Initially the best places will be to bass trap corners from floor to ceiling, solid infill if possible. Side wall treatements RW3/Owens corning as well. A could can be added as this will improve stereo imaging consoderably.
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- KVRian
- 538 posts since 7 Apr, 2007 from Melbourne, Australia
As others stated, bass traps in the corners. You need traps without enough mass to be effective in dealing with lower frequencies. Ideally they would be tailor made to deal with particular problem frequencies of your room, if thats possible. Some sort of diffusion is good on the back walls where the first reflections occur. A good DIY diffuser is something like a bookcase, stacked with different sized books. Its the random pattern of dispersion that works best. You want to break up those reflections so that they do not bounce back together, eventually resulting in standing waves from multiple reflections. I also recommend some foam tiling on the ceiling above the mix position, particularly if you have a low ceiling like I do. It can help deal with first reflections of the ceiling that mess with what youre hearing.
Generally Its a good idea to start with a room where the walls are not perpendicular to each other, which will help minimise standing waves. Most home studios are full of either gear, furnitire or other stuff and I think this can all help. Having a studio with alot of stuff in it can help introduce random reflections and minimise reflections building up together. One thing: dont make the mistake of draping curtains or blankets everywhere(or egg cartons for that matter
). You dont want a dead room or an anechoic chamber. The idea is to have an even frequency response across the whole spectrum - a dead room is just as misleading as a hugely reverberent room IMHO. You want something that still has some natural ambience, but controlled ambience.
Cheers,
Jim
Generally Its a good idea to start with a room where the walls are not perpendicular to each other, which will help minimise standing waves. Most home studios are full of either gear, furnitire or other stuff and I think this can all help. Having a studio with alot of stuff in it can help introduce random reflections and minimise reflections building up together. One thing: dont make the mistake of draping curtains or blankets everywhere(or egg cartons for that matter
). You dont want a dead room or an anechoic chamber. The idea is to have an even frequency response across the whole spectrum - a dead room is just as misleading as a hugely reverberent room IMHO. You want something that still has some natural ambience, but controlled ambience.Cheers,
Jim