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Old 18th August 2007   #15
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My live room is close to that size. I've got a really simple 4'x8' 'diffuser' made of 1'x4' that are on dowels so I can turn them in the frame. There is Auralex behind them. On one section of the ceiling I have a 4'x8' cloud with pink rolled insulation on the inside with a colored fabric stretched on the front. The other side/end of the room is pretty un-treated, though there some angles in the walls and ceiling. If I want the room super dry I can hang packing blankets on mic stands and get a very Sound Factory/Sunset Sound thing, Or I can leave it as is and get a nice splashy room thing happening. Personally I'd rather have that than an always dead/controlled sound that if I start looking of ambience I need to go to a box of some sorts. I can't think of the last time I used reverb on drums, I just push up the room mics and/or the parallel drum buss comp.

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