Post by: Brent Handy on April 06, 2008, 04:03:08 PM
It is common practice to splay walls out on the sides of the control room. There are studios with the front walls leaning in and out. We all know why, blah, blah, blah. Has anyone knowledge of a designer/builder splaying the side walls, but also leaning them in or out? Foller me fellers?
Post by: jimmyjazz on April 07, 2008, 03:00:46 PM
I think a lot of designers prefer to stick with more easily analyzed shapes, which in some sense is letting the cart drive the horse, but at least one can feel fairly confident in a design before it is built. The same is not necessarily true with a crazy room geometry.
Post by: gullfo on April 07, 2008, 05:02:24 PM
as far as angles top-to-bottom and in-out, it all depends on the amount of space and what you're trying to do... for a small room, tipping the walls out at the floor can help preserve floor space, and since you're likely making the walls pretty absorptive anyways, you're not likely to deal with strong reflections because it. if you have enough floor space, tipping them out at the top can be useful to get things moving up and into overhead traps. all in all, the amounts of different angles you incorporate into the surfaces can move the sound into more oblique angles and potentially increasing the effectiveness of absorption in the room - at the expense of increasing the complexity of the construction...
Post by: Brent Handy on April 10, 2008, 06:28:48 PM
If you build a large enough room, bass is not as big of an issue like it is in a small room. Concentrate on the aspect of sound. Don't bring ergonomics, space restraints and all of that into it. Would it be sonically benefical to also tilt in or tilt out a wall that is splayed already and has anyone seen/heard it?
Post by: jimmyjazz on April 10, 2008, 11:07:41 PM
I'm sorry that I read more into your initial question than you intended. I think the answer is going to be "it depends", but I'm interested in hearing others' thoughts.
Post by: brett on April 11, 2008, 03:38:31 PM
Post by: Brent Handy on April 11, 2008, 10:40:12 PM
Post by: johnR on April 12, 2008, 07:16:59 AM
| Brent Handy wrote on Sat, 12 April 2008 03:40 |
Now, what about taking the tops of those splayed walls and tipping them in? THAT is the question. |
If the listening position is already in the reflection free zone, why go to the extra trouble? If tilting the walls is the only way of getting the listening position into the RFZ it might then be worth it.
Post by: brett on April 12, 2008, 07:38:11 PM
| Brent Handy wrote on Sat, 12 April 2008 03:40 |
Now, what about taking the tops of those splayed walls and tipping them in? THAT is the question. |
in a room like above the only tilt necessary might be the plexi glass window in front. I would probably tilt it.
Post by: Brent Handy on April 12, 2008, 11:19:34 PM
Post by: gullfo on April 14, 2008, 11:05:35 PM
as far as splayed boundary walls - i use them all the time in designs - when they work... in a small room, where i need more side absorption because the ceiling is low, i'll try to avoid using them (i.e. use a rectangular room) so i can increase the absorption space on each side to preserve symmetry. it all depends on the situation (which is something akin to the quick and dirty diamond example brett noted).
Post by: franman on April 27, 2008, 04:26:47 PM
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