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westcoast
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I have a 15x16x 10.5h room with a cement floor. The floor slopes so that the ceiling on one end is 10.5 and the other is 11ft high. We will only be tracking not mixing in this room. We are going for a very minimalist thing here and going for an old school style. The group will record everything at one time and down to only two tracks. So there are limitations and the sound that we get from the room must be good from the start. One ribbon mic is getting the acoustic bass and the drums, one dynamic will get the very small guitar amp and one LDC will get the vocal and acoustic guitar. No effects or reverb will be added since the room sound is what we are looking for. Playing volume will be really low and drums may even go to brushes. Bleed will be there and OK with us.
I have 8 broadband absorbers of OC703 placed on the walls around the room to help tame the reflections. I have a 2.5 x8 and a 3x4 polycylindrical diffuser now (but not installed) and I'm thinking after reading about live rooms that a few more would be better than the remaining blank walls of drywall that we have. I plan to add two or three 4x8 polycylindrical diffusers.
Where would be the best place be to use these? Between the absorbers? On one wall only? Ceiling? Corners?
In short, the room sounds ok now other than what I believe is some flutter echo. I'd like for the room to sound big but I don't want bad reflections to overwhelm the initial source, if that makes any sense. I believe diffusion will help. I assume there might be a standard for placement.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
I have 8 broadband absorbers of OC703 placed on the walls around the room to help tame the reflections. I have a 2.5 x8 and a 3x4 polycylindrical diffuser now (but not installed) and I'm thinking after reading about live rooms that a few more would be better than the remaining blank walls of drywall that we have. I plan to add two or three 4x8 polycylindrical diffusers.
Where would be the best place be to use these? Between the absorbers? On one wall only? Ceiling? Corners?
In short, the room sounds ok now other than what I believe is some flutter echo. I'd like for the room to sound big but I don't want bad reflections to overwhelm the initial source, if that makes any sense. I believe diffusion will help. I assume there might be a standard for placement.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks