Small recording room treatment: bass or first reflections worse?

[DrJosh]

Is bass trapping as important in small recording rooms as it is in small mixing rooms?
Or is treating first reflections more important?

 

[buckkillr8]

I'm not positive but I believe the smaller the room the more bass trapping you'll need.

 

[Ethan Winer]

They're both important, and Buck is correct that smaller rooms need more bass trapping proportionally than larger rooms.

--Ethan

 

[DrJosh]

Damnit.

Thanks.

And good luck with the knee, Ethan.

 

[omtayslick]

So for studio purposes, what dimensions constitute a small room? And at what point does a room become a large room? I'm not yankin' anybody's chain, it's a serious question.
Just curious, I guess.

 

[Ethan Winer]

what dimensions constitute a small room?

Valid question. Acoustically speaking, a large room is an auditorium.

I'd say a small room is 25 by 15 or smaller. A very small room is 10 by 12.

--Ethan

 

[omtayslick]

That narrows it down. That means I have a small room.