Prioritising Foam Placement... What a boring title.

DrBlowThingsUp · 5th February 2012

Hullo!

I'm a student with a little home studio setup, and I've recently got a couple of acoustic foam tiles free from work. I'm not sure of the best place to put them, though. Since I can't properly acoustically treat my room, I have to choose between treating my mixing area, or treating the corner of the room with my microphone in, which do you think should take priority?

Jens Eklund · 5th February 2012

4m x 5m x 2.5m room - modal resonance problem

kasmira · 5th February 2012

It depends, do you do more vocal recordings or more mixdowns?

jwl · 6th February 2012

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Originally Posted by kasmira

It depends, do you do more vocal recordings or more mixdowns?

This. Alternatively you can mount the foam onto movable stands somehow, so you can use them both when tracking and mixing. You'll also need bass traps.

DanDan · 6th February 2012

If you have enough foam you should be able to diminish very early reflections around your Listening Position. A Zone Without Reflections...
This same acoustic should be excellent for recording vocals and for clear acoustic guitar sounds.

DD

jhbrandt · 7th February 2012

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Originally Posted by DrBlowThingsUp

Hullo!

I'm a student with a little home studio setup, and I've recently got a couple of acoustic foam tiles free from work. I'm not sure of the best place to put them, though. Since I can't properly acoustically treat my room, I have to choose between treating my mixing area, or treating the corner of the room with my microphone in, which do you think should take priority?

You need more tiles, my friend. The two areas go hand in hand.

Read up.. articles on my publications page, the GIK site, and Realtraps site.

Cheers,
John

DrBlowThingsUp · 7th February 2012

Rightho, thanks, guys!

I'll use them around my mic area for now, and look into getting some more for my mixing area. Good point about the bass traps, though. I've been lucky enough to not have to deal with any really bad rooms so far, but it's definitely something I should look into...

5th February 2012	#1
DrBlowThingsUp Gear interested Joined: Jan 2012 Location: Liverpool Posts: 13 Thread Starter	Prioritising Foam Placement... What a boring title. Hullo! I'm a student with a little home studio setup, and I've recently got a couple of acoustic foam tiles free from work. I'm not sure of the best place to put them, though. Since I can't properly acoustically treat my room, I have to choose between treating my mixing area, or treating the corner of the room with my microphone in, which do you think should take priority? __________________ Writing a song every day from monday-friday, from August 2010, and working on a progressive metal concept album... Because I'm a MASSIVE NERD! Have a listen to some of my 'Dailyjams' here: http://soundcloud.com/rob-rideout-music And if you've run out of other things to read on the internet, I also have a blog: http://drblowthingsup.tumblr.com/

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DanDan Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Cork Ireland Posts: 6,825 1 Review written	Cake and eat it. If you have enough foam you should be able to diminish very early reflections around your Listening Position. A Zone Without Reflections... This same acoustic should be excellent for recording vocals and for clear acoustic guitar sounds. DD __________________ www.irishacoustics.com www.soundsound.ie

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Jens Eklund Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Stockholm Posts: 3,005	4m x 5m x 2.5m room - modal resonance problem

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kasmira Lives for gear Joined: May 2011 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 573	It depends, do you do more vocal recordings or more mixdowns?

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DrBlowThingsUp Gear interested Joined: Jan 2012 Location: Liverpool Posts: 13 Thread Starter	Rightho, thanks, guys! I'll use them around my mic area for now, and look into getting some more for my mixing area. Good point about the bass traps, though. I've been lucky enough to not have to deal with any really bad rooms so far, but it's definitely something I should look into...