Don't Do This! #5 - www.AcousticFields.com

[@diegodeltoro5190]

Hey Dennis! Loving the content as always. Bought some of your guides for building Quadratic Diffuser and couldn't be happier with it. If I can thwo my two cents in here, it would be nice to see a before and after in these examples you show, or maybe explain how you would approach specifically in this kind of situation. Keep up the good content, greetings from Colombia :D

[@RayAndre]

Amazing knowledge!

[@JonathanAyers]

Is the 60-70% “coverage” the terms of treating at least 4 of the 6 surfaces? Making it sound like treating 70% of the surface area is the goal vs the last video said you needed to treat at least 4 of the 6 surfaces, am I correct in my thinking of the 70% mentioned in this video as the latter?

[@AcousticFields]

Once again I will caution you about looking for a one size fits all solution. In acoustics, there is simply no such thing regardless of what you read on the net..

[@bahanasiregar366]

what is the range of reverberation time for Tracking room ?

[@smwadud6590]

Thank you.

[@rb032682]

Good stuff, Dennis.

[@Oneness100]

Can you post a chart of the different types of room applications (2 channel listening, home theater, control room, vocal room, etc.) and their respective RT60 time range that are desirable? Thanks in advance.

[@AcousticFields]

Go ahead and put one together. Just two columns USAGE RT-30 RANGE We can discuss numbers after chart finished.

[@Oneness100]

@@AcousticFields I was hoping you had the numbers. You've mentioned some of them in videos, but not all. I have read articles from other sources for control rooms bring between .2 and .5 . I know ultimately it's a personal preference, but isn't there some generally accepted ranges already established?

[@Oneness100]

@@AcousticFields What do you think?. RT60-

[@DrSamE]

@@Oneness100 If its a small room(domestic size) you want to bring the rt60 as low as possible, if you want to hear the source, especially reverb tails and subtle effects. Its just laws of physics, which wont change. No matter what some voodoo companies try to sell you.

[@jacobwhite936]

Can you clarify when you mention not to mix types of treatment? I was under the impression that diffusion in addition to absorption will help manage reverberation time.

[@jacobwhite936]

And great video as always. I particularly enjoy this series.

[@AcousticFields]

Reverberation times will increase with diffusion. You must absorb down to the level required for your usage then introduce diffusion once Rt-30 times have been managed correctly.

[@ryanpellico6083]

I worry if I over treat the side walls it will affect the center image negatively

[@AcousticFields]

If you overtreat any surface area it will impact performance. You must focus on rate and level of absorption for music and voice since music and voice are different than noise.

[@Temumusic]

You will. I did it already lol.. check my other comment. You could be in a similar situation.

[@juntin810]

attic spaces has 8 boundaries to deal with.

[@RasheedKhan-he6xx]

Halfway through the series I'm starting to get a little annoyed with the half-held-back info. Like 'reverb time 3 seconds'. What the heck does that mean? Ah, Google says its the time for sound presume in a room to decay by 60%. Great I understand better now. I still don't know how to actually measure or what treatment to apply or what equipment I need but at least I know what you're talking about. Of course I appreciate the need to protect your business. My thoughts on the matter (borne out through experience) are that I could tell you exactly what I do but you still won't be able to do it the way I can. The instinct, the experience those are things I can't teach and you can't learn. And you probably don't have the tools and the equipment that I have invested in and built up over time. So you're no threat to me. In fact it works the other way. As soon as people realise all that its going to take they are the quickest to hire me. The only ones who don't are the ones that maybe can't afford it or have other reasons. If these people DIY using something that they learned from me and get a 10-15% result I have no objections to that because its not money out of my pocket, it money I was never going to see anyways. And there are benefits - one, they're now converts. They believe. Two, there's goodwill, they appreciate where they got the help. And three, if circumstances change they're more likely to give me their business than my competitor.

[@AcousticFields]

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