Room acoustic treatment...
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A little basic stuff (and links to more) here: Basic Room Setup for Dummies | Articles | MASSIVE Mastering
Shadow_7
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It depends on the room, use your ears. Change to taste.
Depending on what you want to solve / prevent of course. And how hard you want to work in post. Do you want any and all room out of the picture (not advised). Or just a little bit to make it sound less like a cafeteria. You can edit / synthesize room ambiance these days. With a little tech savvy-ness. So taking all reflections out isn't so bad, depending on how hard you want to work in post. Still not advised though as the performer might not be accustomed to such a space and try to compensate in some fashion.
Depending on what you want to solve / prevent of course. And how hard you want to work in post. Do you want any and all room out of the picture (not advised). Or just a little bit to make it sound less like a cafeteria. You can edit / synthesize room ambiance these days. With a little tech savvy-ness. So taking all reflections out isn't so bad, depending on how hard you want to work in post. Still not advised though as the performer might not be accustomed to such a space and try to compensate in some fashion.
Chili
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What will you be doing in your room? Tracking and/or mixing? For tracking, I believe a hardwood floor is better as it will reflect and add life to the room. For mixing, I wonder if you couldn't have either a hard floor or carpet. I have carpet as I'm sure most do for comfort. It's probably a compromise.
tonesponge
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From MM's link: "Low end first. Always, ALWAYS the low end first. Broadband absorption. Rigid fiber / rock / mineral wool. All four corners, floor-to-ceiling if at all possible. High-side corners (where the ceiling meets the walls) in line with the mix position is a safe bet also. "
Can someone please link a photo of a studio showing what that looks like?
Or is this it?
As far as flooring goes, am I right in thinking that a linoleum or hardwood floor is better, even for a small room, because you can always add throw rugs to taste. But if you carpet the whole thing, throwing down a piece or two of plywood seems neither safe nor appealing.
For a low ceiling (e.g., 8 feet), do we need to use more traps, or lay acoustic tile over the ceiling surface, or anything like that?
Can someone please link a photo of a studio showing what that looks like?
Or is this it?
As far as flooring goes, am I right in thinking that a linoleum or hardwood floor is better, even for a small room, because you can always add throw rugs to taste. But if you carpet the whole thing, throwing down a piece or two of plywood seems neither safe nor appealing.
For a low ceiling (e.g., 8 feet), do we need to use more traps, or lay acoustic tile over the ceiling surface, or anything like that?
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Massive Master
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A) Those are all representative of broadband traps. GOOD.
B) That's a very typical starting point for just about any room.
C) I'd still go floor-to-ceiling in the corners for sure - and hopefully stagger maybe 5 (3 front, two rear perhaps, maybe the other way around depending on the room) on the short walls. A larger "cloud" could be in the cards also.
A lot rides on the room itself - Controlling the lows is paramount and the more broadband trapping, the better (unlike foam, where even a little too much or a few misplaced sheets can throw a room into audio chaos). I'm a fan of live floors with rugs over wall-to-wall as well...
B) That's a very typical starting point for just about any room.
C) I'd still go floor-to-ceiling in the corners for sure - and hopefully stagger maybe 5 (3 front, two rear perhaps, maybe the other way around depending on the room) on the short walls. A larger "cloud" could be in the cards also.
A lot rides on the room itself - Controlling the lows is paramount and the more broadband trapping, the better (unlike foam, where even a little too much or a few misplaced sheets can throw a room into audio chaos). I'm a fan of live floors with rugs over wall-to-wall as well...