I'm trying to set up a working space within the basement and am working with a ceiling height of 7.5 foot; for all practical purposes. Anything in particular I need to watch for in setting up a studio that has a height limitation?

My advise is to treat the whole ceiling if you can.

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treat the whole ceiling

Or at least the ceiling where you are recording and mixing. Quick reflections from my ceiling sounded terrible before I hung a few DYI 2x4 ft absorption panels.

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Originally posted by El Rancho Deluxe:
I'm trying to set up a working space within the basement and am working with a ceiling height of 7.5 foot; for all practical purposes. Anything in particular I need to watch for in setting up a studio that has a height limitation?

depends on what you intend for your studio? heavy metal band recordings underneath the kids bedrooms? quiet acoustic or synth post production work?

if you need isolation, that short ceiling (same height as mine) will need careful work to preserve as much as possible and still isolate... otherwise if you only need treatments, then finding a good location for the mix desk (acoustic symmetry in 3 dimensions is important) and then adding reflection point treatments - front, side, back, and ceiling. as wretchasketch points out, the cloud on the ceiling will help considerably.