If you want to turn your home into a musical creation paradise, you may believe all they have to do it soundproof. This could not be further from the truth. Along with soundproofing one must make the most out of the acoustic qualities of the room, making the recording experience as good as possible.
Plus, the term “soundproofing” is probably not what you really need. Acoustic treatment isn’t about keeping sound from escaping a room – which is what people normally think of when they think of the term “soundproofing.” What you REALLY need is acoustic treatment – absorbing panels to help keep down echo and reflection of audio waves; plus diffusion – another technique to control the way sound waves are able to build up, multiply, subtract form each other, and bounce around. See the link below for more.
Key Takeaways:
- Having a soundproof home studio is very nice. But that’s far from enough to make a room ideal to record and mix music. Enter acoustic treatment.
- You then need to deal with the corners of the room where you have to put some diffusers to diffract sound and avoid the sound energy from accumulating there.
- Manufacturers of acoustic material also have mobile panels and acoustic screens, which allow you to build a true small recording booth, for a price that will range from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand dollars.
“Placing some acoustic panels on the wall will only have a limited effect on the soundproofing, while a perfectly soundproof room does not necessarily mean it will have good acoustics.”
http://en.audiofanzine.com/homestudio/editorial/articles/acoustic-treatment-for-a-home-studio.html
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