Hey guys, been an avid reader on here for a while but never posted yet! I have searched and done research on setting up a proper monitoring environment in a rectangle shaped room (which is going to be my studio room at my new apartment and my first time acoustically treating a room) I have 2 Yamaha HS 80s and after bringing a friend over that works in some mastering studios in the area he said setting up my desk faced towards the back left corner of the room would work best for that room while treating the two walls that form the corner and place bass traps directly in front of me (which would be in the corner...) From all the research and reading I have done I have never seen once that placing monitors in a corner yields the best response !! I was thinking going with the Cardas method (below) while putting the bass traps in the top corners of the room, and using my auralex absorbers on the wall behind the speakers as well as to my sides and any mirror reflection points in the room...

http://www.cardas.com/pdf/roomsetup.pdf

The room is a basic rectangle and if I were to set it up in a traditional way there then the window in the room would end up being to my right hand side which I am already planning on enclosing the window section with a poly foam material so no sound reaches outside..Would it then be advisable once I have a flat enclosed window section to apply the auralex foam on that as well (since it will be directly to my right in my monitoring position)
ALL HELP IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!

btw this is the Auralex Room Kit I have
http://www.truesoundcontrol.com/products/RALDST.html

No doubt the Top Men will be along soon but in the meantime trawl through the back issues of Studio SoS. They should give you a wide exposure to a great many "solutions" and your room is bound to be "in there" somewhere.

In any case such reading will prepare you for The Men!

Just one thing I would say. NEVER put speakers near a corner! (or the MK1 lugs for that matter)

Dave.

Hi BoostnMuscle, and welcome to the SOS Forums!

That Cardas page is spot-on advice wise – DON'T put your loudspeakers in a corner, but do try to keep the whole room as symmetrical as possible about the central axis (i.e. the placement of furniture and gear should be in the left hand half should be close to that in the right hand side.

By the way, that Auralex Room Kit should made a lot of difference to your acoustics, but it won't stop sound getting through your window to the outside – for that you need soundproofing treatment rather than acoustic treatment, and that means a lot of mass.

Hope this helps!


Martin

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The nice thing about a rectangular room is its acoustic predictability because of its shape. Divide your room into thirds. Place your speakers on the line that divides the first third from the second third. This will be your speaker set up start point. Make sure your side walls are equal distance from the left and right channel speakers. Move both speakers back and forth together along that axis line. Move in small increments, usually 1". Perform the exercise right to left.

Your first concern is finding the correct speaker/room position that produces the best frequency response curve for the room and listening position. Focus on the low frequencies first. You can deal with middle and high frequency issues later. Find the speaker/listening position that gives you the least low frequency pressure issues and then go after those with a passion.

The foam over your window will not stop sound from leaving the room. You need sound isolation technology to increase sound transmission loss. If your window sits in a cavity, such as a bay window, fill the bay in with your foam and install another wall over your window. Make sure you leave at least a 3" air space between your new wall and existing window. You don't need to use the window because you have music.

Cheers,
Mike

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