My wife and I are thinking of moving to the UK, and finding a nice place for ourselves
. I plan on creating in this new place a little project studio for myself, a one-room thing (not for recording bands or ensembles etc., but basically a studio, focused mainly (but not exclusively) on MIDI, consisting of a fantastic MIDI master keyboard, a state-of-the-art PC, loads of incredible software, a terrific A/D-D/A converter, a magnificent power amp, some l33t monitors, and a few awesome mics. Superb lighting, a cool desk, a comfortable chair, and a few exotic plants would give the finishing touch.I want this room to sound *neutral*. I don't want a room that is "good for orchestral music", or "good for rock", or something like that. I want it couloring my sound as little as possible (so that also involves getting the best monitors my money can buy).
Since my brother is a very experienced building constructor, mainly involved with interiors, he will prolly be the one helping me build it, but he has little of no knowledge of acoustics.
My question is: what are the software tools of choice to design rooms from an acoustical standpoint? I need software, in which I can specify the exact shape and size of the room, the materials the walls will be made of, and as a result I would like to see frequency (and phase?) responses on various listening positions, and hopefully it could deliver impulse responses too, so I actually hear the room before it even exists.
It doesn't matter too much whether the software is slow: I have a reasonably fast PC with enough RAM, and some time (months) left before this all starts. But of course, faster is always better... But *accuracy* is vital!
I know the Voxengo thing, but if I'm not mistaken, that's 2D, and not really a room designer.
And it can not be *too* expensive, because money is a bit of a problem right now.
Any ideas?
Thanx a million!!!
Heeb.
Edit: it should be Windows based (I have XP pro), 'cause Mac/Linux ain't my thing.
