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jordan s · 15th October 2009

Hello all. I recently moving into a new place with an extra bedroom so I could set up a mix room. The room is about 11x11' and I know it's way less than ideal. After reading a lot on the room treatment sub-forum, I made a bunch of my own traps out of 6 lb. per square foot mineral wool.

I have 4 2" thick 2'x4' panels at first reflection points, two on the sides, one on the ceiling and an extra in the short hallway that leads to the door. I have 4" thick 2'x4' panels across all four corners and two on the back wall and also 4" thick 1'x1'x1' triangles in the four ceiling/side wall corners. This is pretty much all the trapping I can get away with in this size room.

My problem is, I fear I may have gone overboard. I've been working on my first mix in this room. First I just went for it and tried to make it sound right by my ears. After referencing my mix on a different setup/room, it sounds horrible. Totally muddy, WAY too much low end and way too much reverb. I then decided to mix against a reference, a similar song that was mixed very well. I ended up pulling out a lot of low end and low mids as well as bringing down the reverb and got things somewhat close sonically, to my ears. I brough my mix to a different setup/room, again same problems, slightly better.

My room does not allow me to hear low end or the nuance of reverb. I have never had problems like this while working in reputable studios. I know the consensus around here is that the more trapping, the better, especially in small rooms. I think that maybe I just sucked all the low end and life (what little it had) out of the room. My monitors are Yorkville YSM1-p and while I know I won't get much low end out of these, I have mixed in many small rooms with nearfields and no subs without problems. Any tips, comments or ideas are welcome.

15th October 2009	#1
jordan s Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 161 Thread Starter	My mix room acoustics Hello all. I recently moving into a new place with an extra bedroom so I could set up a mix room. The room is about 11x11' and I know it's way less than ideal. After reading a lot on the room treatment sub-forum, I made a bunch of my own traps out of 6 lb. per square foot mineral wool. I have 4 2" thick 2'x4' panels at first reflection points, two on the sides, one on the ceiling and an extra in the short hallway that leads to the door. I have 4" thick 2'x4' panels across all four corners and two on the back wall and also 4" thick 1'x1'x1' triangles in the four ceiling/side wall corners. This is pretty much all the trapping I can get away with in this size room. My problem is, I fear I may have gone overboard. I've been working on my first mix in this room. First I just went for it and tried to make it sound right by my ears. After referencing my mix on a different setup/room, it sounds horrible. Totally muddy, WAY too much low end and way too much reverb. I then decided to mix against a reference, a similar song that was mixed very well. I ended up pulling out a lot of low end and low mids as well as bringing down the reverb and got things somewhat close sonically, to my ears. I brough my mix to a different setup/room, again same problems, slightly better. My room does not allow me to hear low end or the nuance of reverb. I have never had problems like this while working in reputable studios. I know the consensus around here is that the more trapping, the better, especially in small rooms. I think that maybe I just sucked all the low end and life (what little it had) out of the room. My monitors are Yorkville YSM1-p and while I know I won't get much low end out of these, I have mixed in many small rooms with nearfields and no subs without problems. Any tips, comments or ideas are welcome.