Send your map/diagram to GIK (Google them) acoustics! which is what I was suggested when I posted a similar post. Bare in mind if your in a rental or temp accommodation you need mobile and removable treatment. Stay away from building your own unless you have good knowledge of what materials to use! And IF you are going to use sound treatment do it PROPERLY otherwise don't do it at all. Otherwise what is the point?

___________________

quote:

Originally posted by Energy_3 And IF you are going to use sound treatment do it PROPERLY otherwise don't do it at all. Otherwise what is the point?

Thanks for the tip. Although surely every little helps?
If I put in a carpet, and put some acoustic foam on the sidewalls and perhaps a bass trap in the corner.. surely that is better than doing nothing at all?

___________________
Cubase 6 Elements | Komplete 6 USB Audio Interface | KRK VXT4 Monitors + KRK 10s Sub | M-Audio Oxygen 49 MIDI Keyboard | Access Virus TI Snow Synth | Lots of vocal samples from your MOM

Im not the best to answer but, i think not every little bit will help! I think you want to make sure you room doesn't have any echos in it. I think room treatment is like the mac pc debate!

Though each may serve a certain purpose depending on needs etc. If you put a bit here and a bit there its not going to give you IMO a complete overall benefit which is what you want. Knowing that one piece here wil change your response here or there is what your going to end up with doing it half asssed, instead of putting in a complete well designed sound treatment approach.

I think ideally you want your window infront of you or behind you if possible unless your room is treated correctly. As you will lose certain sound to your right.

Carpet yes good idea just to remove the echo in your room,

With monitors you mean where best in your room, or in terms of audible placement so you hear them better? I dont know how big your desk is but I would rotate it and go back up against the left wall

___________________

Yeah the discussion could go on forever but right now im just looking for a few tips from other on what they would do in this situation to make it slightly better. I'm only here for another 6 weeks or so so its purely temporary.

The drawing is roughly drawn to scale.. there is no other place to move the desk.

___________________
Cubase 6 Elements | Komplete 6 USB Audio Interface | KRK VXT4 Monitors + KRK 10s Sub | M-Audio Oxygen 49 MIDI Keyboard | Access Virus TI Snow Synth | Lots of vocal samples from your MOM

IF your only there for six weeks make do then I would mate. Then when you get to a more permanent home do it then! I would just work in low volume or use headphones til you move.

From my exact post a few months back there was no real answer, first you need to run a test on your room once you have done this then you have a starting point! To see where your losing or gaining freq response etc, your either going to have a poor base response or un-even stereo imaging or both!

http://www.hometracked.com/2008/01/25/quick-home-studio-monitor-tests/

There is a device you can get to test your room response i cant remember what it is,

Hope this helps anyways mate,

___________________

This is a good read too

http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/Room_acoustics.html

___________________

quote:

Originally posted by MeltdownZA Thanks for the tip. Although surely every little helps? If I put in a carpet, and put some acoustic foam on the sidewalls and perhaps a bass trap in the corner.. surely that is better than doing nothing at all?

not really. Can you give dimensions. I would first try to place the system on the left wall if possible. I have a feeling it isn't. Ignore that statement about the window. Sound going out is not the problem. It is sound that stays in your room bouncing around that is.

Is that desk drawn to scale ? Would need to see some pictures.

___________________
"This is why Superman works alone." GC
old stuff from days gone by (2001-2004)
Mad For Brad's gay little contest

The room is...

3 metres from left wall to right wall.
2.3 metres from top wall to bottom wall

Everything is fairly accurately drawn to scale.. give or take a few inches.

How do you mean place the system on the left wall?

___________________
Cubase 6 Elements | Komplete 6 USB Audio Interface | KRK VXT4 Monitors + KRK 10s Sub | M-Audio Oxygen 49 MIDI Keyboard | Access Virus TI Snow Synth | Lots of vocal samples from your MOM

quote:

Originally posted by MeltdownZA The room is... 3 metres from left wall to right wall. 2.3 metres from top wall to bottom wall Everything is fairly accurately drawn to scale.. give or take a few inches. How do you mean place the system on the left wall?

I would say the left wall what i mentioned previously, though I may be wrong!

___________________