I'd love to see you break down your mic collection and explain what you use them for. i love the way you explained the characteristics of the RE-20 & the SM7B
@@WeissAdvice sigh x 2 I’m glad I had help… was not a solo mission…☝🏿you doing lights in the panel then I take it?! The lord put ceiling fans for a reason 🙏🏿
No kidding, I dig the wood paneling, It's time for a wood paneling revival. How does that thin wood over studs (and insulation?) do acoustics-wise? How does it compare to sheetrock?
It’s super weird. The low end ports into the adjacent room which acts as a resonant chamber. So it actually traps some lows but then it produces all these goofball resonances. I’m hoping the mass of the acoustic panels will mitigate some of the resonance and so far it seems to be helping. But I did a singing test with no treatment and that shit was WEIRD
Interesting point about not having to toe-in the speakers. Most manufacturer manuals or setup guides seem to recommend pointing them towards or slightly behind the ears. What's your take on this?
I guess every manufacturer is different but in my experience the best default it perpendicular (no toe). However, if the mix position leaves me with an overly wide image I find slight toeing will help without changing to freq response in any significant way
Great video! i recently moved from a medium to a very small ( basement). i treated the room as much as i could, but am getting bass refection 100-200 but only when am on the desk!! anyway to test ?? no place to move the Monitors from the Desk...
The good news is 4" 703 will mitigate that frequency range. See if you can pinpoint the center of the problem frequency with a sine generator (most DAWs have one built in). Once you've got the sine wave going walk to the corners of your room and listen to see if there's a perceived level jump. Particularly check the upper and lower parts of the corner where three surfaces all meet up. Those tend to be problem areas for bass. If you hear bass build up there, that's where you need to treat!
Great video Matthew, lots of useful info! Are you planning on doing acoustic measurements in there as well? A mixing trick I've been doing recently is to check the bass by sticking my head in the corner, it sounds silly but I've got some nasty nulls so the natural bass boost really helps me to hear how the sub of the kick and bass are playing together.
Corners tend to produce bass build up. Ironically those nulls would probably be best handled by treating the corners, but you can’t just throw bs like auralex on there. Gotta use 4” 703 with an airgap and maybe even backfill it will R-13 or similar density. Pain.
@@WeissAdvice I'm glad to hear that. Room measurements are so useful but unfortunately quite misunderstood, it seems most people jump straight to the frequency response and never quite recover from the shock! We definitely need more people teaching about them. I've been planning the treatment of my room for a few years now, it's a medium sized weirdly shaped attic room though so ultimately I expect I'll just have to experiment and figure out what works. From what I've measured already 40+55hz are room modes which I'm planning thick corner traps for but I also have some gigantic nulls at 80-100hz that are probably reflections off the back wall or the huge angled ceiling. My phantom center image is actually slightly up and to the right because of that. Pain indeed!
Sonarworks with headphones I've found to be moderately useful, and I like their calibration mic. I tried Waves NX and it didn't totally click for me. But I think it just depends on the specific software and application.
Curious, what would you say is the best way to record in a untreated room? I use a condenser mic (AKG P120, $80 mic) and what start up open back headphones would you recommend to mix with if you have no studio monitors?
Sennheiser 598/599 are great for inexpensive open backs. Best way to record in an untreated room is to experiment with different spots in the room. Find the one that seems to feel the best when you sing/play your instrument there. Chances are you'll want to avoid the corners, and avoid the exact center.
@@WeissAdvice Great, thanks! Do you advocate for RX 10? They have Deverb, Declick, De Plosives, etc. Is that a good way also to get rid of room reverb with those plugins?
You make do with what you got. Try to find the best spot in the room. Use a more directional mic. Put up whatever you can in terms of damping if the sound is too reverberant. Also depends on the source. Sometimes rooms that sound terrible for vocals sound great for guitar or drums.
Maybe this video title should just be 'A bunch of tips for untreated rooms'? or just 'tips for untreated rooms' these are my top three suggestions for a suitable title. Your welcome.🎃
