Anyone interested in my studio construction/renovation process?

[RobC]

Currently I'm renovating the walls, ceiling, and later the floor of this 'ideally-sized-for-vocals' ~ kind of vocal studio.

It's the kind of work, where not even half way through, you regret getting into it, but no way back now! : )

Anyway, it's a bit about DIY construction work, and then later, I gotta figure out how to place absorbing sponges; as well as maybe getting dedicated acoustic sponges.

The first attempt with generic sponges sounded nice and dry, but needed just a little more treatment. However, putting them in windows was a dumb idea. - You guessed it, it got all moldy! I realised when doing very amplified test recordings, and realised, I have a mild asthma doing its thing in my lungs.
So those sponges will need better placement; as well as sheets/leaning, so they look nicer, and don't dust/lint up the room.

So, let me know if you want to join this little adventure; and then I'll make at least pictures, if not videos.

It still will be mostly a vocal bedroom-type studio, with compact, but high-end devices. (That said, I couldn't believe how much shit I've bought, for a "mobile" studio... They take up more and more space!)

If you are interested, I'll make a proper thread. You can let me know what you're interested in meanwhile here ~

[selig]

Mold is one reason you see mineral wool as such a common studio treatment. Also, sponges are LITERALLY the best material ever, if you want to attract and hold moisture - so over time that’s exactly what they will tend to do. I would avoid at all costs! Plus all they are likely to do is affect frequencies above 1-2 kHz, basically putting a low pass filter on your space and drawing even more attention to any lower frequency resonances/modes that may be present.
You probably want more broad band absorption for your space, depending on what it currently looks like (waterfall response is super important in room acoustics IMO). You can get REW software for free,
https://www.roomeqwizard.com/
and the Behringer PCM8000 is the best $50 I ever spent on DIY room treatments!
UPDATE: DAMN, I Just checked and they now cost $35 USD. You can’t afford NOT to get this mic TODAY and start measuring your progress to make sure the treatments you spend your time and money on are actually doing what you think they are doing. In my opinion, of course!
https://www.sweetwater.com/c105--Conden ... lsrc=aw.ds

[crimsonwarlock]

I did mine, so show me yours

[RobC]

Mold is one reason you see mineral wool as such a common studio treatment. Also, sponges are LITERALLY the best material ever, if you want to attract and hold moisture - so over time that’s exactly what they will tend to do. I would avoid at all costs! Plus all they are likely to do is affect frequencies above 1-2 kHz, basically putting a low pass filter on your space and drawing even more attention to any lower frequency resonances/modes that may be present.
You probably want more broad band absorption for your space, depending on what it currently looks like (waterfall response is super important in room acoustics IMO). You can get REW software for free,
https://www.roomeqwizard.com/
and the Behringer PCM8000 is the best $50 I ever spent on DIY room treatments!
UPDATE: DAMN, I Just checked and they now cost $35 USD. You can’t afford NOT to get this mic TODAY and start measuring your progress to make sure the treatments you spend your time and money on are actually doing what you think they are doing. In my opinion, of course!
https://www.sweetwater.com/c105--Conden ... lsrc=aw.ds

It all depends on the costs. Remember, it will only be for vocals, and for that, the sponges and furniture improved at least the echoes and reverb.

But what you say is definitely worrying, cause so far most people went with acoustic foam. I didn't know it would do more harm than good.

I also have a sound shield for my microphone now, and admittedly, just talking towards the shield made me think "this barely does much and sounds like shit" x D - no test recordings yet though, so I can't judge fairly.

I checked for that microphone, but it wasn't available right away. Gotta keep looking...

But yeah, the space is a mess right now, but it's coming together.

To summarize: it's for vocal recording, and most important is taking care of echoing and reverb. Now how bad the frequency response is, is yet another worry.
I'm still an IEM user. If possible, I'd like to keep a bed, a wardrobe and of course the studio desk and 4k TV in there.

Edit: I found an ECM8000
But I think I'd also need a special speaker that creates the sine sweep.

Edit2: Ah, just gotta make DIY mineral wool panels. That would be perfect in front of the door and the windows. Only using them when needed. For starters.

[RobC]

I did mine, so show me yours

I'm taking pictures at least of the progresses. But it's just the boring construction work so far. It's both god awful and fun at the same time.