Is sound room on the attic bad???


I'm going to setup a dedicated sound room on the attic. The house is made of concrete so there is no issue with vibration. I'm going to put carpet and sound damping material to absorb the standing wave from the tiles and concrete.

Question is that the room is rectangluar but the ceiling is not due to the roof.

Is this going to be a major problem? Please advise.
patrick123

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6bq5 has the right idea. The none parallel ceiling is a good thing, not a bad thing. Any rectangular room will have three big standing waves associated with the three dimensions of the room and the wavelengths generated by the speakers. If you assume sound travels at an even 1000 feet per second, a room 20 feet long will have a 50 hz standing wave (also multiples ie 100, 150 hz etc). If the walls were not parallel then you would remove the standing waves and only have to worry about reflections. Many attics are not finished. If you are thinking about putting in wall board or sheet rock, don't. A room with bear studs and insolation would approach an anachoic chamber and minimize reflections.