technocolour v2]

Thanks for the input, guys!

@Gulfo: yeah, that was the end I was considering (in the pic it is the right side end). My rational was (if I have understood you correctly) similar to yours, such that the angled roof over the mix position would be beneficial as would the opposing angled roof behind me. I was going to use it as one large room as 99% of my work is mixing (bar the odd bit of vocal recording). Would the arching of the roof cause problems when used as one room, as it has 2 humps in it?

[sporadicMotion]

What great space. The aesthetics and vibe make up for the ceiling. I have nothing useful to add but just needed to express that. thumbsup

[Rod Gervais]

You just might want to check out setting your listening position in the area where the roof is lowest - the control rooms at Avatar Studios have "compression ceilings" located above the mixing position, and they work quite well.

Just one more thing to check before your proceed.......

Rod

[technocolour v2]

Thanks again for the input. It does indeed have a good vibe, I'm looking forward to treating it and using it

Rod, I would make that the end on the right hand side on the pic. Is that the end you meant? The other end has the roof at it's apex. Could you tell me a little more about compressed ceilings? I was thinking that the ceiling would be a major Achilles Heel but fro what people have said in this thread, it might not be such a major flaw.