Welcome to my studio in progress. This is the end of a long period of negotiations between my wife and myself.

It is a one room studio. The room is about 16.5 feet long by 10 feet wide. It has two problem windows in it, which I cannot get rid of, and need to cover up to reduce sound from a nearby freeway. The ceiling slopes from 8 feet high to 13.5 feet high.

Here is the basic studio plan:

Here is the ceiling plan:

In this design I have tried to get smooth balanced absorption across the low and mid ranges, while having enough high end absorbtion to keep echos away. I will be using a variant of John's wall units for the bass absorbers and wall absorbers.

Since this is in a bedroom attached to the house, the first order of business is to cut down sound going in and out of the studio. To do this, I am adding mass to the walls. These pictures show the caulked 3/4" plywood on the walls and ceiling. This will be covered with wallboard. This will provide a wall with a lot of mass, made out of dissimilar materials, that I can screw into at any point (ala Joe Egan). I'll also end up with a room that can be converted back to a bedroom if we sell the house later. I have removed a closet on the tall end of the room, but it can be put back easily.

Here is the smaller end:

Here is the tall end:

 

Here is another shot of the problem windows

 

Here is an angle shot including the door. I will be replacing this door with a two door pseudo sound lock.

 

More to come soon!

Lee