Turning my mixing table diagonally

[jaaaku]

Anyone handy with acoustics?

I'm rearranging my room and I was wondering if anyone has any opinions about turning your mixing table (and monitors) diagonally across the room, instead of having it perpendicular to the wall. The room is basically a large rectangle.

Thanks,
J

[4.33]

you want to be at the largest distance from the wall at your back
so that direct reflections have to travel as mush as possible and fade out a bit by the time they reach you back
however, if your room is not treated properly there would not be much difference

[oblique strategies]

Since your diagonal plan goes against all recommended methods of setting up a studio, you may not want to do this unless you have to. That being said, your needs may not be met by a typical mixing control room model, & in that case have at it!

But you should be aware of what you will be sacrificing, & balance that against what you will be gaining.

[luddy]

it's worth a try. you might want to set it up roughly before you start spending money & time making it a permanent change. My control room isn't a rectangle (the walls are not parallel) but, roughly speaking, the mixing position faces one corner of the room and the sound fires along the longest diagonal of the room. There is a bunch of treatment in the rear corner of the room (the corner opposite the speakers) to break up the bass there.

Good luck,

-Luddy

[3phase]

its very easy.. check out where your speakers sound best.. and place the desk acordingly..

its not about symetry or making the room pretty..

one time i got asked from a berlin club where to place the speakers in a huge hall.. i said..over there..

they.. but there is our bar now , dont you see it?

i..you should have checked the place for the speakers before you have build the bar....

or the other way around..


in a standard room.. there is a bass hole or node cancelation around 2/3 rd before the wall in middle axis of the room..

that is exactly the place where you usually sit when you folow the standard advice for symetric studio building..

whic is a correct advice .. with the wright bass absorbers that eliminate that bass hole just at your listening position its most effektiv the commo way...

if you dont have the absorbers diagonal can be beneficial

[jaaaku]

Thanks for the suggestions fellas