Studio buildung in a 16m²/19yd² room?

[BriHar]

Your question can't really be answered. It really comes down to priorities doesn't it. What are your expectations? What kind of material; acoustic recording, midi, folk, rock?
You'll most likely have to settle for a compromise - possibly extreme.
Headphones aren't ruled out, there is in fact a very good monitor simulation for phones if you're on a Mac with PT.

[OpusOfTrolls]

You CAN get good acoustics and a nicely furnished enviornment in one room!! I am working on the same right now for my own home studio. It does come at a cost, but to my philosophy, any space can be acoustically viable AND habitable.

You should check out VPR absorbers. By far, these are the most efficient bass traps per volume unit.

[OralnHardly]

Originally Posted by OpusOfTrolls

You CAN get good acoustics and a nicely furnished enviornment in one room!! I am working on the same right now for my own home studio. It does come at a cost, but to my philosophy, any space can be acoustically viable AND habitable.

You should check out VPR absorbers. By far, these are the most efficient bass traps per volume unit.

This is incorrect on so many levels, there is no place to begin.

There are MANY MANY MANY rooms that are unusable for serious mixing recording...no matter how much trapping/treating you do...small rooms are unusable...really low ceiling rooms are unusable...etc ...because in a lot of cases the amount of treatment you would have to do would turn these room s into ultra dead spaces that one just couldexist in for more than an hour.

When did this Idea that any room is fixable come around? It's absurd.

[OpusOfTrolls]

Originally Posted by OralnHardly

This is incorrect on so many levels, there is no place to begin.

There are MANY MANY MANY rooms that are unusable for serious mixing recording...no matter how much trapping/treating you do...small rooms are unusable...really low ceiling rooms are unusable...etc ...because in a lot of cases the amount of treatment you would have to do would turn these room s into ultra dead spaces that one just couldexist in for more than an hour.

When did this Idea that any room is fixable come around? It's absurd.

Stay serious!

[OpusOfTrolls]

There are the Modex line from RPG Acoustics for plate absorbers.
There is also the TubeTrap line from ASC Acoustics.

Both should work well in a small space.

[OralnHardly]

Originally Posted by OpusOfTrolls

Stay serious!

Seriously...lots of rooms should never be used for making music. Any room can be improved to a certain extent, but by no means can any room be brought up to being usable.

No way. That is ridiculous.

[OpusOfTrolls]

Will the Gestapo show, if I do?

[BriHar]

Jack of all trades - master of none !

The same thinking can be applied to rooms.
A multipurpose room can only hope to be adequate in any of it's purposes.
(please note: this does not infer that it cannot be better than adequate- just that more can only be hoped for.)
Hence my query regarding expectations.
If a maudlin room is acceptable then by all means...