Cheap studio build question

[bpence310]

What would be the cheapest way to retrofit a 25x30 spray foam insulated metal building with concrete floor to have decent studio quality? I do have metalworking tools (lathe, mill, etc) in it, as well, so I would like to keep it to about half of that space, if possible. I am not looking for like high-end quality, but decent would be nice. I would like to be able to have my drum kit, rack, room for a guitar player or two and vocals be able to play together and not have it sound like trash. I am not opposed to the "building within a building" method, but I would like to do this on the cheap. I have a 20x40 building with a dirt floor and have considered doing that method inside of it, but I'd like to see what options I have that would be acceptable, rather than perfect.

[ferretrock]

Room within a room is essentially to keep noise from outside out, and noise from inside from going outside... it isn't really about making things sound nice INSIDE the room.

I'd suggest doing some reading about porous absorption. http://www.acousticmodelling.com/porous.php This calculator is a good help for getting to understand what results one can expect from different materials in varied thicknesses so that you can build things right one time (rather than building and rebuilding).

[jsalsburg]

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[jsalsburg]

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[jsalsburg]

If you have the time and resources, the room-within-a-room method is recommended. The "Control Room" should be separate from the Recording Room with several separate non-touching walls so sound does not bleed through in the Control Room. I make my own sound bats (sound absorption panels). The expensive commercial sound bats are a rip off. It is amazing what you can do with fireproof fabric fashioned as flat bags holding 4 inch-thick rockwool bats hung from the ceiling and a few inches off the walls. A few Vertical floor-to-ceiling partial Cylindrical surfaces on the walls mitigates low frequency bounce. In the facebook link of Abbey Road Studios, you can see the numerous vertical bats hanging from the ceiling. The diffusion panels on the walls are decorated so they are more visually appealing. Notice the outside of the Control Room window is tilted toward the ceiling, double glazed with a wide gap between inside and outside glass, faceted and non-perpendicular to the long dimension of the room to reduce reflections.

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[I_Am_Become_KVR]

Depends on where the building is located, as far as whether you need to isolate your noise from the neighbors or not.

When it comes to control rooms, if you're recording yourself, there's no particular need for one. Unless you have a dedicated engineer in the control room who needs the isolation.

[whyterabbyt]

I’ve been messing with turning off smoothing and it made the envelope snappier, which helped. Also tweaked the curve settings a bit for more punch right at the start.

i think you've replied to the wrong thread.