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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:01 pm
Hello from Texas USA
First let me just say I have learned or should I say UNLEARNED more about acoustics in the last 48 hours than I have my whole life. I also learned so much from the SAE site that im overflowing with new knowledge about mic placement! I cant wait to put some of this new knowledge to work. Of course I do have a few questions, so let me get the red tape out of the way,
1. Eric
2. Wichita Falls TX USA
3. I track at a studio which im NOW completly sure is the worst acousticly desinged studio in the world........(enter sarcasium here) thanks for all the info GUYS!!!!
4. My questions are not about the tracking studio but my bedroom control room where I mix-down the recordings from the above studio.
5. My Room- 12.5' Length 10' Width 8' ceilings/ Popcorn spray-on acoustics with Hardwood floors
6.Budget- lets say 100-200 US dollars
Ok Im not good at ataching pictures and files but I hope you have the picture from the SAE site atached. If not it is under the Studio design section and its the plan for the BEDROOM STUDIO. Thats basicly my room with just a few changes..........probably significant.
For starters my room is wider. I have a good 1-2 foot space between my moniters and side walls.
on the opposite wall from the "window with curtins" I have a closet with sliding doors. The closet starts 1 foot from the front studio wall and stops right at the back of the studio chair. Yes one of my moniters sits right next to it. In the diagram SAE has slat resinators on that section of wall. I cant do that to my closet and probably couldnt build one if I could.
Here is something I read from the SAE site refering to studio construction
"Important thing to remember are:
Stereo room symmetry around your speakers.
Glass windows or doors for communication.
Low-mid frequency absorption from 150 -550Hz.
High frequency absorption.
Absorption across the rear of the control room wall.
Whatever low frequency absorption you can fit in the space"
Question #1
"Whatever low frequency absorption you can fit in the space". With that being said couldnt I just put acoustic hagers in that closet? If so would the closet door render that trick usless? Any other ideas, I can do anything with the closet aside from boarding it up permanetly.
Question #2
Why deos this design not have any absorbing material behind the monitors on the front wall? I can treat my front wall anyway I need too. Any Ideas?
Question #3 in the design plan it has "High absorbers" on the rear wall. Deos that mean High frequency or High as in Feet and inches?
Question #4
Should I get a floor area rug? The design didnt make a refernce to that. remember Im not tracking in this room, just mixing, just me and my computer.
Question #5 (this is the kind of question that will give you an idea of just how bad my acoustic tecniques are at the tracking studio.)
I have 2 bookcases on my back wall. They are 5 1/2' tall X 2' wide and 1 foot deep. They have 5 removable/adjstable shelves in each. They are identical and made of cheep partical board. Could I pack insulation into the cavities and cover with some matieral or even seal them permantly for some sort of Texas style absorber? Im pretty sure they act as a difusser when they are full of CD's and stuff, but back wall absorption seems to be a prority in the plans. Any other ideas on how to DIY with stuff around the house?
Finnaly Id just like to thank everyone for this forum. If I knew then what I know now..............boy oh boy!
By the way, the Home Depot and Loew's Home improvment stores in my town have no idea what ROCKWOOL is.
First let me just say I have learned or should I say UNLEARNED more about acoustics in the last 48 hours than I have my whole life. I also learned so much from the SAE site that im overflowing with new knowledge about mic placement! I cant wait to put some of this new knowledge to work. Of course I do have a few questions, so let me get the red tape out of the way,
1. Eric
2. Wichita Falls TX USA
3. I track at a studio which im NOW completly sure is the worst acousticly desinged studio in the world........(enter sarcasium here) thanks for all the info GUYS!!!!
4. My questions are not about the tracking studio but my bedroom control room where I mix-down the recordings from the above studio.
5. My Room- 12.5' Length 10' Width 8' ceilings/ Popcorn spray-on acoustics with Hardwood floors
6.Budget- lets say 100-200 US dollars
Ok Im not good at ataching pictures and files but I hope you have the picture from the SAE site atached. If not it is under the Studio design section and its the plan for the BEDROOM STUDIO. Thats basicly my room with just a few changes..........probably significant.
For starters my room is wider. I have a good 1-2 foot space between my moniters and side walls.
on the opposite wall from the "window with curtins" I have a closet with sliding doors. The closet starts 1 foot from the front studio wall and stops right at the back of the studio chair. Yes one of my moniters sits right next to it. In the diagram SAE has slat resinators on that section of wall. I cant do that to my closet and probably couldnt build one if I could.
Here is something I read from the SAE site refering to studio construction
"Important thing to remember are:
Stereo room symmetry around your speakers.
Glass windows or doors for communication.
Low-mid frequency absorption from 150 -550Hz.
High frequency absorption.
Absorption across the rear of the control room wall.
Whatever low frequency absorption you can fit in the space"
Question #1
"Whatever low frequency absorption you can fit in the space". With that being said couldnt I just put acoustic hagers in that closet? If so would the closet door render that trick usless? Any other ideas, I can do anything with the closet aside from boarding it up permanetly.
Question #2
Why deos this design not have any absorbing material behind the monitors on the front wall? I can treat my front wall anyway I need too. Any Ideas?
Question #3 in the design plan it has "High absorbers" on the rear wall. Deos that mean High frequency or High as in Feet and inches?
Question #4
Should I get a floor area rug? The design didnt make a refernce to that. remember Im not tracking in this room, just mixing, just me and my computer.
Question #5 (this is the kind of question that will give you an idea of just how bad my acoustic tecniques are at the tracking studio.)
I have 2 bookcases on my back wall. They are 5 1/2' tall X 2' wide and 1 foot deep. They have 5 removable/adjstable shelves in each. They are identical and made of cheep partical board. Could I pack insulation into the cavities and cover with some matieral or even seal them permantly for some sort of Texas style absorber? Im pretty sure they act as a difusser when they are full of CD's and stuff, but back wall absorption seems to be a prority in the plans. Any other ideas on how to DIY with stuff around the house?
Finnaly Id just like to thank everyone for this forum. If I knew then what I know now..............boy oh boy!
By the way, the Home Depot and Loew's Home improvment stores in my town have no idea what ROCKWOOL is.
