Flutter Echo (aka my life is in shambles)

[Glenn Kuras]

For the most part you can solve flutter with 2" rigid fiberglass. I bet the low end decay is the largest problem though, which takes bass trapping.

[ivebenrecording]

Well... yeah... that's a problem too, haha. Still saving up the money for my bass trapping. :P Thanks for the info, though. We'll see how well that fiberglass works when I put it up (I guess im a lil slow on that installation thing).

[CarloBadalamenti]

You say apartment in a college town - I’d guess this room is smallish and cube-like dimensionally? Forgive me if I’m off base with my assumption, but if it’s anything like the college apartments I’m familiar with, the kind of space-optimizing dimensions these places have make things more difficult to deal with right off the bat.

You’re dead-on with panels and tiles like fiberglass and foam being good for high-frequency echoes and flutter, especially at first-reflection points, but with the room type I’m again assuming you have, Mr. Kuras is correct about the low-end issues that are probably present, which require trapping. Addressing only high-frequency and echo problems can make things even worse if you’ve got low-frequency issues that remain unaddressed. It’s kind of like adding ketchup and mustard to a hamburger bun that’s missing the meat

I say this all in general terms as well – if you can post dimensions or even run some room tests, I’m sure you’ll get some responses that are more tailored to your particular issues!

[ivebenrecording]

Thank you so much! You're pretty much right on about the dimensions of the room. I was wondering. I've seen all the posts about testing the room and what software to use and stuff, but do I have to use one of those testing mics, or could I just use a sdc? cuz I only have the latter. And gawd, I would hate a kethup and mustard sandwich. ewwww.