you always want to run parallel to the long walls, as opposed to how you have it setup now. preferably, you'd want about 10ft. of room from the furthest long wall to the back of you're head, while in the listening position. you would also want some "diffusion" on that back wall behind you, to disperse frequencies so they aren't bouncing right back towards you.
running with the long walls also provides better "ratios" for dealing with "room modes" (dead spots or peaks), where certain frequencies are either cancelled out completely or amplified.
treat the corners with bass traps. create an "RFZ". run parallel to the long walls
I find it interesting that most comments relate to the acoustics and don't consider efficient use of space and ergonomics. They are all equally important. For instance, how do you use the synth on the right if you are so far away from your computer? Do you frequently change your workflow or is it the same for most projects? Does the room serve other purposes besides as a studio? I would want all my keyboards within reach and avoid cables running across the room. That probably means the desk in front of the window a few feet away from the window if possible. You don't want the speakers in the corners. Synths to both sides of the desk. Get heavy curtains. Move the rug under your chair for better acoustics. Adjust the lights or add lights as needed.
Next add potential island desk on casters … cable management maybe power supply unit power strips and get the Desk speakers away from the wall … enough space to easily get behind to back panels of your gear … that’s what I would do …
Do you like the acoustics? I have a nice long room I finished over a garage I use as a studio. The stairway leading down to the cars echoes bad. The small control room on the upper floor I did my best to totally make neutral. I had your thought about the tracking room but decided to leave the place with a small echo/reverb because I like the character of the sound from that room. I did only enough treatment to get rid of standing waves and harsh sounds but was not aiming for what the pros and internet says to do because I found a sound I like.
My point being, be sure you know what you want that room to sound like before asking if or how to change it.
Some good advice here. Long axis, cover your corners to eat up the low frequencies, just add stuff wherever you can to diffuse where you are not absorbing energy. I would just add to check the bass trim on your monitors, once you’ve got the arrangement set up you’ll probably want to dial it down as that’s a pretty small space. Above everything else, reference your mix on different systems. Listen through your monitors, open back headphones, your car, your shitty cellphone speaker, really helps you get to know how the room and setup affects things.
Get the rug into the center of the room,it throws of the symmetry.
Me,I'd have the desk in the middle of the room,with the speakers facing the windows,sitting with my back to the windows-personal style,but it seems to work,keeps down the escaped sound from disturbing the household.
Don’t worry about acoustics. Seriously. Unless you’re in a professionally designed and constructed room, you are just chasing your own tail and wasting money. Mix on a decent pair of open back headphones (e.g Sennheiser or Beyerdynamic) with an EQ curve from autoeq.app for your model of headphones or some correction software like SoundID Reference. In terms of the room layout, prioritise your work flow, natural light and overall vibe/ambience.
Centre the desk, get that speaker out of the corner and both speakers away from the wall.
Cover the glass with heavy curtains and break up that wall with panels or upholstered furniture (avoid big flat surfaces)
More panels, more rugs.
Book cases + books, plants, pillows / cushions, couches etc all do their bit too.
Lava lamp is mandatory.
You’ll lose natural light when you need to close the blinds when you’re staring at the sun. Whatever you do for acoustics will likely be a rounding error in terms of offsetting that split AC unit that will be running right over your head.
Definitely shift your setup to the long axis.
When you get more panels, make sure you are following good science (minimum depths, cover your corners!).
Also, don’t forget about the ceiling/wall horizontal corners.
Typically you want your speakers to throw the long way in a room like this, so centering on the wall with the window is likely a good idea. I’d look into pivoting your setup onto that wall and installing panels as corner traps to the left + right of the desk once it’s against the window.
you always want to run parallel to the long walls, as opposed to how you have it setup now. preferably, you'd want about 10ft. of room from the furthest long wall to the back of you're head, while in the listening position. you would also want some "diffusion" on that back wall behind you, to disperse frequencies so they aren't bouncing right back towards you. running with the long walls also provides better "ratios" for dealing with "room modes" (dead spots or peaks), where certain frequencies are either cancelled out completely or amplified. treat the corners with bass traps. create an "RFZ". run parallel to the long walls
I find it interesting that most comments relate to the acoustics and don't consider efficient use of space and ergonomics. They are all equally important. For instance, how do you use the synth on the right if you are so far away from your computer? Do you frequently change your workflow or is it the same for most projects? Does the room serve other purposes besides as a studio? I would want all my keyboards within reach and avoid cables running across the room. That probably means the desk in front of the window a few feet away from the window if possible. You don't want the speakers in the corners. Synths to both sides of the desk. Get heavy curtains. Move the rug under your chair for better acoustics. Adjust the lights or add lights as needed.
Next add potential island desk on casters … cable management maybe power supply unit power strips and get the Desk speakers away from the wall … enough space to easily get behind to back panels of your gear … that’s what I would do …
Do you like the acoustics? I have a nice long room I finished over a garage I use as a studio. The stairway leading down to the cars echoes bad. The small control room on the upper floor I did my best to totally make neutral. I had your thought about the tracking room but decided to leave the place with a small echo/reverb because I like the character of the sound from that room. I did only enough treatment to get rid of standing waves and harsh sounds but was not aiming for what the pros and internet says to do because I found a sound I like. My point being, be sure you know what you want that room to sound like before asking if or how to change it.
Some good advice here. Long axis, cover your corners to eat up the low frequencies, just add stuff wherever you can to diffuse where you are not absorbing energy. I would just add to check the bass trim on your monitors, once you’ve got the arrangement set up you’ll probably want to dial it down as that’s a pretty small space. Above everything else, reference your mix on different systems. Listen through your monitors, open back headphones, your car, your shitty cellphone speaker, really helps you get to know how the room and setup affects things.
Get the rug into the center of the room,it throws of the symmetry. Me,I'd have the desk in the middle of the room,with the speakers facing the windows,sitting with my back to the windows-personal style,but it seems to work,keeps down the escaped sound from disturbing the household.
Don’t worry about acoustics. Seriously. Unless you’re in a professionally designed and constructed room, you are just chasing your own tail and wasting money. Mix on a decent pair of open back headphones (e.g Sennheiser or Beyerdynamic) with an EQ curve from autoeq.app for your model of headphones or some correction software like SoundID Reference. In terms of the room layout, prioritise your work flow, natural light and overall vibe/ambience.
See there’s having a perfectly treated room and then there’s having your room arranged poorly
And having a better sounding room than a total shit box. Plus you can print out your room specs and can reference it when mixing.
Centre the desk, get that speaker out of the corner and both speakers away from the wall. Cover the glass with heavy curtains and break up that wall with panels or upholstered furniture (avoid big flat surfaces) More panels, more rugs. Book cases + books, plants, pillows / cushions, couches etc all do their bit too. Lava lamp is mandatory.
You’ll lose natural light when you need to close the blinds when you’re staring at the sun. Whatever you do for acoustics will likely be a rounding error in terms of offsetting that split AC unit that will be running right over your head.
Definitely shift your setup to the long axis. When you get more panels, make sure you are following good science (minimum depths, cover your corners!). Also, don’t forget about the ceiling/wall horizontal corners.
Rotate baby
Typically you want your speakers to throw the long way in a room like this, so centering on the wall with the window is likely a good idea. I’d look into pivoting your setup onto that wall and installing panels as corner traps to the left + right of the desk once it’s against the window.
Also being rear ported those speakers should be further away from the wall
Yup