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Originally Posted by Ethan Winer  Russ,
Okay, and I agree appearance and vibe matter too.
Yes, exactly.
Right, and those are the ones to avoid. Also, assuming a proper diffusor design, it's not the depth of each portion but the depth at the deepest point. That determines the lowest frequency the diffusor is effective to. Diffusors only one inch deep are not useful at all.
One of the problems with this thread is that so far you haven't told us the room dimensions or shown photos etc. So any advice we can give is based mostly on guessing.
--Ethan |
Ethan,
Thanks for the information about diffusion depth, it's always great to learn more, and that information will come into play when I'm shopping for, or building diffusers once I have a permanent studio. I have a one room mixing and recording room that is 12' by 8' and 10' tall with wood floor. Two of the ceiling corners cut in to accommodate pipes. It has concrete walls, and a large window on one side. There are a few irregular corners, and surprisingly, the room has quite a nice sound for such a small room.
When I clap my hands there is no flutter echo and the natural reverb is quite pleasing given the room's dimensions and all the reflective surfaces. Of course, when you start layering, the room sound builds up too much unless you mic really close. I do mostly acoustic stuff here so the sources aren't so loud. Also, I have to double check everything on headphones to make sure it sounds good without the room bias, which slows things down. There's a company here that manufactures different densities of acoustic foam, so I'm going to check that out soon and add that to tame the room sound. I was looking for other temporary measures because I don't want a dead room and I know foam doesn't trap bass or add diffusion.
Thanks again for the info, your posts are quite informative and I appreciate that you offer so much information without charge - I've just started to read your acoustics faq.