Soundman2020 - Studio Design Forum

A few years ago someone helped design my acoustical panels in a bedroom. I now have got to move out of there and the only place I have to go is the garage. I have a crap ton of acoustical treatment from the old studio and will build whatever else I need. The old studio is 12'x9' . I attached a couple of photos of a crappy sketchup that I didfor the new place. The garage is and will be used for storage and shipping eBay and Amazon stuff. I dont care about the sound getting out or coming in. I want to acoustically treat the room to have a very good and even frequency listening environment and that is it. I dont do live drums just record vocals, guitar, keys. Obviously do alot of mixing and mastering.

The garage 23’x23’x8’3”
It has 2 big garage doors on the one side.
It’s fully insulated and the walls and ceiling are plywood
I have 2/3 of the garage space for selling on eBay, Amazon, etc….
So 1/3 is used for studio roughly a space of 12’x14’ or so
I will have to lift the floor up a 1" or 2"
I placed 2 different options of desks on the floor so you can see what i'm thinking

I’m gonna start with just a few questions
1) do you need to have 4 walls or even 3 walls to make this work? meaning do I need to build a side wall or movable wall
2) can we make this a flat response to record in

I know Im missing something but it's been a long day here so thank you for any responses.

i started an answer on John Sayers - but i'll give roughly the same advice here - i revised it a bit - you should create the symmetry you need by added a partition wall to the left of the desk position (and i didn't add this previously) seal the garage door to the right. the partition should go back at least 10' and be aware of resonances from the rest of the room and "stuff".

I’m trying to PM Stuart but it doesn’t seem to be working. If your on here Stuart PM me please.

Sorry for not being around. My wife got Covid first, now I have it, so it's not fun times. Hopefully, I'll be back on my feet in a few days.

- Stuart -

Soundman2020 wrote:Sorry for not being around. My wife got Covid first, now I have it, so it's not fun times. Hopefully, I'll be back on my feet in a few days.

- Stuart -

Sorry to hear this, feel better Stuart!

Hi Stuart
Any better? I sure hope so. PM me, this warm weather is getting jacked up to start on this garage.

Thanks

so I am now going to use the whole garage. I think I should put the desk on the window side. Because I can get rid of those small shelves and will make the room more symmetrical. I don't need any rooms just have to make it have good frequency response. PM me Stuart.

the window side would be the better choice for a single open room, but if you have the whole garage, maybe dividing it into 2 main areas is now feasible.

Stuart are around? I really need to get started on this studio and am ready to go.

Does anyone on here no how to get a hold of Stuart?

Stuart are you around? Can you respond to me?