Room setup/acuostics & monitors

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Hey guys I am setting up a project studio and need some advice on the arrangement of my monitors/room to facilitate best acoustics. I would be willing to do sound isolation if you guys think I need it. I was thinking some of that monitor isolation foam might do good as if I kept my current desk layout the monitors would be next to walls, corners, in bass heaven. However if I need to re arrange my positioning I could do that.

Also I was looking for monitor suggestions. I was leaning towards BX5a's on ebay.

So

1) Whats the best I can make out of my room.
2) Any monitor recommendations.

Here are some pics to help you guys.

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Lol thanks man. The links seem to be down for me at the moment, I'll be sure to read them thoroughly when they are up.
 
okay I read those articles and found if I switch the position of my desk and dresser I can have my listening/monitoring position compliant with those guidelines. The next thing would be in the area of bass traps and such correct?

Are there any guidelines for determining if you need bass traps, or other acoustic foam. Basically whats the next step?
 
jordanstreet said:
Are there any guidelines for determining if you need bass traps, or other acoustic foam. Basically whats the next step?
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Room treatment is a deep subject, and a complete answer requires far more than will fit into a single reply here. So here's the short version. All rooms need:

* Broadband (not tuned) bass traps straddling as many corners as you can manage, including the wall-ceiling corners. More bass traps on the rear wall behind helps even further. You simply cannot have too much bass trapping. Real bass trapping, that is - thin foam and thin fiberglass don't work to a low enough frequency.

* Mid/high frequency absorption at the first reflection points on the side walls and ceiling.

* Some additional amount of mid/high absorption and/or diffusion on any large areas of bare parallel surfaces, such as opposing walls or the ceiling if the floor is reflective. Diffusion on the rear wall behind you is also useful in larger rooms.

For the complete story see my Acoustics FAQ.

There's a lot of additional non-sales technical information on my company's site - articles, videos, test tones and other downloads - here:

www.realtraps.com

--Ethan
 
well,......just my .02

Bass is the longest wavelength,.so hardest to tame. A low freq. trap or two will help. You have a small space , such is mine. I've made mine almost completely dead,....80% absorbtion , that way it doubles as a vox / iso booth.

Reverb and space can always be put in artificially,....but almost impossible to fix if mixed in due to a sloppy room sound.

...but hey,..wtf do I know.........
 
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