Studio Rockwool placement help?

[Roncore]

Hello all! Finally trying to create some Rockwool absorber panels and traps, and was wanting to show you a crude drawing I did to see what you might think would be good placement.

The room is 28.6 ft long x 16 ft wide. Slanted Ceiling popcorn ceiling starting at about 10 ft tall on the kitchen entrance side sloping to 8 ft on the drum wall.

Speakers are on the custom desk right now ( 7ft long), but I plan on getting speaker stands soon for either side of the desk. Any suggestions for panels and what not are appreciated! I didn't know where to post this, but since I saw the studio showoff thread here, I figured this will have to work haha!

 

[Roncore]

Any suggestions?

 

[JakeAC5253]

Anywhere bass frequencies gather, usually corners. Spot treat any additional problem areas.

 

[AntonioPetrole]

Corners and early reflections points for starters. Also your desk is in a very unfavorable spot (unless that is a door to a control room). Desk positioning is the first thing to consider when it comes to acoustic placement

 

[Roncore]

It's close to the vocal booth. With as many doors and such throughout the room, it's really hard to find a position anywhere else with also having drum positioning in mind.

Story of my life the past 7 years haha.

 

[Studdy]

I am by know means a pro. But if i was going to wing it this would be my attempt. The red in corners are a min of 4 inch 703 or alike (prefer 6 in or superchunk). also put some 2 inch panels around the room. (look up the mirror trick if you havent) it involves using a mirror to find reflection points from the listening/recording position. I tend to stick with the 1/3 into the room idea. This way i have it set up will allow to have a decent mix spot and a decent drum recording spot. I would put a cloud overtop the mix position, above kit if room will allow with mics in place. The rear wall could probably use some diffusion or more broadband absorbers.

hope this helps \m/\m/

 

[Studdy]

there is a video floating around the net , ether winer, i believe. they rigged up a corner bass trap attached to a door for situations like yours.

 

[Roncore]

Thanks guys, so much!!

 

[SethTheGreat]

Download RoomEQWizard or "REW"

http://www.hometheatershack.com/roomeq/

This lets you run sine sweeps of your room and measure how long certain frequencies take to decay and which frequencies are giving you buildups and cancellations.

This way you can move the traps around and find the best configuration, as well as understand the 'before and after' difference your treatment made.

Most people suggest using a reference mic (you can get a behringer for $60 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/behringer-ecm8000-microphone ) but I'm pretty sure any condenser will work just fine.

edit: Also (as Studdy suggested) Ethan Winer is awesome for this stuff.

http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUGIr92yrDW4cRLD-QaZmS6w