Mixing room with a staircase

Vovin · 29th December 2011

I made a thread a few weeks ago about a different room, but scrapped it because there were too many obstacles.

This room is my last resort. The dimensions are big (18 feet x 12 feet) but there is a stairway where all the sound escapes. What would you do in my situation if you HAD to use this room?

Glenn Kuras · 29th December 2011

I would put the mix spot facing the window as you want as much symmetry from where you sit to the front wall. If you keep it the way you have it now then things would not be equal left and right. From there you could use the following as a guide for set up
GIK Acoustics: Room Setup
BTW having the open area behind you (if you set up how I said) could actually work to your advantage as low end it going up the stair case and not coming back.

andrebrito · 29th December 2011

Place speakers on the opposite direction, close window if necessary

Vovin · 30th December 2011

Thanks for the helpful info. A couple follow-up questions;

1. So does it make sense to just buy bass traps for 3 corners of the room? The corner with the staircase can't have one placed because of the door.

2. What about the wall that has the glass sliding doors? What could be put there? I was thinking some kind of diffuser that's not mounted to the wall, but on a stand, so if I wanted to leave through that door I would just slide the stand out of the way.

3. Is it too many reflections to keep the TV, table and chairs in the same room? I can move them to a different one if needed.

29th December 2011	#1
Vovin Gear Head Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 57 Thread Starter	Mixing room with a staircase I made a thread a few weeks ago about a different room, but scrapped it because there were too many obstacles. This room is my last resort. The dimensions are big (18 feet x 12 feet) but there is a stairway where all the sound escapes. What would you do in my situation if you HAD to use this room?

29th December 2011	#2
Glenn Kuras Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 12,007	I would put the mix spot facing the window as you want as much symmetry from where you sit to the front wall. If you keep it the way you have it now then things would not be equal left and right. From there you could use the following as a guide for set up GIK Acoustics: Room Setup BTW having the open area behind you (if you set up how I said) could actually work to your advantage as low end it going up the stair case and not coming back. __________________ Glenn Kuras GIK Acoustics USA GIK Acoustics Europe 770 986 2789 (USA) +44 (0) 20 7558 8976 (UK) See the NEW Scopus Tuned Trap

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Mix room with tie lines to 2 live rooms in NYC	producerb3	Jobs Offered	1	3rd June 2010 03:13 PM
are there any "higher end" mixing rooms with a CARPET on the floor?	mark007	Studio building / acoustics	12	23rd December 2007 03:56 PM
Mix room with a pitched ceiling	PhilE	High end	17	22nd February 2007 06:02 PM
Advise on Mixing Room with Westlakes BBSM12's	Hagen Daaz	High end	4	22nd November 2006 11:58 PM
Outfitting a mix room with outboard - Dream List	concentric	High end	8	10th June 2004 04:30 PM

29th December 2011	#3
andrebrito Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 998	Place speakers on the opposite direction, close window if necessary

30th December 2011	#4
Vovin Gear Head Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 57 Thread Starter	Thanks for the helpful info. A couple follow-up questions; 1. So does it make sense to just buy bass traps for 3 corners of the room? The corner with the staircase can't have one placed because of the door. 2. What about the wall that has the glass sliding doors? What could be put there? I was thinking some kind of diffuser that's not mounted to the wall, but on a stand, so if I wanted to leave through that door I would just slide the stand out of the way. 3. Is it too many reflections to keep the TV, table and chairs in the same room? I can move them to a different one if needed.