This was a great video to showcase each step along the way of acoustical bliss. All I can recommend, because you already have knowledge of acoustic panel creations, you might want to test out a rework of those corner traps in your front wall to be deeper than the 3inches they are. You really want 12-24inch deep for proper low end treatment, but your space is limited, as most of our spaces are. For now you can get away with getting the benefit of 6inch panels if you use a 1:1 ratio of air to material. In this case you would use your 3 inch panels, but put a 3 inch gap to the wall instead of flush against the wall. A great video all around though. Showing actual measurements and differences after treatment is the only way we can really combat all the snake oil that surrounds this topic. I wish you fortune and joy in your coming endeavors.
Great idea!! As long as the corner panels stay in place and don’t crush me I think that sounds like a good plan! 😅 Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! 🙂
Thank you for posting, dude! I’m about to go through a similar process and I have been doing all the research beforehand so I know what I’m up against. The step by step problem solving here was a big plus and the room looks cohesive!
Great to see your step by step thought process and measurements. Two questions 1. What measurement mic did you use? 2. How far away is the SDC from your mouth? The space sounds pretty good and the mic looks like it’s at quite a distance.
Great questions! Thanks for watching! 1. The mic I use is included when you purchase Sonarworks Studio edition. I have previously owned the Behringer measurement mic and I would recommend people give that a try. If you can use Room EQ Wizard with the Behringer mic you’ll be set. Sonarworks includes a unique mic calibration file with their mics. Serial number specific. 2. You can see the tip of my SDC mic just above my laptop keyboard. It’s on a short boom stand behind my monitor. I’d say it’s only 18in away. It’s an Audix mic. One of their more affordable ones.
dude if i were you, i would change some things there: (try out if you want) - Personally i would go for a more narrow speaker width so you can be as close to the window as possible, since the high freq are more directinal, you not gonna have a problem there. (bass probably goona leak form the window to the outside, since its more omnidirectional) -put the table as close to the window as possible as well, so you can make a good equilateral triangle with the speakers, and being between on the first third of the room, you dont want to be in the middle is this case (length wise of course, usually theres a dip in the center, and keep centered on the width for the stereo effect.) -treat the first reflections (closer to the speackers, usually between you and the monitors, with taller panels, 4x2, on the sides and ceiling, use at least 4 inch insulation with some airgap, no bigger than the thickness of the panel you install. -on the back corner to your right (facing the window) add bass trap (or instead of using 4 on the front wall, split them through the avaible dihedral corners, Wall/wall or wall /cceiling), with me midle of the poanel being tweeter height/ear level. - do a panel you can move, on a stand for example, so you can use as bass trap when the door is closed. ultimately would be better to choose only one doorr, if possible ofc - run the sonarworks calibration again, probably gonna be more balanced this aint gonna fix everything ofc, but will probably make more sense that what you got there now. after this keep improving wathever you fell you need more in the room. note: i'm not a profeessional acoustician or engineer, but i went down this rabbit hole and was the most consensous tips:
The EQ I have running in front of my speakers is useful, but also minimal.. the biggest differences in sound was just from adding more things into the room, furniture wise and treatment.. The problem I’m having now is my room keeps changing 😅 because of the RUclips videos.. I’m having to rely more on my headphones than the speakers at the moment, which I don’t mind.. if you have an environment that’s constantly shifting around I would stick with Sonarworks but maybe not an in-line EQ. I got the idea from Eric Valentine.. he’s got a great channel on RUclips where he does this kind of thing.. even with his very high-end setup he still has an EQ before his speakers for final tweaks
Sonarworks has a built in Sine wave sweep and a few other pulses in their software. If you don’t have Sonarworks you could get Room EQ Wizard for free. They use the same sweep but are more involved than Sonarworks. I was using Room EQ Wizard for most of the video until the end
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This was a great video to showcase each step along the way of acoustical bliss. All I can recommend, because you already have knowledge of acoustic panel creations, you might want to test out a rework of those corner traps in your front wall to be deeper than the 3inches they are. You really want 12-24inch deep for proper low end treatment, but your space is limited, as most of our spaces are. For now you can get away with getting the benefit of 6inch panels if you use a 1:1 ratio of air to material. In this case you would use your 3 inch panels, but put a 3 inch gap to the wall instead of flush against the wall.
A great video all around though. Showing actual measurements and differences after treatment is the only way we can really combat all the snake oil that surrounds this topic.
I wish you fortune and joy in your coming endeavors.
Great idea!! As long as the corner panels stay in place and don’t crush me I think that sounds like a good plan! 😅 Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! 🙂
This is a great real world example of how to treat your home studio. Thanks for taking the time to make and share this!
Thanks for the kind words! 🙏
Thank you for posting, dude! I’m about to go through a similar process and I have been doing all the research beforehand so I know what I’m up against. The step by step problem solving here was a big plus and the room looks cohesive!
Great to see your step by step thought process and measurements.
Two questions
1. What measurement mic did you use?
2. How far away is the SDC from your mouth? The space sounds pretty good and the mic looks like it’s at quite a distance.
Great questions! Thanks for watching!
1. The mic I use is included when you purchase Sonarworks Studio edition. I have previously owned the Behringer measurement mic and I would recommend people give that a try. If you can use Room EQ Wizard with the Behringer mic you’ll be set. Sonarworks includes a unique mic calibration file with their mics. Serial number specific.
2. You can see the tip of my SDC mic just above my laptop keyboard. It’s on a short boom stand behind my monitor. I’d say it’s only 18in away. It’s an Audix mic. One of their more affordable ones.
Thanks heaps Chris, very helpful video, keep cracking the vids out!
Thanks, will do! 🙂
Great video
Thanks for watching!
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dude if i were you, i would change some things there: (try out if you want)
- Personally i would go for a more narrow speaker width so you can be as close to the window as possible, since the high freq are more directinal, you not gonna have a problem there. (bass probably goona leak form the window to the outside, since its more omnidirectional)
-put the table as close to the window as possible as well, so you can make a good equilateral triangle with the speakers, and being between on the first third of the room, you dont want to be in the middle is this case (length wise of course, usually theres a dip in the center, and keep centered on the width for the stereo effect.)
-treat the first reflections (closer to the speackers, usually between you and the monitors, with taller panels, 4x2, on the sides and ceiling, use at least 4 inch insulation with some airgap, no bigger than the thickness of the panel you install.
-on the back corner to your right (facing the window) add bass trap (or instead of using 4 on the front wall, split them through the avaible dihedral corners, Wall/wall or wall /cceiling), with me midle of the poanel being tweeter height/ear level.
- do a panel you can move, on a stand for example, so you can use as bass trap when the door is closed. ultimately would be better to choose only one doorr, if possible ofc
- run the sonarworks calibration again, probably gonna be more balanced
this aint gonna fix everything ofc, but will probably make more sense that what you got there now.
after this keep improving wathever you fell you need more in the room.
note: i'm not a profeessional acoustician or engineer, but i went down this rabbit hole and was the most consensous tips:
What were your thoughts after playing with the EQ Chris?
The EQ I have running in front of my speakers is useful, but also minimal.. the biggest differences in sound was just from adding more things into the room, furniture wise and treatment..
The problem I’m having now is my room keeps changing 😅 because of the RUclips videos..
I’m having to rely more on my headphones than the speakers at the moment, which I don’t mind.. if you have an environment that’s constantly shifting around I would stick with Sonarworks but maybe not an in-line EQ.
I got the idea from Eric Valentine.. he’s got a great channel on RUclips where he does this kind of thing.. even with his very high-end setup he still has an EQ before his speakers for final tweaks
What's the signal you use for getting the frequence reponse of your room?
Sonarworks has a built in Sine wave sweep and a few other pulses in their software. If you don’t have Sonarworks you could get Room EQ Wizard for free. They use the same sweep but are more involved than Sonarworks. I was using Room EQ Wizard for most of the video until the end
What calibrated microphone did you use?
I used the Sonarworks reference mic in this video. I’ve also used the behringer calibration mic years ago. Very similar 😅
What stand are those?
Sound Anchors ADJ1
Sorry still sounds bad