20th October 2012
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#1 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Hamburg, Germany
Posts: 115
Thread Starter  | Studio in an A-Frame house-good shape?
I need more room for my studio, and have been looking to buy a house (in Germany) and use the top floor for a new studio.
Many of the houses that I have considered have a typical A-frame shape. The top floor often has walls that are "straight" up to about 1-1/2 meters, then slant up to the peak of the ceiling of about 4-1/2 meters.
If the room is say, 7 meters long, 5 Meters wide and 4-1/2 high, and I work with my desk facing the short wall, will the partially slanted walls/ceiling on my sides be an acoustic advantage or disadvantage?
I am a film composer, and my studio is only for writing and mixing my own music as well as recording myself and other soloists.
Thanks
P.S. I currently have a fully treated (too small) studio, plan on having the new studio fully treated, and have read Rod's book!
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20th October 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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Depending on the floorplan and speaker arrangement, the middle of the longwall is also a very good spot.
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22nd October 2012
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#3 | | Gear Guru
Joined: Oct 2002 Location: New Milford, CT, USA
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Originally Posted by question  will the partially slanted walls/ceiling on my sides be an acoustic advantage or disadvantage? | A peaked ceiling focuses sound to a line under the peak, and that's a disadvantage. Focusing is the opposite of diffusion. But this is easily handled by hanging panels under the peak as in the photo below.
--Ethan  The Acoustic Treatment Experts | |
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23rd October 2012
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#4 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Hamburg, Germany
Posts: 115
Thread Starter |
Ethan,
thanks for the reply.
I am aware of the ceiling peak issue. My current studio is treated with all of the traps that I purchased from you a few years ago!
My question is more regarding the "Walls".
In Germany the roof/ceiling angle is much steeper than in your studio in the picture.
As I said the wall is typically straight up to about 1-1/2 meters, at which point it slopes fairly steeply up to the peak of about 4 meters. (assuming it is open and not squared off)
If I am seated facing the short wall, the angled "walls" to my left and right would start about shoulder height when sitting. Would these angled ceiling/walls (excluding the peak) be an acoustic advantage or disadvantage?
Hope I am making myself clear. I will attempt to upload a photo of one of the prospective houses when I have some time.
Thanks
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23rd October 2012
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#5 | | Gear Guru
Joined: Oct 2002 Location: New Milford, CT, USA
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Angled walls can be reflection points, and the same "mirror trick" can be used to identify where to put absorber panels. Other than that, I'm not aware of any problems with angles on the side walls.
I know that most angled ceilings are steeper than my studio. In fact, when the angle is very steep the problem of focusing is even worse.
--Ethan
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23rd October 2012
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#6 | | Gear Guru
Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 14,261
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If I am seated facing the short wall, the angled "walls" to my left and right would start about shoulder height when sitting. Would these angled ceiling/walls (excluding the peak) be an acoustic advantage or disadvantage?
| If you really want to know if it is a problem then I would measure the room to see the response. That really is only the true way to know. I will say that long/narrow rooms with that shape seem to have a tunnel sound to them which is never a good thing.
For testing, Room EQ Wizard Tutorial Video | 
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23rd October 2012
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#7 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Hamburg, Germany
Posts: 115
Thread Starter |
Glen and Ethan,
thanks for the responses.
I was asking for more of a general answer, since I haven't yet found a house that fulfills all of my wishes.
The rooms are typically not too narrow; about 5-6 meters on average.
Maybe if a house comes into serious consideration, I could measure with Room EQ Wizard, which is what I used to set up my current studio.
Anyone out there have a studio setup in a similar type of room?
Thanks
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23rd October 2012
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#8 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Hamburg, Germany
Posts: 115
Thread Starter | http://static.gearslutz.com/board/im...attach/jpg.gif
This is a photo of one of the houses that I considered.
If I were to set up in front of the window, would the "walls" be a potential problem?
The room is actually bigger than it appears in the photo.
About 10 meters x 6 meters at the base.
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24th October 2012
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#9 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2012
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by question http://static.gearslutz.com/board/im...attach/jpg.gif
This is a photo of one of the houses that I considered.
If I were to set up in front of the window, would the "walls" be a potential problem?
The room is actually bigger than it appears in the photo.
About 10 meters x 6 meters at the base. | That room would most likely sound fantastic.
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24th October 2012
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#10 | | Gear Guru
Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Having the room wide will help quite a bit. If you can measure before hand that is great, but it is not going to look pretty. Just try to get as large as possible and go from there. There are rooms that are better then others, but for the most part you can treat most any room is done right.
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