booth like this

[access]

professionals...like the studios i have been in where the rapper has been in the booth rapping and the engineer outside the booth ummm engineering lol(and this person clearly states they are a rapper so they are just in a booth RAPPING).....there is no full band and there are no live instruments and im not talking about children...nobody said it was the END ALL SOLUTION but let's be serious...i hate when people try to act like they know EVERYTHING

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by access

professionals...like the studios i have been in where the rapper has been in the booth rapping and the engineer outside the booth ummm engineering lol(and this person clearly states they are a rapper so they are just in a booth RAPPING).....there is no full band and there are no live instruments and im not talking about children...nobody said it was the END ALL SOLUTION but let's be serious...i hate when people try to act like they know EVERYTHING

You just said it all. Again, I'd challenge you to go into an actual professional environment and find a booth lined with foam. It's a terrible idea and that's that. Sorry you don't like the way the physics works out, but that's not my fault.

Do I know everything? Not by a long shot, but I'm not sure you want to go head-to-head with me on acoustics. We'll just leave it at that unless you want to break out your slide rule and talk wave propagation physics.

Frank

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

We'll just leave it at that unless you want to break out your slide rule and talk wave propagation physics.

Dang Frank, your turning into a crudgmudgen like me.

[pandamonk]

Originally Posted by RICK FITZPATRICK

Dang Frank, your turning into a crudgmudgen like me.

We all do in the end FitZ.

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by RICK FITZPATRICK

Dang Frank, your turning into a crudgmudgen like me.

I'm turning 40 in two months.

Frank

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

We all do in the end FitZ.

Well, after reading some of my crudgmudgen posts, at least you'll know what NOT to become.btw, I'm trying to be a good member now.

I'm turning 40 in two months.

Hey Frank, compared to me you're still a pup! Although I'd submit, compared to most of the newbies...you're already over the hill and I've got one foot in the grave! Hahahahahaha!

[gecko zzed]

Originally Posted by RICK FITZPATRICK

Well, after reading some of my crudgmudgen posts, at least you'll know what NOT to become.btw, I'm trying to be a good member now.

And it is a sterling job you're doing!

I remain in awe of the level of detail to which you go . . it is clearly a topic for which you have a great affinity!

[richardmac]

The thing is... and I'm a newbie here so I don't know anyone, OR their reps... the thing is this; You go to Sam Ash or Guitar Center or (insert music megamart here) and see all the sound treatment stuff they sell, and it's all stuff like Auralex acoustic foam. They're great for standing waves and flutter echos, two of the biggest problems home recordists face. So I don't understand the outright bashing of them in a forum about home recording. However, as was pointed out, bass traps are the other part - Auralex recommends you use their acoustic foam WITH bass traps if you want to tame the whole room.

Adding to the confusion is that fact that some companies sell fiberglass panels that sorta LOOK like the typical foam stuff.

My own experience has taught me that if I sing in a little teeny "foam room," it's going to be all lows and mids and I'm going to have to do hardcore eq to fix it. It's better when there's some "air." I like to try to get air as well as kill the standing waves, etc.

Just tossing in my 3 cents.