bluesfordan
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Do you think bookcases full of magazines and books act as bass traps? Because I have about 16 feet of shelves crammed with pulp fiber objects in my music room. Or if they do, would they have to be in the corners?
But telling people they don't need acoustic treatment 'because the pro studios don't have visible treatment' is just wrong. It has nothing to do with making money, it's about getting more controlled sound and getting mixes to translate.
But telling people they don't need acoustic treatment 'because the pro studios don't have visible treatment' is just wrong. It has nothing to do with making money, it's about getting more controlled sound and getting mixes to translate.
I dare you to find any previous posts in my history where I'm telling people not to treat their rooms..
I made a rant yesterday in an admittedly trollish fashion and here we are.. it worked. I stirred the Hornet's nest.
There IS however a serious aspect to my post. Talent trumps stuff every time.
Or should I say Talent trumps Treatment everytime.
Some people value the tools more than the art and skill. And THAT is wrong.
(Imho)
There is a factor that is often overlooked when "Room Treatment" is mentioned and that is that 'RT' will be different (or maybe not even required) depending upon whether you are RECORDING in said room or monitoring with a view to 'improving' the mix.
To take am extreme situation. If ALL you ever do is sing into a mic you are not really concerned about bass traps since you will not excite much below about 150Hz (Paul Robeson tributes aside!) . Yes, if the room is small and 'honky' (I am a deathly pale limey so I can say that!) you should use duvets or something more sophisticated to kill room effect but bass traps you don't need. The same logic applies when monitoring the results.
Monitoring, mixing a range of instruments in a room is whole other matter and the results will be grossly affected BY the room.
On a slightly different tack... The vast majority of "pro" studios have isolated recording and monitoring areas. 'Studio' and 'Control Room' but it ain't cast in stone. Tonscheune Oleak (SoS April '18) is a totally open plan studio and seems to have done quite well!
Dave.