John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

WELL I'VE HAD SOME HIT'S ON MY LAST POST BUT NO REPLYS.CAN SOME ONE HELP ME WITH THE DESIGN OF THE INSIDE.DEMESIONS ARE 25X30.......CONTROL ROOM VOCAL BOOTH AND DRUM BOOTH THE REST IS THE LIVE ROOM.I THINK I'LL LEAVE AS MUCH OF IT WITH THE ARCH OF THE BUILDING UNTOUCHED AS I CAN PLEASE HELP.I DON'T HAVE A DIGITAL CAMERA AND MY SCANNER IS DOWN OR I WOULD SEND MY DRAWING.THE HEIGHT IS 11ft TO CENTER OF THE ARCH.I'M NEW ON THIS FORUM SO I WOULD APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT I CAN GET .THANK'S ........PEACE..THRILLBILLY.......TOMMY YORK..MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA

Tommy, welcome; first, please turn OFF the caps lock key; it's hard to read and causes people to either yell at you or ignore you, neither of which works real well...

Second, yup; yer crazy (a) quonset huts are nearly parabolic, which makes them hard to soundproof very easily and (b) if you don't care about that, they also tend to FOCUS sound to one point in the room (or one line through the room) neither of which makes things easy for getting balanced recordings.

If you don't care much about the soundproofing part, you might be able to build a different-shaped inner shell that gets you away from the focussing effect... Steve

I moved this from Design and deleted the other cross-post - cross-posting mainly just takes up more of John's and my time - please pick the most appropriate forum and ONLY post questions in one place. If it would be better in a different forum, we'll move it and leave a link so you don't get lost... Steve