Recording Environment

[XxDrUm4LiFexX]

I'm recording in a room with all wood walls and another room thats attached to it with half concrete walls and half wood walls. I dont know much about acoustics and stuff but wut can i do to get the best sound based on the environment and not my recording equipment. Would putting up pieces of carpet or something help?

[Todzilla]

There are lots of web resources to help you.

http://recording.org/forum-34.html
http://www.ethanwiner.com/basstrap.html
http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5930
http://toddejones.com/hugeconstruction.html

If you have decent carpentry skills, you can build your own enclosures, get really good results and save money. Or you can go the Auralex, PrimeAcoustic or other pre-fab treatment route, but that will cost more and give less desireable results than building your own OC703 high, mid and bass trapping stuff.

Don't just cover your entire wall with cheap foam. That will only kill certain high frequencies while leaving mid and bass boominess.

You can look at hanging heavy moving blankets, but that too, won't address bass frequencies.

[Chili]

I'm no expert, but I would think determining what sounds bad would be the first step. I'm guessing you have a very live room and this might be a good thing for recording, especially if it's a large room. Your monitoring environment should definitely be tuned.

If you need to tune your tracking room, gobos might be the easiest and cheapest method to start with. You can make them yourself for not too much money using 4" thick 703 panels ( or Johns-Manville equivalent). Search through the Studio Building Forums for ideas on how to do this.

peace.

[Todzilla]

Agreed with Chili, although most untreated rooms have so many problems, it is difficult to isolate particulars.

I did the home brew OC703 and it's worked out really well. If you offset 703 panels a couple inches from the wall, you bring the effective low end absorption range even further down.

[XxDrUm4LiFexX]

alright thanks dood.