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Awesome! Best first post by a new member ever. --Ethan

I don't know about your tests, but when RealTraps tested LENRDs (and the cheaper Foam By Mail knockoffs) we used a real acoustics lab. All of the products were also placed in corners, which is a more realistic comparison since that's where they'll actually be placed in a studio. More here: Test...

A lot of people use "portable vocal booth" type products or DIY equivalents. But even though my company sells such a product, it's not really needed if the room is treated properly. They're useful mostly for people who for whatever reason can't treat their room, or have access only to a space...

Yes, and that's another reason to avoid carpet and heap foam. --Ethan

Forget carpeting. For a venue sized space you want proper absorbing material that's four inches thick, even if it's a smaller venue. Thin materials will help the high end, but the bass will still be hollow and boomy and poorly defined. I think you should consider the window the last place to...

It's not a calculation, it's simply the result of low-pass filtering. This short article explains slew rate, but it also shows how capacitors charge and discharge which answers your question: Slew rate and slew rate limiting --Ethan

It's a "boing" sound. You can hear flutter echo demonstrated near the beginning of this video: All About Diffusion --Ethan

If it were me, I'd probably use the preamp in the interface and sell the separate preamp. --Ethan

Your interface might be the problem, but that's unlikely. There's a simple test you can do to confirm the quality: Record the output of a CD player or other source of music through your converter, then play both the original and recorded copy back at exactly the same volume. Matching volumes is...

That's the key: Large rooms can sound good with more ambience and reverb. Small-room ambience sounds lousy - boxy, hollow, and off-mic unless the mics are very close. You can easily add good quality reverb and ambience when mixing, but you can't remove the lousy sound of a small room. --Ethan

Well sure he is! Maybe not an external interface, but a sound card is definitely an "interface" even if it's inside a laptop. If he got a small mixer and used his laptop's Line Input jack as shown in my article, his problem would be solved. I'm not saying that's the only solution, but it's...

CoolCat asked what interface you're using, and that is key. Some have built-in monitoring, and some do not. If yours does not, then you need a small format mixer for monitoring. This article explains that method: Using a Mixer with a DAW --Ethan

That's a fabulous video, and everyone who is interested in audio and music at any level should watch it. --Ethan

Pretty much any modern interface will be fine. So buy mainly on price and features. I can tell you that I have a Focusrite converter and it's terrific. --Ethan

Thanks, glad to help. As for your room, that shape is better than a normal rectangle because the angles help to avoid flutter echo. But it's close enough to a normal room that all of the usual advice applies. I see lots of corner areas for bass trapping, though don't worry about "minor" corners...

Thanks for moving this to the public forum. I saw your post earlier, but your attachment is invalid so I can't see the "unusual features" in your room. If you fix the attachment link I'll be able to comment. In the mean time, I'll tell you that almost every room can be treated effectively using...

Yes, that room could be very good. These two short articles answer your specific questions: How to set up a room Acoustic Basics --Ethan

I'm with Dave, I don't think "power conditioner" products are useful for computers, or audio gear, or anything else. Of course, an UPS is needed for computers! But that's a different class of "power" product. --Ethan

All preamps are good these days. The only exceptions IMO are preamps that aim to add "color" via tubes and transformers, or other intentional distortion mechanisms. Distortion is sometimes useful as an effect, but there's no need to pay handsomely for that. And like EQ, it's better to add...

I'd probably face the wall on the left, though it's not clear if there's a window into the tracking room. If so, face the wall on the top. Don't forget that rectangle rooms have 12 corners, not just four. In your case there are even more, though the best corners for bass traps are "major"...