New SONAR X1 based studio

If you were building a new studio and had a rectangular space 6 x 4 metres with 2.7 metre ceiling. Concrete slab floor, and  cement rendered double brick walls. Ceiling acoustic tiles. No external windows only 1 point of entry with air recirculated and airconditioned when necessary. I can use traps and other sound tailoring devices as I like but:
 
How would you apportion Control room and studio room out of this one space?
 
I know the post will get moved but maybe some guys who's opinions I value will get time to leave a post with a suggestion.

I'd start measuring and then hang some diffusers. Then print the graph from 300hz and down warths and see what you've measured.

By iso booth I'm guessing you guys are talking about a space big enough for vocals or maybe a live drum kit.

So where you traditionally would have your mixing position against a wall with a window in it with a view of the studio I'd leave the equipment in the same relative positions but leave out the seperating wall/window. that would still allow me to see the talent and the computer video monitors at the same time. So instead of the floor space behind me at the mix position, a greater part of it would be infront of the mix position.??

johnlsayers.com > recording studio design forum

Don't forget to check out his studios on the home page

lots of great info

Use the "search" function (it actually works!), search by author "John Sayers".
Start at post #1 and work forward.
Download sketchup from google, examine all John's drawings.

HTH

Agreed with everyone else. There's been a general shift away from the larger live room to the larger control room, heck even Peter Gabriel's Real World is centered on a gigantic console smack in the middle of his HUGE live room.

For vocals I reckon you'd easily get away with 2 x 3 and it's an ideal place to put loud guitar cabs, brass players etc - just don't deaden it TOO much. Leave room for the air in there to breathe. Maybe 2 walls treated and 2 semi-treated. Don't kill off all the highs.

For drums, I was thinking about simply building a drum riser at one end of the room. This will help to kill off vibration if you mount it on neoprene, or even this stuff which seems to be gaining in popularity

Gaffpro


Mod Bod:
I went to your website and had a few questions.......where did you get the desk and the 2 racks on each side (where your NS10's and hardware mixer are set)?
Also what type of iso booth do you use?
I like your setup!

I got the desk at Home Depot.
 
Unfortunately it was in sheet and board form at the time.  [;0]
 
All kidding aside, I'm a professional plastics fabricator and own a 6000 sf facility called Plastics America - www.plasticsamerica.com
 
I designed the desk using available CAD software and cut out the shapes with my CNC router and glued and nailed it together.
 
 
EDIT:  I failed to mention that I built out my studio myself and the ISO is built into the room within a room design.  The Iso Booth floor floats over densely packed rock wool and the walls are built over that base.  It's not absolutely isolated but it is workable for a home studio situation.  Whatever you build - you must consider that you may have to tear it all out someday if you sell your home.