He might be overly fixated, but that’s how life often is. However, his case does remind us to carefully consider whether the issues in the room truly need to be fully resolved, especially when the room is excessively small or has poor proportions.
Hi Jesco. Thank you for your work! I have a few questions: What is sweetspot's search algorithm? How to arrange monitors when searching for sweetspot? should I use both monitors at once or only one? At what point do you plug in the subwoofer when searching for sweetspot? When is it better to look for sweetspot, when the room is without accoustic treatment or when some treatment is already done? Or should I do it both ways? If you can answer these questions, please! Thanks again.
This brings up soo many different things, just philosophically in an audio way. It translation. Woo just made my first song, and I've been working on getting it absolutely right and i'm so proud of it because I want to show my friends my art. annnnddd.... you take it to their house and it sounds like a giant steaming pile. ughhh what happened??? For myself i'm getting to the point where yes I can hear things in the stereo image and placements but getting it to translate across speaker platforms is my problem, I work in my small one bedroom apartment, my bed is literally to the right of me. I don't have much for acoustic treatment if you want to call a book shelf that lol. I think some well placed bass traps in the corners and maybe working on calibrating my monitors could definitely help. Soo yes taking your advice I will go with the treatment vs skills.
I'm not a fan of room eq, but a 3db dip at 80hz might be a perfect candidate for a simple 3db boost at that frequency. It's not needed, but it wouldn't hurt either.
@@MuzdokOfficial Sonarworks does too much, unless they've added the ability to narrow down the frequency range in the past few years. Even then, it isn't making safe broadband adjustments.
I have recently started to dabble in room acoustics for my two channel audio listening room. I know that you’re normally against taking on non-pro audio clients, but I am uncompromising when it comes to my two channel listening (no esthetic constraints whatsoever). I could use some advice. Interested in your services…
I'm no pro, but here's the process as far as I understand it: first get your positioning as correct as possible (typically an equilateral triangle between each speaker and listening position), then use REW EQ Wizard to find your problem areas (as you are uncompromising, purchasing the calibrated microphone is an option, if not making your own file for the microphone(s) you own from their EQ curves) and do it again after *every* change you make including moving furniture about (can also use REW to help with positioning of course, testing the viability of facing one wall vs another because of windows, doors etc). work on the nulls first (most likely bass frequencies, so bass traps, MLV, etc.to kill standing waves, maybe some sound absorbing foam triangles for high frequencies) then the major dips, remember glass is highly reflective, which can either be a detriment or an advantage, depending how you use them - if it's a detriment, get the heaviest, thickest curtains you can find to block sound getting to them and causing reflections and standing waves once everything's within say less than 3dB use an EQ to bring it to neutral, save that for a studio flat-line reference, and then tweak for your taste for listening enjoyment. again, I'm no pro, this is just how I understand it so far
Hy Jesco, first of all thank you for sharing all these precious information, its really inlightning to hear you, thanks! My question is: I'm in Brazil, trying my best to build my first bass traps and I just can't find any brand of rockwool with specs around 9000pa.s/m². After 2 months searching I could only find one product wich have airflow resistance factor published and It is around 5000pa.s/m². Should I use this 5kpa.s/m² rockwool with higher density? Should I double the density to get similar results? Should I double the depth? Or there is no solution? Thanks again for your sharing man, Hope to hear from you soon 🙏🏼
A very well condensed lesson in room acoustics. And "learning to trust your ears" is like a zen riddle ❤ So simple but take a life time to master.
He might be overly fixated, but that’s how life often is. However, his case does remind us to carefully consider whether the issues in the room truly need to be fully resolved, especially when the room is excessively small or has poor proportions.
Listening position is indeed the most important first. I re-setup the same room twice and there is a big improvement in FR and clarity and bass
Hey jesko can you make a video entirely focused on making a vocal room for recording vocals not a booth but a small room 11×10×8ft(L,w,h)
Hi Jesco. Thank you for your work!
I have a few questions:
What is sweetspot's search algorithm?
How to arrange monitors when searching for sweetspot? should I use both monitors at once or only one?
At what point do you plug in the subwoofer when searching for sweetspot?
When is it better to look for sweetspot, when the room is without accoustic treatment or when some treatment is already done? Or should I do it both ways?
If you can answer these questions, please! Thanks again.
This brings up soo many different things, just philosophically in an audio way. It translation. Woo just made my first song, and I've been working on getting it absolutely right and i'm so proud of it because I want to show my friends my art. annnnddd.... you take it to their house and it sounds like a giant steaming pile. ughhh what happened??? For myself i'm getting to the point where yes I can hear things in the stereo image and placements but getting it to translate across speaker platforms is my problem, I work in my small one bedroom apartment, my bed is literally to the right of me. I don't have much for acoustic treatment if you want to call a book shelf that lol. I think some well placed bass traps in the corners and maybe working on calibrating my monitors could definitely help. Soo yes taking your advice I will go with the treatment vs skills.
I'm not a fan of room eq, but a 3db dip at 80hz might be a perfect candidate for a simple 3db boost at that frequency. It's not needed, but it wouldn't hurt either.
An 80hz dip is often associated with quarter-wave boundary nulling ... dialing in 3dB boost halves the headroom.
Do you understand that if it's a null, EQ won't fix it
Sonarworks is your friend for this
@@LiquidEyes100 A 3db dip isn't a null.
@@MuzdokOfficial Sonarworks does too much, unless they've added the ability to narrow down the frequency range in the past few years. Even then, it isn't making safe broadband adjustments.
What do you think about EBU 3276? Would you recommend it for evaluating the quality of a home studio?
I have recently started to dabble in room acoustics for my two channel audio listening room. I know that you’re normally against taking on non-pro audio clients, but I am uncompromising when it comes to my two channel listening (no esthetic constraints whatsoever). I could use some advice. Interested in your services…
I'm no pro, but here's the process as far as I understand it: first get your positioning as correct as possible (typically an equilateral triangle between each speaker and listening position), then use REW EQ Wizard to find your problem areas (as you are uncompromising, purchasing the calibrated microphone is an option, if not making your own file for the microphone(s) you own from their EQ curves) and do it again after *every* change you make including moving furniture about (can also use REW to help with positioning of course, testing the viability of facing one wall vs another because of windows, doors etc).
work on the nulls first (most likely bass frequencies, so bass traps, MLV, etc.to kill standing waves, maybe some sound absorbing foam triangles for high frequencies) then the major dips, remember glass is highly reflective, which can either be a detriment or an advantage, depending how you use them - if it's a detriment, get the heaviest, thickest curtains you can find to block sound getting to them and causing reflections and standing waves
once everything's within say less than 3dB use an EQ to bring it to neutral, save that for a studio flat-line reference, and then tweak for your taste for listening enjoyment.
again, I'm no pro, this is just how I understand it so far
@glebglub You've just described the natural process of building a studio.
So a rug in the living room isn't good then ?
Came to read the comments section only to find I’m the first.
Hy Jesco, first of all thank you for sharing all these precious information, its really inlightning to hear you, thanks! My question is: I'm in Brazil, trying my best to build my first bass traps and I just can't find any brand of rockwool with specs around 9000pa.s/m². After 2 months searching I could only find one product wich have airflow resistance factor published and It is around 5000pa.s/m². Should I use this 5kpa.s/m² rockwool with higher density? Should I double the density to get similar results? Should I double the depth? Or there is no solution? Thanks again for your sharing man, Hope to hear from you soon 🙏🏼