Oct 06, 2008 10:50 am Damn - seems as though it didnt like my crude drawing, but hopefully you get the idea...
Need help building a vocal booth please
Posted on Oct 06, 2008 10:49 am
Indellable
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Member Since: Aug 12, 2008
I have an unfinished space right off my control room which is the shape of a rectangle with a 2'x3' nook in the top right corner of the long side of the rectangle. The room will be used to record primarlily vocals and the occasional guitar (accoustic and electric). Crude drawing below- entrance from the control room is on the left side noted by an "E":
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First question: Should I just close off the nook so that the room is rectangle? If so, it would be appoximately 6'x8.5'.
Second Question(s): The floor is concrete and there is your normal basement exposed silver insulation on the walls now. I am trying to do this as economically as possible but do want it too be as quality as possible too. As such, anything special I should look to put on the floor, or special insulation I should use before putting up the walls and ceiling? Also, since I am starting from scratch would you reccomend regular drywall or is there something else I should use on the walls and ceiling? Once I get these parts figured out, I will ask my question(s)about soundproofing/room tuning based on the determined shape and materials.
As always, thanks so much for your input!
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Oct 06, 2008 10:50 am Damn - seems as though it didnt like my crude drawing, but hopefully you get the idea...
Oct 07, 2008 12:25 am In terms of a vocal booth, there really aren't schematics that work every time. You deal with what you have to a certain extent. Me personally, I record all my vocals in the living room and add a little effects to them and I feel them to be of good quality.
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Your diagram didn't translate unfortunately, but I think I have a general idea of what you mean. If you're looking to record guitars, 8'x5' is a minimal space, at least for me; then again I'm somewhat claustrophobic in tight quarters.
But back to the vocal booth concept. I'll work backward with you on this; So far as acoustically treating the room, please have a look at my write up on on these matters- it's a good jumping point for beginners like myself, you, and many others. You can find it here ->www.homerecordingconnecti...ory&id=1467
Second of all, I noticed you mentioned economical. I have quite a few sites I could point you to for affordable foam options that I'd be more than happy to give you.
Beyond that, without a proper schematic, I'm at a loss for pointers. I'm very far from a pro, but I'm VERY far from a novice. Hope this helped, even a little, and shoot me an e-mail if you, or anyone else would like those websites for cheap studio acoustic materials.
If you can, make a CAD, Photoshop, or even a microsoft paint image of your general demeanor concerning the vocal booth, including available/probable area as best as you can so we can help you a bit further. There's no right or wrong without hearing it first, so keep that in mind- you and your clients/band/friends/ whoever are the ones that decide whats good in the long run. We here at HRC can simply offer you what we have under our belts and cross fingers that it works.
Unless you talk to Rob Stemple. He's a total genius when it comes to this stuff.
Oct 07, 2008 08:48 am Thanks Keith. I uploaded 2 pics to my profile. 1 shows the overal setup of the new studio (control room and vocal room) and the other just shows the vocal room. Thanks for any additional input and websites.
Oct 07, 2008 03:56 pm Worry about treatment *before* materials. No use in putting up drywall just to tear it down again.
For a room that size, I'd suggest open studs & OC703 - and no (interior) drywall at all. Double up the exterior drywall to help arrest transmission.
You might get some ideas from: www.massivemastering.com/...lVocalBooth.pdf
On the 'nook' -- What does that back up to? Could it be a possible (albeit smallish) 'machine room' for computers & rack gear? It'd have to be isolated from the booth, but if it's part of the structure, there might be ways to exploit it...
Floor -- You've got the best there is already. If it's really ugly, you could use linoleum, tile, wood is always nice...
Oct 08, 2008 02:50 pm Thanks. That link is great considering its almost the exact measurements of my room. The nook is only about 2'x3' so once it is finished I would imagine it would be too small for anything worthwhile. What I have thought about doing now is andding angles throughout the room (including that nook) to decrease the parrallel surfaces or just ruling it out with an overall angle like your link.
Oct 08, 2008 03:26 pm If you made something along the lines of the SVB pdf, you could actually expand the nook a bit (inside the room in the R-19 filled space) and then close that space in using the false-walls.
I don't want to seem 'nook' crazy, but I'd give $$$ for a 'nook' in here... Hindsight - I could've had so much more floorspace in this room with a simple "nook" for a couple small racks and maybe the printer. And heat control -- Wow... Having the computers in a nook with an exhaust fan?!? Damn... That'd just be out of control... The B.T.U.'s in here are already out of control - even with all the additional HVAC work.
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