John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum • View topic - How I built my vocal booth (step-by-step w/pics) 36. Here's a shot looking in on the booth, after I put a bunch of foam up. 37. This is the booth in its finished condition. Overall, useful for me and impressive to others. Various points not covered above: - Where to buy stuff? Lowe's, home depot are the big chains. Online can also be very good; like I mentioned earlier, I used Acoustical Solutions. Also, I am selling the door gasket system, hinges, and door closer for half price. . - Shims I never knew the power of shimming before building this vocal booth. . - Built like a house This thing was built like a little house - very powerful and strong. I also learned a lot about general home improvement by building the vocal booth. - What I would have done different Maybe I would use a less expensive acoustical gasketing system.
. - The air conditioning system I never used Even with the hole in it from the A/C system I never used, there was very good sound reduction. Maybe build yours without the A/C thing or hole in it. The booth was expensive. John. John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum • View topic - We are going to built our own studio!!! Home Recording Studio Solutions for Everyday Musicians. GarageVibe | Audio for the masses. Noiz - Η κοινότητα των μουσικών. Noiz Articles. Computers. Recording. RealTraps - Home. Acoustic Basics. By Ethan Winer Most budget electronic gear these days is very high quality, and can create first-rate music that sounds as good as anything on the radio. Yet many recording enthusiasts, unhappy with the quality of their productions, wrongly blame their gear. Of course, experience matters, but so does having accurate acoustics. This "Tip Jar" article from Music Connection magazine explains the basics of acoustics in a way that everyone can easily understand.
All of the information herein also applies to audiophile and home theater listening rooms. Bass frequencies are the most difficult to tame in the small rooms many people use to record and mix their music. Since you hear less bass than is really in the track, you add too much bass with EQ to compensate. ROOM ORIENTATION AND SPEAKER PLACEMENT In a standard rectangular room, it's best to orient the mix position so the speakers are firing the longer way down the room.
How To Set Up a Room. More RealTraps Articles Straight talk about finding the ideal loudspeaker placement and listening position. "You'll get the flattest low frequency response by sitting 38 percent of the way back in the room. " "This is equivalent to a bank shot in pool. " With special thanks to Bill Eppler for providing the first reflection calculations, and to acoustics guru Wes Lachot. The following is from a newsgroup post where Wes explained his logic behind the 38 percent rule. As my article on bass waves illustrates, every bass frequency has a corresponding place or places in the room where there is a null due to destructive interference. For instance, a 14 foot long room would have a large boost generally at 40 Hz due to modes, but at 7 feet from the front wall there would be a serious null at that frequency due to destructive interference. Similarly, the second harmonic of 40 Hz (80 Hz) will exhibit a null at the point one quarter of the distance from the back wall.
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