Post by saxomophone on Aug 12, 2017 18:43:40 GMT
Hello all,
I've been meaning to do this since Ethan moved his forum to this site! I'm a slacker...and am therefore just getting around to it.
Here is my room. It's 11' wide by 13' deep and has 8' ceilings. I will use it for recording saxophone, vocals, and maybe a little guitar. I'll also use it for mixing.
The door is right in the corner of the room, which will make it a challenge to treat that particular corner. That said, I have a few ideas that I think will work. I will likely do super-chunk traps in the three corners that are available. I'll also likely treat the wall to ceiling corners too.
My problem is the window which is on one of the 13' walls. In reading through the forum I've seen that it is better to put your desk on the shorter wall so that the back wall is further from your listening position. However, I could also put my desk in front of the window. Either way, my plan would be to build two panels that would be mounted with "barn door" style sliders to treat the windows. That way I could slide each panel to the right and left of the window when I want to see out, but slide them over the window when I'm mixing or recording. Seems so me that it would be easier to treat the room with "balance" in mind at the listening position if the desk were in front of the window. But the rear wall would be closer to me than if I were to put the desk on the 11' wall.
So that's my first question...where should I place the desk? Then, what strategy would you choose for treatment based on the desk location?
Thanks in advance for any and all comments and recommendations!
I've been meaning to do this since Ethan moved his forum to this site! I'm a slacker...and am therefore just getting around to it.
Here is my room. It's 11' wide by 13' deep and has 8' ceilings. I will use it for recording saxophone, vocals, and maybe a little guitar. I'll also use it for mixing.
The door is right in the corner of the room, which will make it a challenge to treat that particular corner. That said, I have a few ideas that I think will work. I will likely do super-chunk traps in the three corners that are available. I'll also likely treat the wall to ceiling corners too.
My problem is the window which is on one of the 13' walls. In reading through the forum I've seen that it is better to put your desk on the shorter wall so that the back wall is further from your listening position. However, I could also put my desk in front of the window. Either way, my plan would be to build two panels that would be mounted with "barn door" style sliders to treat the windows. That way I could slide each panel to the right and left of the window when I want to see out, but slide them over the window when I'm mixing or recording. Seems so me that it would be easier to treat the room with "balance" in mind at the listening position if the desk were in front of the window. But the rear wall would be closer to me than if I were to put the desk on the 11' wall.
So that's my first question...where should I place the desk? Then, what strategy would you choose for treatment based on the desk location?
Thanks in advance for any and all comments and recommendations!
