Post by sasha on Nov 26, 2017 18:53:53 GMT
Hi Ethan, hi everybody!
I decided to join since I value your advice greatly. And I have a possibly great situation that I don't want to screw up. So I need help with planning and building a new studio. I was a freelancer and owned a small recording studio, did a lot of work in audio both studio and live. But now I work in a small concert hall in my hometown, and have the opportunity to build a studio adjacent to that concert hall. As I type, a small string orchestra is rehearsing for tomorrows concert.
Anyhow, the space where studio should be is (excuse me for metric) 6m wide, 10m long and about 4m high (or higher). It is an empty space, concrete walls, but renovation is due, and I have a chance to communicate with architects. My head is booming with information, and I hope you all could give second opinions and point out things I might forgetting.
So I need a control room and a small live room, since I can use concert hall as well. I was thinking splitting the length in half, so I have 2 rooms about 5m wide, 6m long and 4m high. It might be unfortunate that ceiling is 5m high as well since the room is just to be demolished and I don't know how high it actually is. That would be my first thing to ask for, lowering the ceiling in control room, and in the live room I could use the height but I would need some sort of a cluster hanging from the ceiling. So first I need to get the dimensions right.
Floors will be hardwood, as I am told I don't have to worry about isolation since this is music house/museum and no one will be bothered with a noise from the studio. That way carpets can be optional which is good. Plus side is that this is very old bulding and the walls are very thick.
Is it better to leave the walls as they are and then put the traps in the corners, or to ask the architects to make the front of the control room smaller and fill the walls with rock wool? That way I can have huge bass traps from bottom to ceiling. I would also try, if the ceiling is lowered to leave the corners opened and fill the top with a lot of rock or mineral or whatever kind of wool. Can a room have to much bass absorption?
If I divide the room into 2, I would make the 60cm thick wall filled with sand as much statics allow. I would like a window to see the live room, and I am thinking could a big glass sliding doors be enough to isolate the rooms. The other option is heavy doors and a window, which would be 3 layers of differently angled thick glass.
I have to think about connection of the rooms. Hopefully simple multicore cable will be good enough, hole in the wall should be sealed with foam (or what is the name of that expanding stuff).
If I got the bass trapping correctly, secondly I have to think about first reflections. That is simple. I can build panels out of rock wool for mids, or use acoustic foam for more high frequency absorption.
What else should I worry about regarding absorption?
Diffusion should be installed at the rear wall, along with bass traps in the corners. I was thinking curved panel diffusion in combination with QRD.
Everything combined, the room should be pleasing to the eyes. That's what architects are there for. They just need as much information I can give them, so when I enter the room it sound good from scratch.
Looking forward to all your replies!
Sasha
I decided to join since I value your advice greatly. And I have a possibly great situation that I don't want to screw up. So I need help with planning and building a new studio. I was a freelancer and owned a small recording studio, did a lot of work in audio both studio and live. But now I work in a small concert hall in my hometown, and have the opportunity to build a studio adjacent to that concert hall. As I type, a small string orchestra is rehearsing for tomorrows concert.
Anyhow, the space where studio should be is (excuse me for metric) 6m wide, 10m long and about 4m high (or higher). It is an empty space, concrete walls, but renovation is due, and I have a chance to communicate with architects. My head is booming with information, and I hope you all could give second opinions and point out things I might forgetting.
So I need a control room and a small live room, since I can use concert hall as well. I was thinking splitting the length in half, so I have 2 rooms about 5m wide, 6m long and 4m high. It might be unfortunate that ceiling is 5m high as well since the room is just to be demolished and I don't know how high it actually is. That would be my first thing to ask for, lowering the ceiling in control room, and in the live room I could use the height but I would need some sort of a cluster hanging from the ceiling. So first I need to get the dimensions right.
Floors will be hardwood, as I am told I don't have to worry about isolation since this is music house/museum and no one will be bothered with a noise from the studio. That way carpets can be optional which is good. Plus side is that this is very old bulding and the walls are very thick.
Is it better to leave the walls as they are and then put the traps in the corners, or to ask the architects to make the front of the control room smaller and fill the walls with rock wool? That way I can have huge bass traps from bottom to ceiling. I would also try, if the ceiling is lowered to leave the corners opened and fill the top with a lot of rock or mineral or whatever kind of wool. Can a room have to much bass absorption?
If I divide the room into 2, I would make the 60cm thick wall filled with sand as much statics allow. I would like a window to see the live room, and I am thinking could a big glass sliding doors be enough to isolate the rooms. The other option is heavy doors and a window, which would be 3 layers of differently angled thick glass.
I have to think about connection of the rooms. Hopefully simple multicore cable will be good enough, hole in the wall should be sealed with foam (or what is the name of that expanding stuff).
If I got the bass trapping correctly, secondly I have to think about first reflections. That is simple. I can build panels out of rock wool for mids, or use acoustic foam for more high frequency absorption.
What else should I worry about regarding absorption?
Diffusion should be installed at the rear wall, along with bass traps in the corners. I was thinking curved panel diffusion in combination with QRD.
Everything combined, the room should be pleasing to the eyes. That's what architects are there for. They just need as much information I can give them, so when I enter the room it sound good from scratch.
Looking forward to all your replies!
Sasha
