I am in the process of building my studio and need some advice:
First, the studio looks at this very moment the way you see it in the image below:
http://horea.go.ro/horea_studio.gif
The wall separating the vocal booth and the control room is built using more layers of gypsum board + fiberglass (just the way the other 2 walls are treated.)
My 1st question: my initial plan was to treat both side walls of the control room with acoustic foam; in this case would it be an ABSOLUTE NECESSITY to have the right side (which is just brick wall) treated the same way (gypsum + fiberglass)? Will this difference cause major asymmetry in the stereo field? (even if they would be both covered in acoustic foam?)
The 2nd: taking into account the very small size of the control room (9.21'x 10.33') do you think it's a good thing to have most of its walls (and ceiling) covered with acoustic foam? If no, how much should I put and where? Please note that despite of the 4" fiberglass layer inside the 3 of the 4 surrounding walls, some unpleasant flutter echoes appear when I clap hands (the clap even gets a certain pitch!) How should I get rid of this? Is there any other method besides the acoustic foam? Various absorbers & diffusers maybe? I know everyone says that using too much high frequency absorbents is a bad idea, but what if I compensate with bass traps for the lower spectrum?
And my last one: what about the low frequency absorption? What kind of bass traps are best suited in this situation (for a small room like this)? Please note that because of the 2 doors being too close to the corner I cannot build a triangle like corner trap.
Best Regards,
Horea
