I been looking around the net trying to find info on how to properly make a room sound good on a budget and havnt came up with much. I know about diffusion diffraction absorbtion etc but Just buying that expensive ass foam and other shit doesnt mean much if you dont really know how and where to put it. Plus like i said all of this stuff is hella pricey. I'd like to know if possible to do it cheaper without using crap like egg cartons and shit that doesnt really work. maybe refresh me with some math formulas to do it half way right. I'm sure it will be a help to more than just me. Hersey, Vince Sic Wid It? You guys are the vets, i know you got something. I'll probably end up getting some books but i wanna see what i can get offa you guys, plus it makes for good conversation. This subject hasnt really been brought up much
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And placement is EVERYTHING. BTW, egg cartons and all that stuff don't do ANYTHING for your sound but make it worse. First decide on what it is you want to do. Keep sound in, or keep sound out? Do you want a dead room (something I am completely against) or do you want a room that is controlled but still has some character to it?
Measurements (height, width and length) are important and will be REALLY important when and if you decide to calibrate your monitors and adjust according to room modes and dips.
Follow what I gave you in the previous post and you'll bve straight.
Measurements (height, width and length) are important and will be REALLY important when and if you decide to calibrate your monitors and adjust according to room modes and dips.
Follow what I gave you in the previous post and you'll bve straight.
right now there isnt much i can do since my set up in in a corner of my arizona room which is like an inclosed extra room like an extension of a patio. My only other option is to move my rig into my bedroom which probably woulnt be much better. both rooms are filled with stuff and cannot be dedicated to the craft like i want. I'm looking into getting a new bigger place though with an extra room or a den or something i can work with, not sure when thats gonna happen though
no it is and this is a rough guess like 10x20 feet and it isn't enclosed it connects to the living room I'm stuck in the corner because there is a storge room opening right in front of me. the arizona room is pretty much where all the computer stuff and excersize equpipment i have is stored. It is a horrible place to put a set up but the only place i have right now. Like i said i might have to move everything to my bedroom eventually which wouldnt be much better. We are thinking of trying to sell this house and getting a bigger place though, thats probably like a year or 2 down the road though
Checkout foambymail.com (sound proofing section) and gikacoustics.com. Gik has some nice stuff for pretty cheap and so does foam by mail. Just dont get any bass traps from foam by mail, cause I heard they garbage. If you want higher quailty and dont mind spending a little more I would fo with gik acoustics and They will also help you on where to place there stuff in your room.
I also heard of this place that looks pretty dope, they got different packages for different needs. Never tried it though. http://www.hsfacoustics.com/studiopacks.htm
Jayda, even if you dont order from GIK you need the link scandal posted. In fact, here is a direct one to something you should read:
http://www.gikacoustics.com/faq.htm
Good lookin out scandal.
http://www.gikacoustics.com/faq.htm
Good lookin out scandal.
bad thing about my room is the door opening cuz there is like a mini hall before it leads into the room. there is a window and the cealing slopes down and outward. I'm thinking my best bet would be to lay it out horizontally and get a nice long thick curtain to block reflections from the window. but then i pose the problem of the wavelengths not having enough room to breathe. maybe do it the other way around horizontally maybe. I'm not trying to set up a bunch of foam and all that in my room though. it still would be better than what i'm rolling with now
check out http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html
*WARNING! I'm not trying to introduce myself as an expert of acoustics. Just humbly sharing my current view of the subject*
I recently made basstraps out of rigid fiberglass (70kg/m3). They're in each corner of the room and from floor to ceiling high. I've got cheap foam panels on each side of listening position + front and back of my room. Though I'm about to replace them soon with DIY fiberglass panels.
Even now when the room isn't half ready, I've made +10 mixes in it without any nasty suprises when checked on various systems. So I'd say that tame the bass and treat the corners first and then start to experiment how "live" or "dead" you want the room to sound.
*WARNING! I'm not trying to introduce myself as an expert of acoustics. Just humbly sharing my current view of the subject*
I recently made basstraps out of rigid fiberglass (70kg/m3). They're in each corner of the room and from floor to ceiling high. I've got cheap foam panels on each side of listening position + front and back of my room. Though I'm about to replace them soon with DIY fiberglass panels.
Even now when the room isn't half ready, I've made +10 mixes in it without any nasty suprises when checked on various systems. So I'd say that tame the bass and treat the corners first and then start to experiment how "live" or "dead" you want the room to sound.