Single Room for Mixing and Recording

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:21 pm

I'm getting near to redesigning a performance room I had designed in ard 1985. Then, I designed it as a place to play and record the instruments in.

Now however, I kinda need to use it as both. IE., setting the MTR there for mixing AND micing the instruments and voices there. One man operation.

My question: Can I analyze and construct it for that dual use role?

Maybe, even some changeable type traps/freq-control devices?

Blueraven

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:40 pm

I use one large room for both recording and mixing and it's great. I can't imagine working any other way. However, I record mostly myself, not full bands. But even when I have others here, we all use headphones and the proximity is great.

--Ethan

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:19 pm

Thanks Ethan. Thats exactly what I want to do also.

I know I need to do some LxWxD measurements and submit the layout and hope to do that soon.

My concern is that for recording, its nice to have a fairly live ambiance where the mixing station needs to be set for flat responses as possible. I was anticipating a conflict there.

BR

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:02 pm

Blueraven wrote:

My concern is that for recording, its nice to have a fairly live ambiance where the mixing station needs to be set for flat responses as possible. I was anticipating a conflict there.

The idea of a small "live" room is flawed IMO. Small room ambience is always bad ambience, so the better goal is to treat the room to be as neutral as possible. Then you can do anything in there - record, mix, have band rehearsals, watch porn movies Smile

- and it will sound great for everything.

--Ethan

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:29 pm

Big E,

I got the R&D sw yesterday. Its for a space I orig designed as a micing/perf room. Dimen were orig abt 22' long x 16'-7" wide with 9'-7" ceilings. It had carpet and I installed 3-bays of helmholtz resonators 32" wide over the ceiling joist to tame a 55Hz+/- resonance.

Since I've added a bathroom and now the space is 15'-5" long x 16'-7" wide with 9'-7" ceilings. Still has carpet.

Thats the space I hope to analyze and use for recording and mixing.

Can't do the porn thing Rolling Eyes

, if I can't participate I don't want to watch ha!!

Rick

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