My first Studio Pics, Please tell me what you think.

[Divo]

I spent a Bit of time on this layout and tried to apply the principles I have learned from the FAQ's page so please be gentle, this is my first real go at designing anything. I have included frame work ideas, treatment placement and the soffit design. The control room floor is decoupled and I think the cabling will be routed through a cavity under the floor paneling with an access strip. I have put in a few traps, absorbers and some diffusion to give the studio area a live sound overall, it has a timber floor on 3mm rubber matting. I will try and match the stc of the external walls when constructing inserts for the window frame, and the appropriate division wall construction.(four layers of sheeting with suspended chaneling to mount). The walls will all be soft mounted to minimise transfer from the concrete floor. I think video monitoring of the studio from the control room will be better than glass panels in the dividing doors but would like other opinions about this. My main concern is the control room dimensions and treatments though. You will probably pick that the studio area dimensions could be better but I don't know how to improve them without loosing too much working space.

Please tell me what you think , and if I am getting it totally wrong.

Thanks again Guys.

[Oliver Sheen]

Divo, you're probably aware of this but your pics aren't showing

[Jason Silzle]

I see the pictures!

[Wes Lachot]

Divo,

I'd say you are generally on the right track.

Here are a couple of things to think about:

The angle of the side walls - have you done ray tracings to see what effect those wall angles will have on the speaker reflections?

On another subject, my personal preference is not to angle the monitors downward. Angling them down makes for a very small area where the tweeters on being heard on-axis. The people on the back couch will have the tweeters pointed at their knees.

The alternative is ear-level monitoring. The only real reason for the downward angle in many large studios is the desire for an ultra-wide window.

But there are other ways to gain an expansive view of the live room.

--Wes

[Divo]

Thanks Wes,

I did some ray tracings as you suggested and adjusted the wall angles to suit. I can't seem to get all of the reflections to give me 20 millisecond delay because of the small room dimensions but they are greatly improved, I now understand why this is as much an art as a science. I have also included a triangular rise in the middle of the back wall to splay the reflections around the mix position on the rebound. If I can get those rear reflections back past the mix position will that be enough to even up the room response and get an accurated mix ? Once the appropriate treatments have been applied of course.