There are still people on here with vast ammounts more knowlege than me, like Mr. Fitzpatrick here!
Ha! I wish
Thanks for the compliment too, but this is when I must post my disclaimer again.
DISCLAIMER: I, Rick Fitzpatrick, under no circumstances, or in no way, shape or form, claim to be any sort of STUDIO CONSTRUCTION OR ACOUSTICS expert, know it all, Harry Potter or other wizard, specialist, or professional, nor am I experienced in any physical construction of real studios, practice rooms, control rooms, home theaters, vocal booths, or other construction requiring extreme sound transmission loss or special acoustical treatment. NONE. PERIOD. ZERO. ZILCH. I also have NO CREDENTIALS, DEGREE, DIPLOMA, CERTIFICATE, BADGE, ARM PATCH, or even a valid reputation for knowing what I am talking about I simply give my .02 based on what I've read and thats it. OK?
If it happens to align with actual fact, I must be havin a good day.
So carry on notbradsohner, cause at 15, I'd say your well on your way to understanding the more common solution oriented advice. Although, for a better understanding of things(not that I have achieved this) I'd suggest reading Alton Everests book "The Master Handbook of Acoustics" and maybe a few of the more advanced studio construction books, like Phillip Newells. This rabbit hole(acoustics) is filled with unintuitive caves and dead ends. Not to mention, passing on "net fact", of which I may have been guilty of in the past. Thats why I seldom give acoustics advice anymore as I have become aware of the more subtle and deeper phenomena that I know very little about, and I hate basing advice on things I have no education or thorough understanding of anymore. Like Standing waves. We take for granted that this is a simple phenonema that is well understood. On the contrary. Read this and you will see why.
http://www.glafreniere.com/sa_plane.htm
Maybe this will influence you to dig deeper before relating "net fact" advice. Not all we read is truth. Especially on the net.
Well, that about covers my advice to you. Enjoy the journey, but heed the warnings at the beginning of the hole. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!
I have come to the conclusion, that acousics is one of the most wierd sciences out there, and the known extent of its realm is still mostly unexplored territory and the surface barely scratched. But again, only my .02
I do know this. Alice was lucky. I too barely escaped the rabbit hole.
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