Monitors/Studio in the corner

[barkie trin]

I know this tends to be a no-no but I was forced to make a hasty move into a new apartment and now I am dealing with a trade-off…
The new room that is available to put my home production studio in is not ideal. There is really no where that I can put my desk, monitors and hardware that allows for a symmetric listening position (equidistant between walls) and gives me space to be away from the walls as well.
I have been considering the infamous corner. The idea is, 2 monitors in front of perpendicular walls (that create a corner) and my desk being a hypotenuse between the two. For this room, it allows me to place the monitors ~ 2 feet away from the walls behind and the listening position to be situated in the middle of the perpendicular walls. It also allows for a relatively fluid living space (as this is the living room of the apt.).
I have some very basic KRK Rockit 5s, with stands. I also have a couple extra bucks for sound treatment as well.
Is this impossible to make for a decent living or would it cost astronomical amounts of money to make work?
I am not a professional producer but it is my passion and I am starting to treat it less like a hobby. So, I would like to start taking these things more seriously as well. Also, the minimal amount of recording I do is direct line into my machine.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

The last thing you want is symmetry. Symmetry produces standing waves which require more treatment to absorb them. You want your listening room to be as asymmetrical as possible. The fact that you are against a corner could cause a waveform buildup in the corner. You could alleviate this with a corner bass trap, and cheapest way you can take care of this is with a stack of magazines just past speaker height. If you have a subwoofer, which I would recommend you get, place it perpendicular to your listening position. This will help to cancel standing waves. As to figuring out the placement, you can do this by placing the subwoofer in your seating position and crawl around the room. Wherever it sounds most “bass-y” is where you place the subwoofer. Also make sure that you have maintained an equal balance with your other speakers or you will find your mixes lacking bass due to overcompensation (or the other way around).

Also, don’t mix music loud. Aside from potentially damaging your hearing, you bring more of the room into play when you are loud. Near-field monitors are meant to listened to a close range (this is why they are called near-field monitors).

Your situation is not un-ideal as you believe.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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