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Post by chelonian on Nov 5, 2020 21:42:51 GMT
I am considering doing home music recording, with concerns about room acoustic quality for vocals and acoustic guitar (and maybe some electric guitar as recorded by mic off an amp). No bands, no drum kits, nothing too loud.
The obvious choice in terms of personal comfort and convenience would be my computer room. But it's very small (about 10x10', 7'6" ceiling, carpet). Walls are plaster.
My basement is about 22' x 22', cement floor with some very thin rugs on it, cinder block walls, quite low ceiling (6'6" but at places lower due to ductwork). It also has a staircase and some odd surfaces due to the furnace, w&d, utility sink, cardboard boxes of books, and a sort of "toilet alcove."
When I record, I am thinking of turning off my furnace in either case, at least until the house gets too chilly. In the basement, I am going to be very uncomfortable playing down there this winter. I'd also probably have to buy a separate dedicated computer to use down there (which I may do anyway to reduce fan noise).
What's the call here, acoustically? Is the larger size of the basement worth recording down there despite the inconvenience, or will the low ceilings and super hard walls and floor amount to just as many issues?
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Post by rock on Nov 5, 2020 23:23:37 GMT
Close micing tends to negate or minimize "room sound" (which is due to reflections and resonances etc.) The farther away the source, the more "room sound" you get so a bigger room is better for that because the walls can be farther away and they just sound better and less boxy. You still need treatment either way and in a larger room, you generally need more just because it's bigger. The 6'6" ceiling sounds too low and investing in that space will eventually be hard or at least not very enjoyable to work in but the large space otherwise might be tempting. If you ever want to dig out the floor, you'd have a good space to do nice build if you wanted to invest some $$$$. If budget is tight, probably better to stay with the 10 x 10...my 2 cents.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2020 10:32:02 GMT
As Rock mentioned, if you can dig the floor deeper, to make the room height say 10-13ft you then have actually pretty pretty nice place to do a studio.
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