Advice desperately needed on Loft Studio Design...

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:19 pm

Hey

I have a converted loft which i am lookin at turning into a home studio for me and my band to record in. The loft is already converted with a big and a smaller room both are floating floors so they are decoupled from the truss cords below. Due to the ceilings being quite low i think i will need to look at treating the room but this is something ive never dealt with before so any advice would be great here.... Thanks.

My aim is to create a control room and a sort of live room where i will put drums and amps and will hopefully be able to do vocal work in there.

One thing i was wondering is should i consider blocking off the stairs to the room below with a door or something?

Ive attached a picture of my loft space below.

Let me know if any more information is required.... Thanks!

Any advice would be greatly apreciated!!!!!!

Thanks
Jamie

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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:00 pm

Why do people ask for advice and then try to cramp yer neck with sideways scrolling? Why I ask you?

What is it on this page: http://recording.org/ftopict-36851.html : that people just do not like?

I don't get it...I wanna know?

Oh, welcome to RO boss, it can be a pleasant stay if you want it that way Smile

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:25 am

Damnation wrote:

Due to the ceilings being quite low i think i will need to look at treating the room but this is something ive never dealt with before

More info than you'll want to read right here:

Acoustics FAQ

The short answer is low ceilings need absorption. But you also need bass traps and other absorption on the walls.

--Ethan

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:31 pm

Hey,

Sorry Space, ill start over...

The room in which i am looking to converting into my home studio is a converted loft (attic). i am looking at creating a place where me and my band can rehearse and record in our own time. I am looking at making the larger room a control room and the smaller some sort of live room/iso room just to put the amps and drums. I use a electric drum kit so there is no issue with noise there apart from needing some sort of mat to stop vibrations going through the floor.

What i am looking to record mainly will be metal so this will be mainly Guitars, Drums and vocals, Like i said above the drums are electronic so there isn't really a sound issue there, but my guitars and vocals will be an issue so in that case i will need to look at isolating the smaller room somehow.

Thanks for the link Ethan!!

I will try and get a drawing up with dimensions but to give you an idea of what im working with here are a couple of quick reference dimensions:

Control Room:
Height = 6' 10''
Width = 9' 7''
Length = 10' 9''

Live/ISO Room
Height = 6' 8''
Width = 9' 7''
Length = 5' 7''

Let me know if you need any more information i am pretty new to the whole recording world...

Cheers
Jamie

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:41 am

Damnation wrote:

here are a couple of quick reference dimensions:

That's way too small for good sound. Forget the idea of two rooms and just have one room twice as large.

--Ethan

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