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[Smithcok]

Originally Posted by daydreamstudio

Hi there my fellow gear sluts *****s and prostitutes I am a aspired musician who needs the advice from you, the more experienced musicians, engineers and producers. I am trying to treat my room, i already have a view aurelex absorbing pads on my walls, my room is fairly small, square to be exact which is bad enough , so i places a lot of pads around it seeing that the sound waves doesn't have much distance to travel, fyi im using Rokit 5s. But what makes this even more difficult is that my closet(5-6ft in length) doors have build in glasses and then i have this huge slide door with blinds at the center end of my room where i centered my desk setup with my Krks a couple feet from the blinds. It sounds fairly well, my room is about 80%-85% dead sound but the sound doesnt travels too well thus my recordings aren't the bomb if u know what i mean. Is the glass and slide door blinds make my room an untreatable disaster or is there some hope helps please...a little advice and knowledge to enriching me please

I will post some pictures of my room.

Bass trapping!

It seems you have a couple small Auralex thingers in the corners. That is not nearly enough.

[Glenn Kuras]

Scattering the foam around the room is only going to help general decay time on the upper frequencies but the low end is still going to bouncing around. What you need to do:
1)Get yourself set up to have equal symmetry left, right and forward from where you sit.
2)Us proper bass trapping in as many corners as possible.
3)Treat the early reflection points.

Here are a few links that might help you out
Acoustic Primer. GIK Acoustics. Acoustic Panels and Bass Traps.
Monitor Positioning. Acoustic Panels and Bass Traps.
How Bass Traps Work. Acoustic Panels and Bass Traps.
What Are Early Reflection Points. Acoustic Panels and Bass Traps.
GIK Acoustics: Room Setup
Testing of foam bass traps

There is a lot to read there but it covers pretty much everything you need to do.

[jwl]

All small rooms need bass trapping. The smaller the room the more you will need (proportional to the size of the room). The fact that your room is square means you will need even more bass trapping. This will help you hear more accurately, which means your mixes will travel/translate better when played outside your room.

RealTraps - Acoustic Basics

[daydreamstudio]

ok thanks guys i really appreciate it. Im going to get some more of those bass traps i only have one. What about that glass mirror? im guessing that its not much of a problem once i do the right treatment.

[Glenn Kuras]

You can always put panels on stands in front of the mirror if it is a problem.

[jwl]

Glass reflects sound obviously, but so does drywall and wood. Unless the glass is in a problematic spot (ie, a reflection point or a corner where a bass trap should go) then it probably won't sound much different than the drywall/wood behind it.

[avare]

Originally Posted by jwl

Glass reflects sound obviously, but so does drywall and wood. Unless the glass is in a problematic spot (ie, a reflection point or a corner where a bass trap should go) then it probably won't sound much different than the drywall/wood behind it.

+1

Reflectively,
Andre

[daydreamstudio]

Ok thank you all for the tips...i know i could count on the gear slut members to drive me in the right direction... really appreciate it

[voidar]

In the not to distant future I will find myself in a room like this which I will setup for mixing. I am trying to envision where to put bass trapping etc. but I would like some more theory on this situation with dressers and sliding doors (mirrors).

Am I right in thinking the doors themselves will flex and radiate bass waves into the closet or should I envision them acting as a hard wall. i.e. can I put some trapping inside the closet, behind the clothes and expect something to happen?
These doors are usually quite thin.

I understand this is all theoretical, but I would like some POV on this.

[Glenn Kuras]

In the not to distant future I will find myself in a room like this which I will setup for mixing. I am trying to envision where to put bass trapping etc. but I would like some more theory on this situation with dressers and sliding doors (mirrors).

First make make sure you are set up in the best location in the room, treat early reflection points and bass trap as many corners as possible. The following are some set up videos and different ways to test.
Tutorial Video Basics, Bass traps, Diffusion, Panels
Video: First Reflection Points
Video: Bass Traps and Understanding Low Frequencies
Video: Testing Bass Trap Placement
Room EQ Wizard Tutorial Video

Am I right in thinking the doors themselves will flex and radiate bass waves into the closet or should I envision them acting as a hard wall. i.e. can I put some trapping inside the closet, behind the clothes and expect something to happen?

If the doors are really thin then some of the low end may pass through them but you would be surprised how much will reflect back into the room. I would not count on closing normal sliding doors and think what is behind it is going to be a great bass trap.