Evil G
03-08-2004, 06:34 PM
i've just moved into a new place, and the acoustics are quite different.
my old studio was in the basement, had acoustic tile on the ceiling, carpet on the floor, and the walls had insulation between drywall and the outer wall, which was cement. i had basstraps in the corners, and covered about 20% of the wall with foam. even with that small amount, the room was very dry sounding, and i always had to remind myself to go easy on the reverb, because what sounded good in my studio often sounded muddy elsewhere.
my new studio is on the main floor of an older house. the floor is hardwood, and the ceiling and walls are plaster. with no treatment my new room sounded horrid. extremely boomy and muddy. but now with my foam up it now sounds a lot better. it still sounds quite "live" though.
i guess i'll have to see how my mixes sound coming out of the new digs before i decide whether i need more foam or not, but i'm thinking that too much foam is a bad thing, at least for the relatively inexperienced, due to the tendency to add to much reverb to the mix when there isn't any added by the room.
am i making sense? how much coverage do other people have on their walls and ceilings?
my old studio was in the basement, had acoustic tile on the ceiling, carpet on the floor, and the walls had insulation between drywall and the outer wall, which was cement. i had basstraps in the corners, and covered about 20% of the wall with foam. even with that small amount, the room was very dry sounding, and i always had to remind myself to go easy on the reverb, because what sounded good in my studio often sounded muddy elsewhere.
my new studio is on the main floor of an older house. the floor is hardwood, and the ceiling and walls are plaster. with no treatment my new room sounded horrid. extremely boomy and muddy. but now with my foam up it now sounds a lot better. it still sounds quite "live" though.
i guess i'll have to see how my mixes sound coming out of the new digs before i decide whether i need more foam or not, but i'm thinking that too much foam is a bad thing, at least for the relatively inexperienced, due to the tendency to add to much reverb to the mix when there isn't any added by the room.
am i making sense? how much coverage do other people have on their walls and ceilings?