Post by johnnydub on Mar 27, 2018 19:03:14 GMT
Hello All,
I have a little recording studio located in Antwerp, Belgium and i have a question related to my control room setup.
So i have my monitors set up in the length of the room, facing the short wall. This seemed the general preferred way of doing it when i looked it all up. Mostly it’s better because you are not in the center of the (rectangular) room and you have more distance between you and the back wall (if i understood it right)
Now i have a question, and i can’t seem to get clear info on this.
I will describe my control room first:
-long walls= 5m (16,4 ft) short wall 1 (couch)= 3m (9,8 feet) short wall 2 = 4m20 (13,7ft) height 3m (9,8ft)
-concrete floor with wood on it
-wooden ceiling with insulation (i am below a stage)
-the 2 short walls are very thick concrete (with absorption material on it)
-long wall 1 is concrete, has the door in it and is has a 90 degree corner (this part of the room is 4m20 wide)
-long wall 2 is wood and has a lot of insulation in it (there is a rehearsal space behind so it really is like 2 wooden walls with 1 meter in between full of insulation)
The question:
My control room is kind of asymmetrical, both in shape and in wall materials.
Would it be OK to place my monitors against the long wooden wall?
I would have less space between me and the rear wall (long wall 1), but the door and the extra space is there, so it’s not really a straight surface behind me and maybe that makes it kind of ok? And with the monitors being in front of the wooden wall, a lot of the bass escaping from the rear of the speakers would be absorbed, right?
When i read about the short wall vs the long wall setup i see very little info on control rooms with different wall materials and 90 degree corners and the effect of this on the room modes and back wall reflections and stuff..
The main reason i like to face the long wall is because i would gain a lot of space this way. I would place the couch in the extra space (in the new back wall), the racks and the desk on my right side (where the couch is now). Now you can work with more people in front of the computer, set up keyboards, roll around with the chair,..
Of course the sound has to be acceptable, even for mixing. But not to a mastering level or anything like that.
I know probably the correct answer will be to make detailed measurements and i will certainly do that. But maybe there is someone that has kind of the same situation or that has some general info when it comes to different wall materials and 90 degree angles in the control room?
I attached 3 pictures to make it more clear, if you need more just ask!
Thanks for helping me out!!
Jan
I have a little recording studio located in Antwerp, Belgium and i have a question related to my control room setup.
So i have my monitors set up in the length of the room, facing the short wall. This seemed the general preferred way of doing it when i looked it all up. Mostly it’s better because you are not in the center of the (rectangular) room and you have more distance between you and the back wall (if i understood it right)
Now i have a question, and i can’t seem to get clear info on this.
I will describe my control room first:
-long walls= 5m (16,4 ft) short wall 1 (couch)= 3m (9,8 feet) short wall 2 = 4m20 (13,7ft) height 3m (9,8ft)
-concrete floor with wood on it
-wooden ceiling with insulation (i am below a stage)
-the 2 short walls are very thick concrete (with absorption material on it)
-long wall 1 is concrete, has the door in it and is has a 90 degree corner (this part of the room is 4m20 wide)
-long wall 2 is wood and has a lot of insulation in it (there is a rehearsal space behind so it really is like 2 wooden walls with 1 meter in between full of insulation)
The question:
My control room is kind of asymmetrical, both in shape and in wall materials.
Would it be OK to place my monitors against the long wooden wall?
I would have less space between me and the rear wall (long wall 1), but the door and the extra space is there, so it’s not really a straight surface behind me and maybe that makes it kind of ok? And with the monitors being in front of the wooden wall, a lot of the bass escaping from the rear of the speakers would be absorbed, right?
When i read about the short wall vs the long wall setup i see very little info on control rooms with different wall materials and 90 degree corners and the effect of this on the room modes and back wall reflections and stuff..
The main reason i like to face the long wall is because i would gain a lot of space this way. I would place the couch in the extra space (in the new back wall), the racks and the desk on my right side (where the couch is now). Now you can work with more people in front of the computer, set up keyboards, roll around with the chair,..
Of course the sound has to be acceptable, even for mixing. But not to a mastering level or anything like that.
I know probably the correct answer will be to make detailed measurements and i will certainly do that. But maybe there is someone that has kind of the same situation or that has some general info when it comes to different wall materials and 90 degree angles in the control room?
I attached 3 pictures to make it more clear, if you need more just ask!
Thanks for helping me out!!
Jan
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