room acoustics

[dirty_bass]

Nah, that`s pish, I had a chat with some of the guys at the Music Producers Guild (I suggest anyone serious about music join up, although their meetings are in london most of the time), most of the new algorythms for room treatment are sound.
Essentially it`s only the bass which causes real problems that can`t be easily solved, and due to things like phase cancelation, these can easily be dealt with to a degree good enough for most house studios.

Once you get into mastering, in a serious way, then you might need to look a bit deeper as you start moving into the wonderful world of anal retentive micro frequency listening and the joyful practice of identifying the frequency of a sound by ear, and then being able to quote where on the musical scale it sits.
If you aren`t looking to go this way (like I in my nerdy way am) then room mode correction is fine.
The JBL monitors aren`t being raved about by everyone in the pro community for nothing, they really do make a huge difference, and are probably more effective than a total amateur trying to correctly sound treat their room with tiles (which can go incredibly wrong as well, not all accoustic treatment is good accoustic treatment, and more treatment isn`t always better than minor treatment)

If you are getting into this area of listening standard then you really should start looking at your electrical schematics and moving from balanced to unbalanced connections in your audio path, as you will get a more transparent sound as well.
You enter a whole new world of things you can do when you get into that side of things, and I could add more to the list, but to keep things short, for most people producing techno on BOA, basic budget room treatment and also the possible addition of room mode correction will be the more economical end effective route.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

Once you get into mastering, in a serious way, then you might need to look a bit deeper as you start moving into the wonderful world of anal retentive micro frequency listening and the joyful practice of identifying the frequency of a sound by ear, and then being able to quote where on the musical scale it sits.
If you aren`t looking to go this way (like I in my nerdy way am) then room mode correction is fine.

surely, everyone SHOULD be going this way. ok if you're after a quick 12 inch release until the bank manager gives you that loan to start that hairdressing business, then great but if not, you need to get your studio treated properly. ideally a room within a room, with all the treatment would be good but it's not always practical unless you work for sony - but hey, who says it wont be in the future????

all depends on how serious you are about it like you say ;)

[TechMouse]

ok if you're after a quick 12 inch release until the bank manager gives you that loan to start that hairdressing business

That was Plan B, was it Mark?