Planning Basement Build

[OneRichSong]

Other resources I have for treatment and such: I own 20 panels of OC 703 4 inch that are in bags from ReadyAcoustics. 7 of them are in the Chameleon frames.

I also have 7 2x2 diffuser panels. You can see what they are in the bottom left corner of the attached photo.

I haven't been able to decide what to do with the floor. I am trying to decide between staining the concrete and laying down a laminate floor. I have been reading that there really is no advantage to one over the other acoustically. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The pro's to leaving the concrete is not taking up any more room volume. I think the wood look would be a little more pleasing, but I think we can make the concrete look nice as well.

I also would like to create an exposed brick wall in both the CR and the live room. I have a couple of pallets to use. I write a ton of songs and would like that for the feel, but don't know where to implement this best. I don't want to sacrifice the quality of our recordings, but I really would like the aesthetics of it.

I am looking for 100 year old solid doors that will work as well. We'll see if that works out.

[OneRichSong]

Bought this door yesterday for a mere $20. It's old and really heavy. We'd like to use this on the vocal booth.

[OneRichSong]

The first option I was looking at was to make the CR rectangular and then treat the room a needed. As I was talking to an engineer that I often use, he thought it might be a better idea to angle the wall between the control room and the live room to accomplish two things...

#1 - it would take away the square live room and make it a little easier to work with.

#2 - it would create a better space in the CR as far as reflection points?

This does take away the hallway, making the only passage way to the CR through the live room. I think we can deal with that though.

The wall separating the CR and live rooms will be thick... framing two separate walls back to back, insulating with R13, furring strips, 5/8 sheetrock, GG, and one more layer of 5/8. I'm debating on whether or not to put a window in between. I don't want to diminish the STC, so I'm still on the fence. Cameras and screens are just so cheap and efficient these days.

[OneRichSong]

Would I be screwing up by bricking all of the walls that are now the concrete foundation? I thought about putting the brick directly on the concrete and skip the framing and insulation step all together.

That would leave me mainly the wall to build between the CR and the live room, as well as the isolation booth.

I'm just not sure what that would do acoustically to the room...