Wooden "carpet" (Acoustical question)

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I live in a rented place, and my "studio's" floor is tiled. I'm missing some "warmth" on my floor. But I can't get that floor out, I can't put some wood all over the place, cause i'd have problems with the door & I can't go making the door's gap bigger.
My question now: if I partially put a wooden floor, just under my desk and vocal tracking place (more like 55-60% of my entire floor) making it some sort of 'carpet', would it improve my room's acoustics or would it fuck my room up?
Or just do nothing maybe?
Generally I use it for mixing only cause I intentionally stay away from tracking bands most of the time.
 
A reflective surface is a reflective surface, no matter what the material in question; tile, concrete, wood, etc.
Some very heated debates in other (acoustics)forums about if and how much do different materials reflect and do they have a "sound".
Most common answer I've seen is reflective floor - absorptive ceiling/walls.
Our ears are used to reflections from the floor/ground, since that is the one real-world reference point we all have.

I'd guess if you're lacking warmth, I'd look somewhere else, like early reflection points (walls, ceiling above mix position, desk), distance from the monitors, etc..
 
A reflective surface is a reflective surface, no matter what the material in question; tile, concrete, wood, etc.
Some very heated debates in other (acoustics)forums about if and how much do different materials reflect and do they have a "sound".
Most common answer I've seen is reflective floor - absorptive ceiling/walls.
Our ears are used to reflections from the floor/ground, since that is the one real-world reference point we all have.

I'd guess if you're lacking warmth, I'd look somewhere else, like early reflection points (walls, ceiling above mix position, desk), distance from the monitors, etc..

Ok, so it wouldn't change a thing at all. Good to know!