Small studio in 3D

Soundman2020 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:53 am

A 4" single-leaf brick wall will give you probably 40-something dB of isolation, maybe a bit more if you are lucky.

You don't need rigid fiberglass for the insulation: Pretty much any fiberglass with a density of around 30 kg/m3 will work, or any mineral wool of around 50 kg/m3. Other open-cell or fibrous insulation might work too. Semi-rigid is the best, as it is easy to work with and has good acoustic properties, but almost any type of open cell insulation will work to some degree.

- Stuart -

nicks152 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:51 am

thanks - I have started another thread as I don't want to hijack this one, Any input is impreciated ! - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17521

G-Sun · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:53 pm

Thank you so much for sharing John!

isol8 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:21 pm

NIce sketch!
Interested to note that the control room is not symmetrical as i keep reading on this forum that symmetry is important in the mixing room environment?
Matt

Soundman2020 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:39 pm

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "not symmetrical". The front half of the control room certainly is symmetrical, which is what matters.

- Stuart -

isol8 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:19 am

Hi Stuart - thanks for clearing that up _ I wasn't sure if the front walls were at the same splay angle and also how far back behind the mix position the symmetry had to continue. . .
Matt

Soundman2020 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:10 am

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I wasn't sure if the front walls were at the same splay angle

I think it's a bit of an optical illusion, due to the strange angles overall, but they actually are the same angles.

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and also how far back behind the mix position the symmetry had to continue. . .

As far as possible!

Realistically, as long as there is symmetry up to just past the mix position then things should be reasonably good, but 50% of the room is a better goal to aim for. Also, since this design has mostly absorption on the rear wall, that tends to improve things too.

- Stuart -

G-Sun · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:49 pm

How do I make a Floor plan like John has done in this skp-file?

Ah.. Camera > Parallel projection

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