Listening to you guys talk through various challenges and solutions was very informative, as I continue to build out my home theater acoustic treatments. Upon doing my research, I'd actually been really curious about the seemingly prominent use of space couplers over studio desks, which you addressed as creating a diffractive cloud that helps to mask studio desk reflections. That was invaluable, so thanks for that! I'm curious why space couplers don't seem to be used as much in home theater applications over seating areas, ottomans, etc. Any thoughts on that? Thanks again!
Thanks for the questions. In a theater environment, a sense of space should come from the sound source or movie soundtrack. The room acoustic should be a neutral canvas on which the soundtracks are painted. Theater seats are normally quite absorptive and require no masking. Those are my thoughts and opinion. 😁
Thanks so much for all the great content John. Invaluable resource here! Quick question for you, I'm trying to find the Owens Corning Pink 8" material you are speaking of. I am in the US so that should be easy but I can't track it down but I can’t locate it. Is there another name for this perhaps? Do you possibly have a link?
That's a good question. This mixing room is typical of many small mixing studios. You do NOT want to have every surface absorbing broadband. You need psychoacoustic feedback to feel comfortable and to have a balanced response spectrum. Note: I do not design rooms for a "sweet spot". That's a bad idea since sound is "focused" on that one spot. My rooms are the sweet spot - all of the room. :D
Unfortunately URSA SF38 is not 38kg/m3. It has nominal value of thermal conductivity λD = 0.038 W/mK, and the density probably below 20kg/m3. There are some products that should be better- Knauf unifit 032 - 34kg/m3, λD = 0.032 W/mK , Isover multimax 30 - 40kg/m3, λD = 0.030 W/mK. I would look for λD
Rockwool does NOT perform as well as fiberglass. Thanks for the information about Isover multimax 30! That's the stuff to buy! We have tested many of these products both glasswool and rockwool. Glasswool outperforms every time.
Listening to you guys talk through various challenges and solutions was very informative, as I continue to build out my home theater acoustic treatments. Upon doing my research, I'd actually been really curious about the seemingly prominent use of space couplers over studio desks, which you addressed as creating a diffractive cloud that helps to mask studio desk reflections. That was invaluable, so thanks for that! I'm curious why space couplers don't seem to be used as much in home theater applications over seating areas, ottomans, etc. Any thoughts on that? Thanks again!
Thanks for the questions.
In a theater environment, a sense of space should come from the sound source or movie soundtrack. The room acoustic should be a neutral canvas on which the soundtracks are painted. Theater seats are normally quite absorptive and require no masking. Those are my thoughts and opinion. 😁
Thanks so much for all the great content John. Invaluable resource here!
Quick question for you, I'm trying to find the Owens Corning Pink 8" material you are speaking of. I am in the US so that should be easy but I can't track it down but I can’t locate it. Is there another name for this perhaps?
Do you possibly have a link?
Only this - www.owenscorning.com/en-us/insulation/pink-next-gen-fiberglas
It's available in most big-box stores.
Great resource for Europeans 😊🇪🇺
Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱
What was the overall size of this room and why so many diffusers versus absorption if it's a small room
That's a good question. This mixing room is typical of many small mixing studios. You do NOT want to have every surface absorbing broadband. You need psychoacoustic feedback to feel comfortable and to have a balanced response spectrum.
Note: I do not design rooms for a "sweet spot". That's a bad idea since sound is "focused" on that one spot. My rooms are the sweet spot - all of the room. :D
Unfortunately URSA SF38 is not 38kg/m3. It has nominal value of thermal conductivity λD = 0.038 W/mK, and the density probably below 20kg/m3. There are some products that should be better- Knauf unifit 032 - 34kg/m3, λD = 0.032 W/mK , Isover multimax 30 - 40kg/m3, λD = 0.030 W/mK. I would look for λD
Rockwool does NOT perform as well as fiberglass.
Thanks for the information about Isover multimax 30! That's the stuff to buy!
We have tested many of these products both glasswool and rockwool. Glasswool outperforms every time.