John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

well i was hoping for some tips on how to improve the sound in my room (or just deaden it). i basically want to record in the middle of the room using gobo's and have the room acoustics semi-decent. i will probably eventually hit the $500-$1000 mark (i know that's not a whole lot)...my plan for now is to get insulation, make a frame around it and put material on it, then hang them on the walls and even roof. i don't want to do anything permanent to the place. also i'm not super loud, vocals and guitar will be the loudest things i record...no drums in the near future.

so here's my room done in sketchup (first time using the program). i tried exporting the pic but it was over 700 pixels wide, i don't wanna get yelled at my first time posting
-the closet has 3 mirror doors that slide (sorry didn't draw them in)
-the room is to be used as a guest room as well, so there's a futon in there
-i might end up putting my desk diagonal where you see my make-shift bass trap, it's not a huge setup

so any comments would be appreciated...and yes i did a search and found LOTS of different rooms and ideas, but nothing i could compare to my own so i apologize if something like this was covered. tomorrow i will get my photoshop loaded and resize a picture for quick viewing. thanks in advance!!

here is the quick layout...any ideas at all? lemme know. Anybody with any hints please say something, anything at all

even just a "hey you should put up something on that wall" or a "sorry no ideas buddy" or even "you're hopeless" please just anything at all

give me some love

"hey you should put up something on that wall"

there you go.

The problem is those glass sliding doors - most of your sound will go straight out there, plus they will reflect a lot back into the room.

Go and make some gobos and try them out mate - that's about all you can do.

cheers
john

you are the man...thanks. yeah i understand this room bites, gobos here i come