Prime Mover wrote:Unfortunately, the Toyo stove is bolted to the floor, and right in the middle of the triangle wall. If I shifted my mixing console 90 degrees from where it is now, it would be in front of window. Not much I can do about it. However, I could probably slide the whole thing over to the right a foot, getting it a bit away from the corner, but it still will be fairly close. I was thinking of creating a super trap up in the top of the A, at least as far as the attic. As far as treating the wall behind the mixing console, maybe so, but because of space reasons, it can't be very thick. What are you using, that looks like a thick carpet? Doesn't look like bass trap material, or is that not so much an issue for right behind the console?
Also, most of the acoustic treatment I see online refers to mixing area, I'm just as much concerned about this being a good recording environment.
No not carpet - it's flock coating on Prime Acoustic wall panels:
http://www.nepeanflock.com.au/index.htm
I had these guys do the process on the panels years ago - they now market their own flock coated panels, gobos and diffusors. I also had them flock coat the corner bass traps:
http://www.primacoustic.com/australis.htm
If you can't change the mix position you'll need some of these (or something like them):
They'll be very useful when mixing - place either side of your mix position to compensate for the different space on left and right. When recording you can move them elsewhere to help control the room sound. Because you are close to the walls you need to kill off the wall behind the monitors and reshape the left and right either side of your mix position with mobile panels. You'll also need to look after all the corners, including the roof apex. After that it's a matter of placing some panels here and there to help control what's left - a balance of live and dead surfaces is what you need.... end of the day you need to understand the room problems and then apply the right solution.
As zaratero said there's a lot of good info on:
http://www.johnlsayers.com/ and if you have a look around the Prime Acoustics site there's a lot of useful info there too.