Ok well i have a small room thats 11.5'x14.5'x8' that has a closet and a LARGE window...taking up about 3/4 of the wall. It as some nasty echo and ping when you talk at a very low volume...im planning on recording drums, vocals, and guitars in this room but i cant do it with the bad acoustics. I need to know how i should go about tunning this room. Also i will be putting up a wall so it makes the 'booth' an 11.5' square and then use the remainder of the space for a control area. The window would be in the 'booth' area and also a ceiling fan and an A/C vent. The vent can be covered and the ceiling fan is the only source of light in the room. So if you could help me out with a general design i would greatly appreciate it.

http://www.auralex.com/

not really looking to spend 9000 dollars...im on a tight budget. I was thinking of getting some convoluted foam sets from Uline (packing and shipping supply store), its 60 bucks for 1152 sq.feet of this stuff. Does anyone know if that will work?

They have budget kits there too. There is even a place where you can draw your room and they give recoomendations. I would guess for around $200 you could get something that would work. A few bass traps for the corners, a few panels for the ceiling and walls, and something to go around the vent.

A cheap cheap way of getting a somewhat decent sound is going to your local department store and picking up some egg crate mattresses and chopping them up, and getting some 3 inch foam and placing some strips in the corners.

For your room probably 3 or 4 mattress would work, and they are about $10 a piece.

I built my last 2 studios, so let me give you the cheap and easiest methods there are.
FIRST : Auralex is the easiest method and most effective. It is what has been known as "egg crate" in the industry (do not use REAL egg crates, thats doo-doo). Its simple as crap to put up and just as easy to take down, but you may need to repaint afterward.
Second: Very cheap and easy, get some furniture thats a little on the heavy side and place it along the walls (bookshelves, tables, stuff you can use but takes up a little space) and put large pillows, blankets, or stuffed animals in the corners. They will act as a bass trap and eliminate some echos.
Third: The window you have, is it double paned? If it is, thats not so much of an issue, but even still, get some HEAVY blinds or some kind of cover for it that you can remove, if necessary. Its not a fact that windows are noisier, sometimes they help, but genreally speaking, windows arent your best friend.
Lastly: Learn to love it. You might get a better sound recording than you think after you've treated it slightly. Mixing might be an issue, you might want some near-field monitors so you can stick your head upclose and not get so much "room."
I hope this has helped and I wish you luck!

6000_LE wrote:

not really looking to spend 9000 dollars...im on a tight budget. I was thinking of getting some convoluted foam sets from Uline (packing and shipping supply store), its 60 bucks for 1152 sq.feet of this stuff. Does anyone know if that will work?

Dont use the packing store stuff. It genreally wont last long and probably wont do much more than look terrible