Clint Hopkins wrote:Steve, I'm curious, what are the rough dimensions of the blue room? I have my kit set up in a bedroom that's quite long,( probably 15' long) but has a low (8') ceiling. I have another bedroom that's probably half that size or less but the ceiling is about 14' and want to know which is better for recording.
The ceiling height and or wall length are equal in importance.. A flat surface is the same if it's above you or beside you..
The best sounding room would be the one that has the farthest distance from the walls or ceiling to the drums overall.
My room has a 6 foot ceiling.. it was just floor joices and the floor from the main floor of my house.. I Insulated the whole ceiling and covered it with fabric.. My room is dead sounding because of it..
Regardless of the room size.. For the best recording vibe, you'll want to treat some surfaces..A good starting point is 40 to 50% coverage.. More if the room is smaller, less if the room is larger and depending on what the surfaces are made of..
Any instrument recording is the combination of the source sound and a reflection off the walls. So bigger rooms are better as the sound bouncing off of walls that are farther away have less energy and don't make it back to the mic with as much strength as walls or ceiling that are closer..
Rooms that are engineered for great sound are designed to have the optimum mix of the source and reflections off the walls.. Plus angled walls or bass traps to reduce standing waves.. Which are frequencies that start from the source bounce off the walls,.. and if the room is too small hit each other and cancel each other out. Typically they occur in the low end.
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