Hi all,
The room is a 10’ X 12’ basement room with 7’4” ceiling height. Small, I know. It had a nasty early echo and ring which I was able to fix with some Auralex. What I did was put four 2’ X 4’ Auralex panels on the back 10’ wall, which is behind me when I am sitting at the workstation. The foam along with a couch covers about 85% of the back wall. The two 12 foot side walls have 3 sheets each, so they are about 50% covered on the upper 4 feet of the wall and not at all covered on the lower part (stuff takes up part of the lower 3 feet of the wall, like my keyboards and a table with junk on it…) The wall that my pc / monitors are on has no treatment.
Now the mids and highs sound sweet and the imaging has been dramatically improved. Plus recording vocals in the room is now possible… so the money I put into the Auralex was well spent.
However I am not so sure about the bass in the room. It’s a little boomy in there, there seems to be a peak somewhere in the mid bass. Also, the bass seems louder when sitting on the couch than when sitting at the workstation. I am using a powered sub and two bookshelf speakers, all of very good quality, but I am afraid that the bass just can’t develop properly in such a small room. However, I am stuck with the room, and for now, the monitors and sub, so I need to make it as good as possible.
These are the details of the room construction:
As said above, the room is 10 X 12 with a 7’4” height. The walls of the room have been filled with r-13 on one of the long walls and r19 in the other 3 walls (the 2 short walls are 6” thick to hide a support column, so r19 fits.) One of the long walls was built next to the cement foundation; actually it leaves about 8’ to a foot of a gap, so there is a good bit of space behind the wall (for access). The ceiling is a suspended ceiling with 2 X 2 acoustic tiles, and r19 between the joists above. The floor is thick carpet over a thick layer of padding over bare cement. All sheetrock is thin, 3/8th.
So my questions:
1) Does the construction of the room help or hurt bass absorption / production?
2) Would it be a good idea or waste of money to buy a 1/3 octave stereo graphic EQ and use my SPL meter and test tones to tweak the freq response of the room / monitor combo. If so, what’s a good one to buy for cheap (100 – 200$)?
3) Any tips / tricks to get this room sounding better?
4) Should I treat the wall that my monitors are on with Auralex? Right now that wall is bare.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
The room is a 10’ X 12’ basement room with 7’4” ceiling height. Small, I know. It had a nasty early echo and ring which I was able to fix with some Auralex. What I did was put four 2’ X 4’ Auralex panels on the back 10’ wall, which is behind me when I am sitting at the workstation. The foam along with a couch covers about 85% of the back wall. The two 12 foot side walls have 3 sheets each, so they are about 50% covered on the upper 4 feet of the wall and not at all covered on the lower part (stuff takes up part of the lower 3 feet of the wall, like my keyboards and a table with junk on it…) The wall that my pc / monitors are on has no treatment.
Now the mids and highs sound sweet and the imaging has been dramatically improved. Plus recording vocals in the room is now possible… so the money I put into the Auralex was well spent.
However I am not so sure about the bass in the room. It’s a little boomy in there, there seems to be a peak somewhere in the mid bass. Also, the bass seems louder when sitting on the couch than when sitting at the workstation. I am using a powered sub and two bookshelf speakers, all of very good quality, but I am afraid that the bass just can’t develop properly in such a small room. However, I am stuck with the room, and for now, the monitors and sub, so I need to make it as good as possible.
These are the details of the room construction:
As said above, the room is 10 X 12 with a 7’4” height. The walls of the room have been filled with r-13 on one of the long walls and r19 in the other 3 walls (the 2 short walls are 6” thick to hide a support column, so r19 fits.) One of the long walls was built next to the cement foundation; actually it leaves about 8’ to a foot of a gap, so there is a good bit of space behind the wall (for access). The ceiling is a suspended ceiling with 2 X 2 acoustic tiles, and r19 between the joists above. The floor is thick carpet over a thick layer of padding over bare cement. All sheetrock is thin, 3/8th.
So my questions:
1) Does the construction of the room help or hurt bass absorption / production?
2) Would it be a good idea or waste of money to buy a 1/3 octave stereo graphic EQ and use my SPL meter and test tones to tweak the freq response of the room / monitor combo. If so, what’s a good one to buy for cheap (100 – 200$)?
3) Any tips / tricks to get this room sounding better?
4) Should I treat the wall that my monitors are on with Auralex? Right now that wall is bare.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Bass in my small room sounds good. Got my room set for my new monitors, they should be here next Friday.