New bedroom studio, need help

[Astma]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the forum although I've been visiting it for over a year now.
My name is Joris, and I'm an electronic music producer from Belgium (Europe). I hope you guys are willing to help me acoustically treat my bedroom studio.

Now I recently moved to a new house, and since I only have one room to sleep/produce in my primary concern is getting this room treated acoustically. I have read a lot of posts on acoustical treatment and it seems like I've got a long way to go...

The most noticeable thing for me is that there's a horrible flutter echo which I tried to reduce by hanging up some cheap sound absorbing foam.

I would like to ask you guys for some advice on how to get started on getting this room to sound decent before I start spending money on the wrong materials.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

pictures:

[jithendra]

Hi this looks exactly like my room. Have you done anything on it that worked? pl share with me your ideas, thanks !

[Astma]

After this post I started looking up more info about acoustical treatment and came to the conclusion that there was a lot to learn.
I looked around for some dense rockwool (50kg/m3), and built myself a cloud for above my desk (120cm x 80cm x 10cm), and some panels (60x80cm).

The panels I hung up on my left and right, behind me and one right above my monitor (helps to eliminate some flutter). I'm still planning on building some thicker absorbers for my corners and for right behind my monitors.

I will try to take some pictures when I have time, at least I hope this information helps.
If there's anymore I can help with feel free to ask.

[Astma]

Oh I forgot something:
Also I got rid of that nasty foam (didn't really make a difference anyway), and I also moved that closet out of my room. It did increase the flutter echo at first (before the panels), but there is lees of a sub buildup on the left of my desk now.

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by Astma

Oh I forgot something:
Also I got rid of that nasty foam (didn't really make a difference anyway), and I also moved that closet out of my room. It did increase the flutter echo at first (before the panels), but there is lees of a sub buildup on the left of my desk now.

All the things you have done so far is right on track. Have you tested the room to see where you are at?

[Astma]

Hi Glenn,

Thanks for your reply, I will try to do some test both with and without the panels (they're detachable). The only mic I have at the moment is an akg c1000 though, but I guess as long as I use the same mic for both measurements it should at least show something?

Kind Regards,
Joris

[eatthecrust]

Your room looks to be a bit smaller than mine, but all in all I think were in the same boat. :p If you want you can take a look at my thread (Sound Treating My First Studio.), I've gotten lots of great feedback about acoustic panels and bass trapping. From what I've learned, since your room is smaller you'll need more focus on bass tapping than anything. I've been told that R30 insulation (pink fluffy stuff) has commendable qualities for building Superchunks and the like, and is a lot cheaper than OC703 or even mineral wool. Good luck! :]