Frequency issue in home recording studio

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milkyway

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Hey guys,

so i hope i can get some kind of solution here for my problem.So i mix with Presonus Eris E8 in my home studio.
Everything seemed to work quit good in my environment.But a couple of months ago we changed the furniture in the room and then i think
the problem has begun.Before that i had a solid low end and an overall okay balanced mix.But now it lacks the low end around 50-60 hz and some nasty early reflections came up.
I tried to get rid of the reflections and put some acoustic foam on the wall.But i think it´s killing the 400-700 hz area.When i mix on the monitors everything sounds good but when i listen to the mix on a diffrent device and on headphones some really nasty boxyness between 400 and 700 hz is literally popping out of the mix .This is so hard annoying and takes always that extra step to fix it.Do you think i should remove the foam from the wall and better use a diffusor?And how can i figure out what is causing that dip in the low mid? And i heard about some correction tools like sonar works or ik multimedia arc.Would you guys recommend that? Hope to get some helpful answers here and merry christmas to you all.
 
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I'm assuming you're referring to mixes you made previous to changing the furniture and not NEW mixes since the change.

Changing the furniture in the room might have caused the problem....but truth be told...you can't be sure unless you actually put everything back as it was....and that doesn't sound practical or desired. If you're not hearing the issues when properly seated in front of your monitors (did you change your desk?) then you're doing the right thing by using (hopefully decent) headphones as another step. By design or by chance.....somehow your previous room setup worked well for you and the room corrections you're now making apparently are causing further issues......so....stop doing that for now. You can go down quite a rabbit hole and chase your own tail.

Most room correction software can help but won't be a 100% solution. Tell us more about your room......dimensions....setup....etc. Be as detailed as possible.

Mick
 
How thick is the foam? You really need 100mm (4") thick specialist acoustic foam for it to be effective. Mineral wool based panels are often more effective than foam. I'd try moving the monitors around too. Can you move them closer to the wall which will give you more bass? Are they desk mounted? If so, try raising them higher above the desk.
 
A simple tool is a 20-20K tone sweep. Choose your flattest response mic, or at least a mic with a known frequency response curve, and record the sweep tone through your speakers. You won't get a fast response - you will see the peaks where the room is conspiring against you and where you need to concentrate your efforts. humpy bass probably means you need corner traps operating down low, humps in the middle might be treated with other products, and trouble up top with foam, the thicker, the lower. In smaller rooms, parallel surfaces and right angles are the usual issues - the duvet/heavy blanket on a mic stand will let you do the test twice to see what help they are. If they work, you can make things more permanent - but you need a base line before you start meddling for comparison, so you can see what you are doing,
 
Get rid of the foam - or at least don't rely on it. 4" thick rockwool or compressed fiberglass taps in corners and points of first reflection on the side walls. Post a diagram (with dimensions) of our room, showing monitor position, etc.
 
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