Farmhouse home studio construction

xSpace · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:33 pm

Eric Best wrote:

Actually he was quoting me.

Forgive me Eric, I thought he was talking about someone else.

I have seen you here, but I am not aware of your talents so that might be my short coming.

Frankly, my shortcomings seem to be more revealed as the days progress.

xSpace · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:40 pm

Soundman2020 wrote:

he isn't the only "Eric" on this planet...

- Stuart -

Yes Sir he is.

That was my mistake I admit. But let us not get to full of ourselves to forget those that taught us what we now seem to speak of as our on making, like there was no one in front of us to clear this path.

Soundman2020 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:41 pm

Quote:

Frankly, my shortcomings seem to be more revealed as the days progress.

That makes two of us! I sure can identify with that...

- Stuart -

limsa-terry · **Posted:** Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:26 pm

Soundman2020 wrote:

Looks good to me Janne!

I reckon you should be fine with that, overall, although the 27° angle is a bit low, and might have an effect on your stereo image. The normal recommendation is to not go less than 30° or more than 45°. Maybe you could reduce the panel width just a little, move the speakers just a bit further apart (sacrifice a bit of the slot wall), move the mix position just a bit closer to the front, or something along those lines?
- Stuart -

Ok. I'm pretty close now, I think

I changed the speaker angle back in 30°. I did other little adjustments like you said.
soffit panels width are now 750mm (29,5"). Maybe I could leave it in 800mm.
Slot wall angle 9°.
I'm making 3d sketchup so I might see things more accurately...

Eric Best wrote:

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Thanks for your answer Eric but I didn't quite get your point??

It was more of a thought than a point. You are going for a 31" width of wall that you are mounting on. I was think whether this would be necessary.

The baffle diffraction loss occurs when the baffle isn't large enough to contain the wave from the speaker and ends up on the side or behind the enclosure. If the walls of the room contain the wave and support it instead of folding behind like they do in a speaker, does it matter how wide the wall is? You won't get the baffle step loss like you would for a speaker that width.

I'm just wondering if since the room folds forward of the baffle will this have a positive effect on the bass (as in more , not necessarily better) like the function of a horn?

Thoughts?

Ok thanks for the clearance Eric.
I bet that everything is more critical the smaller the room is? Walls are closer to the listening position etc..
Of course these things are also important in large control rooms, but things are getting complicated when room is smaller. Am I right?

Soundman2020 wrote:

But 300 Hz does not match the speaker cabinet width! According to your formula, 300 Hz would be the right compensation for a 15" baffle, but the A7 front panel is only about 8" (guessing: don't have the exact specs on hand right now). So that kind of confuses things: by using that control, you'll be "uncompensating" starting at the wrong frequency, and by an unknown amount...

- Stuart -

I was wondering the same thing...
Is that 300Hz some kind of an average frequency you want to roll off or boost pretty much all rooms or what? :shock:

Like you said Speakers are confusing things...

-janne

Soundman2020 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:42 am

OK so your speakers are currently 1-6m apart. It seems to me that if you sacrificed a little of the width of the center panel (the one between the soffits) you could slide the soffit/speaker assemblies a bit closer together, thus bringing your intersection point a bit further forward and allowing you to increase the side wall angle a bit. You are going to need absorption on your side walls anyway, since there will be first reflections there, but a slightly larger angle on those slot walls would help in general.

On the other hand, you don't want to go too far with the above, as you don't want the speakers too close together either....

- Stuart -

limsa-terry · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:32 am

Soundman2020 wrote:

OK so your speakers are currently 1-6m apart. It seems to me that if you sacrificed a little of the width of the center panel (the one between the soffits) you could slide the soffit/speaker assemblies a bit closer together, thus bringing your intersection point a bit further forward and allowing you to increase the side wall angle a bit. You are going to need absorption on your side walls anyway, since there will be first reflections there, but a slightly larger angle on those slot walls would help in general.

On the other hand, you don't want to go too far with the above, as you don't want the speakers too close together either....

- Stuart -

I made the 3d sketchup picture about the situation.
Speaker angle is 30° and soffit panel width is 750mm (29,5").
I reduced center panel width a bit so I could increase slot wall angle to 11°
I've to reduce the speakers distance a bit because of slot walls so they are now 1,55m apart
Also the speaker intersection point is now a little forward.

Dark red walls are absorbtive cloth front insulation.
Back wall is fully absorbtive.
Bottom corner at the right is a corner bass trap filled with insulation.

By the way, I got the change to listen pair of A7's and I liked them a lot.
If I only got some extra money..

-janne

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Soundman2020 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:56 am

Now we be talkin'!!!

Looking good from here!

Mackie 32-8 with sidecar?

(Hard to be sure from the low res pics, but it sure looks like it...)

- Stuart -

Eric Best · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:52 am

What kind of absorber are you putting on the back wall? Maybe a giant superchunk. Kind of trianglar shaped coming out about 12" into the room in the center and tapering to each end? That way you won't block off the door and can still get some good low freq. absorption.

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limsa-terry · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:05 pm

Soundman2020 wrote:

Now we be talkin'!!!

Looking good from here!

Mackie 32-8 with sidecar?

(Hard to be sure from the low res pics, but it sure looks like it...)

- Stuart -

Nice to hear that Stuart

Yeah the console pic indeed is Mackie, but my console is actually Studiomaster Trackmix 24 with 32 channels.
I didn't found the modelling from it, so I've to strech Mackie console a bit.

I know that old analog Studiomaster is too big in my small control room but It's like the nice sounding family member

Eric Best wrote:

What kind of absorber are you putting on the back wall? Maybe a giant superchunk. Kind of trianglar shaped coming out about 12" into the room in the center and tapering to each end? That way you won't block off the door and can still get some good low freq. absorption.

Thanks Eric for your back wall absorber idea!
My plan was to build 2x3" lumber frame, fill it with rigid insulation and put the cloth in front of it.
Your suggestion is much better although

I'm definitely doing it like you suggested.

-janne

limsa-terry · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:15 am

Back wall absorbtion plan.
-Superchunk bass trap on the left corner.
-Triangular superchunk between the storage room door and entry door.
-On the door surfaces small 30mm absorber panels.

Ceiling is going to be fully absorbtive.
70mm rigid insulation and cloth.

-janne

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Eric Best · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:09 am

Looks good to me!

limsa-terry · **Posted:** Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:27 pm

Eric Best wrote:

Looks good to me!

Thanks Eric! I'll go with the plan

Control room construction pics:

Pics. 1-5.
One layer of 15mm drywall attached to the walls and ceiling.
Seams caulked and screw spots mudded.

Pics. 6-7.
My temporary mixing place at the liveroom with new Adam A7X monitors

Last pic.
Multicore audio cables between control room and liveroom.
One 24 pair Nomak, two 8 pair Jamak and one 4 pair Jamak.

At next I'm gonna build acoustic frame in control room and pull audio cables through the pipes.

-janne

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limsa-terry · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:15 pm

Control room framing almost done!

Pics 1-4
2x3" lumber frame mounted over the perimeter.
Audio cables between control room and liveroom pulled through the pipes.

Pics 5-8
Soffits and side wall resonators begin to shape.
Also the ceiling is framed with 2x3" lumber and it's going to be fully absorbtive.

Do I still need a cloud over the mixing position or is 50mm (2") rigid insulation sufficient between the ceiling joists?

Thanks!

-Janne

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limsa-terry · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:48 pm

Back wall absorber frames done!

Soffits construction continues.

I've a question concerning a speaker boxes :?:

I know they must be tight fit to a speaker, but how tight? Airtight?
It's quite impossible to cut plywood pieces so accurately.
And wood lives a bit when temperature/humidity changes.

Can I make the box a little loose and use some kind of a seal at the perimeter of the speaker to seal it tight.

How do you do it :?:

Thanks!

-Janne

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Eric Best · **Posted:** Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:41 am

Read this thread. It will tell you everything you want to know about flush mounting.

http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=718

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