Hello all,I recently started working on a project studio and have two rooms and a hallway to work with. The control room is rectangular (about 30 ft by 10 ft) and the live room is about 30 x 30 square. I know that parallel surfaces are bad for studios but this is all I have to get started with. Here are the two things I'm really concerned with though: 1. The live room is also a practice space for several bands. Will an excess of instruments be harmful to the recording? Assuming the snares are off on the drums? And is there anything special I can do to the room to make it sound more live without having to deal with standing waves (because it's a square). 2. The isolation between rooms is terrible. As a beginning project studio I don't think this will be a huge deal, but is there any cheap effective way to beef up the isolation between rooms? Rebuilding the wall between the rooms is ok in the place, but I don't want to invest a ton of cash into reworking what's already there until I know the studio will get some good use.Thanks!

1, I would try to keep the least amount of clutter in the room as possible for recording, all objects in a room will resonate at their resonant frequency, and this could be picked up in your recording. Get some bass traps for each of the corners at a minumum, and get some diffusion for the walls, as this helps diffuse the reflections around the space unevenly, this can make the room appear more live, and in fact larger. The only way to make it sound better, would be to spend money sadly. Talk to the other bands who play their and maybe get investment from each of them, as it will benefit them all just as much. www.gikacoustics.com 2, for isolation, i am not overly sure on that subject. I would like to say something about it, but I will leave that for better informed people.