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Fletcher · 14th November 2007, 08:59 PM

To quote one of my favorite movie characters... "yeah baby"!! [well not really one of my favorite movie characters... but the first quote that came to mind]

With a 10'x 12' room [bigger than a jail cell, smaller than my kid's room] you're going to have all kinds of nodes and annodes in that room... while bass traps will indeed help [not fix(!!!), help] you're still pretty well screwed just from the dimensions of the shell. One thing you can do that might help things translate a bit better is to move your work postion so it is askew in the room. That way the reflections from each speaker have to go a good few bounces before they come back to you at the mix position... unfortunately, everything from 250Hz down will be pretty much "omni-directional" so you'll just have to try to find a spot in the room where you're getting "not to much" and "not to little" bass information as the modal patterns in that shell size will be all over the place.

Don't tell me... lemme guess. 8 foot ceilings... right? [psssst... you're pretty much screwed]

Trial and error of moving your work area around the room [along with some of Ethan's traps] are probably going to be your best bet for something that might somehow, somewhat resemble accurate bass response.

Best of luck... you're gonna need it!!!

Peace.

14th November 2007, 08:59 PM	#6
Fletcher 3 + infractions, membership under review with GS admin Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Foxboro, MA USA Posts: 5,783	To quote one of my favorite movie characters... "yeah baby"!! [well not really one of my favorite movie characters... but the first quote that came to mind] With a 10'x 12' room [bigger than a jail cell, smaller than my kid's room] you're going to have all kinds of nodes and annodes in that room... while bass traps will indeed help [not fix(!!!), help] you're still pretty well screwed just from the dimensions of the shell. One thing you can do that might help things translate a bit better is to move your work postion so it is askew in the room. That way the reflections from each speaker have to go a good few bounces before they come back to you at the mix position... unfortunately, everything from 250Hz down will be pretty much "omni-directional" so you'll just have to try to find a spot in the room where you're getting "not to much" and "not to little" bass information as the modal patterns in that shell size will be all over the place. Don't tell me... lemme guess. 8 foot ceilings... right? [psssst... you're pretty much screwed] Trial and error of moving your work area around the room [along with some of Ethan's traps] are probably going to be your best bet for something that might somehow, somewhat resemble accurate bass response. Best of luck... you're gonna need it!!! Peace. __________________ [COLOR="White"][/COLOR] [SIZE="2"][b]Fletcher[/b][/SIZE] If you have a question please email me at [email]Fletcher@mercenary.com[/email] instead of using the PM system... I very rarely check that system and it could take a while to get a response. I can also be found at either address below: [size=2][url=http://recforums.prosoundweb.com][b]R/E/P[/b][/url][/size] the [b]R[/b]ecording [b]E[/b]ngineer and [b]P[/b]roducer forums [url=http://www.mercenary.com][b]Mercenary Audio[/b][/url] [size=1][b]mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33[/b] We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid [b][url=http://www.ericambel.com/index.htm]Roscoe[/url] Ambel once said[/b]: Pro-Tools is to audio what fluorescent is to light[/size]