More absorption made it worse?

[NL5]

It has taken me almost a year after I treated my control room to get the monitors adjusted right, placed right and listened to enough stuff in there to get good translation. Not that it's typical to take that long but that's what it took me.

I don't know if you can have too much bass trapping.

It took me awhile as well. I not only did absorption/trapping, but I also went over to John Sayers and built my CR to be as acoustically correct as possible. It amazes me how much more detail I can hear know. It made way more difference in my mixes than any piece of gear (and cost a lot less as well).

 

[bpape]

When one tries to use the same space for mixing and recording, there can be issues since the design goals and target decay times are quite different for those 2 environments. Generally, some movable/removable treatments are in order to get the best from the space in both situations.

As to whether the OP did too much or not, hard to say since I didn't see any room dimensions given. Also have no idea where the mix position is in relation to the room - nor the monitor positioning.

Bryan

 

[Supercreep]

Thanks, everybody. I think where I went wrong is trying to bypass the actual measurements before I did the trapping.

Now, also keep in mind that we record and mix in a tiny, tiny tuffshed. 9x14.

Our mix position isn't optimal at all, since the drumset dominates the entire space.

There is too much foam on the ceiling.

The wall absorbers aren't spaced away from the wall and so have a less than optimal effect.


There is no reflection free zone anywhere in the room.

My monitors suck.



So this has been one humbling learning experience after another.

I'll be moving in less than a year, so I'm not going to go apeshit trying to fix this room. But I will on the next one.

I will start by taking measurements next time, to try to remove some of the guesswork.

Fitz said he'd help me connect with some folks here in Sac to help with construction, and I'll see Mr. Sayers for design help.

I'm not working at "perfect", but "perfect" and "good enough" don't have to be enemies.

Thanks again, everyone, for your help - I appreciate all your comments.

-Casey

 

[rayc]

TH Realtrap site ahs a file to download that is basically a fairly wide range of test tones & a chart. Downlaod, convert to wave & play it back on your monitors using an SPL meter to get a rading of the rooms response. You can do this in your monitor position as well as in poss. prob areas. the graph gives a fairly good indication to the causes of some annoying issues such as your prob. Probably be best to remove the traps etc & test then apply the stuff as & where needed.
If you CD was recorded pre treatment you certainly had a good sounding room or at least one you knew well enough to compensate for when mixing.
BRILLIANT CD BTW.