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Post by Hexspa on Nov 28, 2020 22:28:34 GMT
If you haven't treated your room yet, stop watching YouTube.
Pick an experienced expert, like Ethan but it could be anybody, and stick with their method for two years - at least.
Actually treat your room and iterate based on a single fountain of knowledge.
Constantly asking which species of grass is growing on the other side of the fence just wastes everyone's time - mostly your own.
If you're just interested in fun facts n' figures, at least be up front about it. Please don't act like you're going to treat your room then battle us at every step and ask us to follow you down every bunny tunnel. At least, personally, I'm interested in simple, direct results.
I'm not coming here as much as I used to because just about every contigency has been covered at least twice. Many, if not most, new questions can be answered by carefully reading the existing stickies and threads. I've been extra clear about my approach and to repeat it is to defeat its value.
Limit your options - it's a good habit to get into.
Here's the golden key to good acoustics:
"When it comes to treating a small room, more broadband is better. You almost can't go overboard. Add some FRK if you need some liveness." - Ethan (paraphrased)
Thank you.
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Post by gabo on Apr 13, 2021 20:50:33 GMT
But but but, I just watched your youtube videos Great approach by the way. But yes, picking a strategy and sticking to it is a good way to go. It's interesting, most people start with the question "how can I make my tiny bedroom, with a low ceiling, have perfect acoustics, for really cheap?" haha. NOT HAPPENING! Then there are the opposite videos that say "you can't get good acoustics unless you hire my million dollar geniuses to build it from the ground up. It's all very complicated and requires all sorts of specialized things that you can never do by yourself." hahah. NOT TRUE Interestingly there is a relatively small set of "things to do" to improve an untreated room that apply to almost any size room. Trap the corners (as many corners and as deep as you can afford), trap the early reflection points as deep as you can afford, trap or diffuse the back wall. From there, you can start digging into the measurements and tweaking things. More coverage is better, but also can get to the point of needing diffusion on top to liven up the high freq. Use the measurements to add things where needed. Which as your videos point out, is all about understanding what is causing a peak or null. What wall, desk, feature, it's coming from and how to address it. And experimenting. By the way, it's also very different when doing a live music room for recording. There you aren't quite as concerned with the peaks/nulls, but more concerned with creating a nice pleasant sounding room. My approach to this is almost always to trap corners and ceiling as much as possible and diffuse as much of the rest of the room as possible. Especially if the room is big enough to have 5' or more from walls to recording positions. gabo
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Post by Hexspa on Apr 15, 2021 19:25:01 GMT
Exactly. The middle way is going to be correct for most people. Reasonable effort, reasonable results. The only thing I'll add is that FRK can also be helpful for livening up a room plus it has the added benefit of helping your panels perform better in the bass range; not to mention being cheaper, though it's not diffusion.
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Post by spock999 on May 18, 2021 6:43:10 GMT
Couple of question if I may Are those any good ? Is there a formula/patern I can follow or are they ranfom ?
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Post by rock on May 19, 2021 0:31:16 GMT
Of course you may ask, but I have a few questions for you.
Those pictures don't really give us any details of the construction. Is that wood on the front? If so, how thick is the wood? Is there something inside? What?
You ask "Is it any good?"... I ask "good for what?" I would expect it's good for something...but who knows what that is?
The pattern looks like it has 3 different size circles. If the pattern repeats, I think that means it's not random.
Finally, How do YOU think they work? If you have no idea, do you know who made them? If you know, why not ask them how or if they are good...or what they are good for.
Cheers, Rock
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