i almost LOST all my gear to WATERDAMAGE! Rebuilding my homestudio Pt.1 

Special shoutout to KMR Germany for setting me up with this consult! Use coupon code THOMAS5 to get 5% discount on anything kmraudio.de/

Bro your walls and ceiling are gonna grow serious mold. I would move out of that apartment ASAP.

Holy shit man, I feel ya! Good luck with the rebuild!

I wouldn't think too much about the high frequency comb filter effect, that you can see in the measurements, and trust your ears on that one. For me and just looking at the measurements, the setup with the speakers close to the wall and the bass drivers facing outwards looked basically perfect. Also, the hf + mf driver should disperse the sound a little bit wider to the inside in that configuration, which could sound better. Very good advice from mbakustik to move the monitors as close to the front wall as possible, and an interesting find with the non-existent vertical room mode. Since you're using REW already, you could have a look at the RT60 topt as well + at the waterfall and spectrogram for the bass response. You can only do that individually with your left or right speaker, not with the averaged response. Make sure to not overdamp the room. Once you reached around 0.3 seconds of reverberation time in any frequency range, I would stop using absorption in that frequency range and just use diffusion/reflection to improve things even further. When in doubt, trust your ears. I would never sacrifice something that sounds good for something that looks good on a graph. I'm very impressed about the linearity of the ATCs in your room, looks amazing. And I would totally get those walls and the ceiling checked and dried and if necessary redone before you put anything new on them, but it seems like that's the plan already.

i really like your wall insulment soundproofing choice ...i think i'ts really well designed n looks killer in the room 🏆

I'm sorry man. I hope you get through this as quick as possible. And yes, the 3k area is very critical and super aggressive in a mix.

Hope your space gets better soon. If you need any help, let me know

Oh no! Wish you much Energy for this Project!

80 cm of real estate is indeed, a difficult decision.. I might suggest investing in diaphragmatic absorbes instead of porous ones, it is more of a "targeted" approach, but when done properly.. it yields great results! The sizes can vary and with a rather "compact" form factor, you could (potentially) reach frequencies that fibrous materials would require quadruple the space! John H. Brandt widely discusses these concepts on his channel and clearly Gearspace Acoustics forum is filled with information from actual pros. btw Amroc - The Room Mode Calculator (amcoustics) Multi-Layer Absorber Calculator (acoustic-modelling) are your friends..

God that sucks, I'm assuming the gear was alright though? This is the main issue with having a home studio ; Living space. I could easily sacrifice on rent and live in a closet studio if it wasn't for my need for studio space. Then beyond that you need to deal with upstairs/downstairs neighbours.

WOW!!!!! CRAZY!!!!

sorry to hear that, what a disaster. Good luck!

that neighbour must have had a heart attack when they heard what was in there.

If only you had some of our waterproof ARB Covers to protect your studio gear. Give me a shout if you need any dude.

Nice video

That SUCKS, Brother! I'm SO SORRY!

Damn, water damage is no fun.. good that you take the positive flow and use it as a chance to upgrade and improve your setup. Looking forward to the results. Tips from mbakustik were very nice. Have to make a measurement in my room as well. Would a decent rode mic give any result worth working with and what (free) software did you use?

oof. Good luck with restoring

Hi Thomas! Great content as always, even when shit happens! Big fan from madrid! Can I ask you if you used any calibration file for the Behringer ECM8000? Thank you very much, you rock;)

Brother definitely try to tighten up the width of speaker placement like in those mock ups. The base simply increased because the cabinets are closer to the corners. Glad this is turning into a win for you!

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Did you diy your monitor stands? Is there any link or something I can watch, I am also thinking of building new studio monitor stands.

This is why we get insurance!!!

Have you seen Eric Valentine’s video’s about his latest control room? He got the best results out of tube traps, much better than panels. Check it out, it’s great and quite cheap!

Wat een slecht nieuws, maar tof dat je ons laat mee kijken.

Move out if you can man, mold is no bueno.

the neighbours helped with the money?????