I've just spent the last 4 months building a new studio, been a dream for over a decade to have a properly isolated and treated space, and its finally happened! just in time as we move our production company onto bigger projects (we've just had our first feature film head out into the world on international release!)
(rubbish picture, I'll post some better ones up after this weekends opening...not all the traps and diffusers are up in this pic, or the 5.1 monitors and 56inch projector screen...)
After a month of impulse responses and calculations of the room modes, I finally settled on a design...
Its a "Room within a Room", the whole structure is floating off the floor with Neoprene (as I don't have a big issue with outside noise I didn't need to build a concrete floor sitting on springs, fortunetly lol)
Has a total of 24 absorbent bass traps and 2 large resonant traps (to deal with a dodgy 57.3Hz mode), and lots of Diffusers and Absorbers for the mid-high range.
Its also got a touchscreen Mixing Console built into a custom desk that houses controllers/audio interface and keyboard/mouse in a nice tidy unit that's comfortable to use (after 18months of agony from the nerves in my hands and arms, I've realized that Ergonomics are just as important as acoustic treatment in any studio!)
For the first time in my life, I have my own studio space I can walk around and the bass doesn't boom out and vanish at different points in the room! wooo
The only thing I wish could be better at the moment are the room dimensions, its just shy of the minimum recommended size for a music studio...but hey, the sound is clean and balanced, so its not that big a deal, just meant I needed a silly amount of acoustic treatment...until I am a millionaire, this is as big as I can get lol
I'll post up some more details and pics from the build if anyones interested, along with the sources for doing the calculations for room treatment and modes etc etc
I'll be opening up again for business this weekend if anyone's interested in mix/mastering (or film sound post production & ADR), its kitted out for Stereo and 5.1 surround (plz excuse the plug mods lol)
(rubbish picture, I'll post some better ones up after this weekends opening...not all the traps and diffusers are up in this pic, or the 5.1 monitors and 56inch projector screen...)
After a month of impulse responses and calculations of the room modes, I finally settled on a design...
Its a "Room within a Room", the whole structure is floating off the floor with Neoprene (as I don't have a big issue with outside noise I didn't need to build a concrete floor sitting on springs, fortunetly lol)
Has a total of 24 absorbent bass traps and 2 large resonant traps (to deal with a dodgy 57.3Hz mode), and lots of Diffusers and Absorbers for the mid-high range.
Its also got a touchscreen Mixing Console built into a custom desk that houses controllers/audio interface and keyboard/mouse in a nice tidy unit that's comfortable to use (after 18months of agony from the nerves in my hands and arms, I've realized that Ergonomics are just as important as acoustic treatment in any studio!)
For the first time in my life, I have my own studio space I can walk around and the bass doesn't boom out and vanish at different points in the room! wooo
The only thing I wish could be better at the moment are the room dimensions, its just shy of the minimum recommended size for a music studio...but hey, the sound is clean and balanced, so its not that big a deal, just meant I needed a silly amount of acoustic treatment...until I am a millionaire, this is as big as I can get lol
I'll post up some more details and pics from the build if anyones interested, along with the sources for doing the calculations for room treatment and modes etc etc
I'll be opening up again for business this weekend if anyone's interested in mix/mastering (or film sound post production & ADR), its kitted out for Stereo and 5.1 surround (plz excuse the plug mods lol)