Apr 24, 2005 07:32 pm Do you have a seperate space for a control room, or is this all the space you've got?
studio space
Posted on Apr 24, 2005 06:33 pm
enos peniston
Member Since: Apr 24, 2005
I have a room 11ft long 8ft wide for a homestudio,is it to small. I want to make a vocalroom out of the space,is it wise.I also have foam to sound the whole room,is it a wise thing to do and how will it affect my sound.Peace
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Apr 24, 2005 07:32 pm Do you have a seperate space for a control room, or is this all the space you've got?
Apr 24, 2005 07:40 pm Do you want to make a seperate vocal room in that space, or use the whole space as a vocal booth?
You can build a small section of the room into a vocal booth. 4' by 4' is a good place to start, and that will leave you some space for the mixng room and such.
As for the use of studio foam. You dont need to deaden the whole room with foam. You do want some reflections for good sound. You just want to control the reflections with a minimum amount of foam.
Apr 24, 2005 08:51 pm I have a about the same space and but i have a walk-in closet that i used for vocals a few times but most of the time i just have a little area in the room that i record vocals and acoustic instuments. the trick is to tune you're room, check out the recording tips section on ideas on how to go about tuning and what not.
Apr 25, 2005 08:53 am I decide to make the vocalroom 4'by4' is it wise to dead the vocal room completly with the foam,and just parts of the controle room.Peace.
Apr 25, 2005 11:12 am for vocals, deader is better.
Apr 25, 2005 10:18 pm Yes, agree there for the most part. I as well as many others prefer to add the amiance later in the mix. As it is pretty hard to get a good reverb in a 4 x 4 space, not impossible, just hard.
And yes, for the control room, you will want to start with a little and add more as needed untill you find the right amount and placement of the foam. Placement is as important if not more so then the amount put up. Putting the foam in the right places is really the key.
Apr 25, 2005 11:53 pm yeah, tell that to my father....he coated a whole "drum lesson room" for the store top to bottom in Auralex to primarily keep sound in the room, and considered the deadening of room reflections a "tradoff".....i pulled 60% of that **** off and now the drum room sounds great, and my bedroom is sounding.....ummm quiet. good trick i leaned is to have a helper hold a mirror up and move it all over the walls until you can see your monitors... that's where to put it. simple geometry, it's basically like billiards.
Apr 25, 2005 11:55 pm oh don't forget the ceiling!
Apr 26, 2005 06:30 pm I actually went to Auralex.com and filled this form and and faxed them a diagram of my room and they sent me an evaluation of the room with suggestions for what to use on it. The best part is it was all free. Free is always good.
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