EXPERT Tips By GIK Acoustics: Home Studio Panels & Common Issues

How you can improve your Home Studio Acoustics and what are the tips for the common home studio issues (budget, space, rented flat, acoustic panel installation, self-standing panels, using the room both as a monitoring room and a recording studio etc.)
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[@WhatDaveDid]

Sound isolation is something I have no idea how to solve. That is, stopping sound getting out before my neighbours kill me.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

TheDaveWalker oh no! Don’t let them kill you! 😬

[@laurabrown7556]

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[@BradleyGagne]

What Mic are you using to record your vocals?

[@Ast3rixMusic]

I went through this process last year and GIK was the best thing to happen for me as well. I built my own prior to buying proper ones and my room sounds 100 times better than my DIY panels. The analysis was the key to getting things sounding better for me.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

omg I know right they are amazing.. the studio sounds so much better now!

[@ChadRockwell]

How did you do your diy panels? I see a lot of professional studios get great results with diy but it's certainly more work

[@Ast3rixMusic]

@@ChadRockwell I purchased wood and breathable fabric and rockwool, but my fabric choice was not good enough. I had issues with reflections even after hanging them. This is why I decided to reach out to gik for help.

[@Majskybox]

I’m currently treating my room and was suprised of how professional and helpful this video was! Keep up the amazing work

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Glad you liked it :)

[@laurabrown7556]

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[@pseudonym-mc3lq]

Thank you very much for this video! I have been really stuck on this one.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Happy to help!

[@tbsaxr]

I’m in transition between home studio locations and this video gave me so so much good stuff to think about, thank you!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

So glad to hear! good luck with the new studio! :)

[@vald9999]

I have been producing for more than a year now, and the better i get the more i realized that i needed an acustic treatement in my room and this video was just super, all i needed. Thanks

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Awesome! Glad it was helpful!

[@thomasrathmann8886]

Such a fun to watch your videos, time well spent, never leaving with less knowledge than before, and a big smile. I noticed your Patreon a little late today, but found the right button at once ;-) My walls are covered completely with wool-carpets and my cats love it, the acoustic too. But, I must admit, your cosy studio looks very nice and sounding so much better in comparison. The effort was worth it and a good decision to contact the company.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

yay glad you like it Thomas and thank you for all your support :)

[@EchoReverb6]

much more clear

[@INDAmedia]

Thanks for your input! My little studio ended up in the smallest of all rooms. Sometimes a course and sometimes a blessing. A few months ago I treated a little corner with some acoustic elements just for the purpose of getting better vocal recordings. I was already convinced that the results had to be better after, but not by how much. After years of ignoring the subject completely and investing in all sorts of gear I'm now in the middle of upgrading my room acoustics and can't wait having everything finished and plugged in again :) As usual a very informative video.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Yes small rooms are so difficult and glad if this video was helpfull! ☺️

[@habemusfyah]

Great content as usual! A/B with the acoustics, the vocals simple sound less muddy and roomy, amazing! I thought that you may make a one last small investment to have monitor stands and have the tweeter at your ears height, I did it in my home studio and mixes became less muddy. And thinking about ergonomics, your screen should be a few cm higher to avoid pain in the shoulders and neck after long hours studio sessions. Cheers!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Glad you liked the video :) good points! yes usually when working I ajust my chair different high (also change the screen hight) than when doing these videos. When doing both youtube/production I need to adap the room a lot.

[@laurabrown7556]

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[@officialWWM]

Laura Brown you again!? You're so annoying!

[@carocsound]

thanks - helpful video for home recording set up. Main new thing I have learned is that it doesn't have to be super expensive and the 3D modelling tool they offer does look fun! Happy new studio :-)

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Yes exactly! Yay thank you! 💕

[@officialWWM]

If you can't attach a cloud to the ceiling, you can put a free standing baffle either side of the mix position then put 2 pieces of timber bet them on the top, then you can sit another panel on top of them :)

[@DeafyDeaferson]

Did not expect such a difference. Great video!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Yes me either! So happy with the final sound 😊

[@PeteJohnsMusic]

Hey there! Great video. I really need to get better with acoustic treatment! Xylo Aria put me on to your channel - really great stuff!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Thank you Pete!! I am so happy you like the content! 😊

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Just checked your channel! Cool stuff there! 😍

[@StudioHacks]

Hiya, thanks for the video, very nice info

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Happy you liked it :)

[@gphiproductions]

Nice video about acoustic panels and your experience with GIK. I'm in a similar situation as you and I'm looking to sound treat my bedroom studio. More and more I've been leaning toward purchasing my acoustic panels from GIK here in the states. Good video LNA! 🙂 👍🏽

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

So glad this helped! I excatly wanted to make this for people in similar situations! Hope you find your dream panels :)

[@gphiproductions]

@@LNADoesAudioStuff Thanks LNA! 🙂

[@IamSHAR_]

great video! I have some panels and bass traps in my set up but they are homemade ones and have made a wealth of different but this kinda treatment is definitely on the list next. appreciate this vide for guidance though. I like you have quite a small room so have to have the desk and speakers right up against the back wall- so really good to hear the tips from Lukas.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

So glad to hear this has helped and Lukas's advice was so good.. I agree! :D

[@lrama6999]

Really great video :) thank you very much! Cheers Lukas

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Thank you!!! 😊😁

[@VicArellanoMusic]

Very great info and advices!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Glad you liked it!

[@DelarryCarter]

In terms of wishing you treated your room before upgrading every piece of equipment in it... You are me and I am you lol. Even your room looks about the same size as mine!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Hah yes the room is tiny but sounds nice now :)

[@ZanBailey94]

Should I get 2 inch or 4 inch for a regular home studio is 2 inch enough

[@Devenrodriguez]

were you using auralex foam previously?

[@SalvoMorbiduZzMorabito]

What is the size of this room in meters?

[@aleksismavrins3190]

Hi! I'm about to get Yamaha's HS5 for my home studio, but I'm facing issues with distance from monitor positioning place to the wall. The distance is approximately 15-18 cm and I'm worried that it would ruin the sound in the room. And I don't really have other options of placing them differently. Would you suggest still getting HS5 or go for the ones with front bass port? I really want the HS5 tho. thanks!

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Just go with the HS5 if you want them. My speakers are just against the wall. :)

[@projectsevn]

What if you have to deal with angled walls? I have 1 meter wall, and from there let's say 2 meters 45° angled wall (roof of the house) and from there a flat ceiling. What should be the best place for my speakers in that case?

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Depends completely for the measurment of the room and what the mesurment mic result indicate. Sorry to be bit vague! :)

[@laurabrown7556]

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[@officialWWM]

Where are you from? I'm trying to figure out your accent.

[@prodbyrt1956]

Noice video this is helpful!.....(Anddd waiting for winner of giveaway😶🤫 Oct 3👀)

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Glad it was helpfull! Yes next week! :)

[@manishhsharma8404]

hi

[@Bronwyn031]

A new LNA video but on a Sunday morning... odd.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Every single Sunday for 1 year and a half! 😂❤️

[@Bronwyn031]

@@LNADoesAudioStuff I thought you were a Thursday uploader.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Bronwyn SoCal Gal ah noo, always sunday and sometime randomly during the week ☺️

[@CynicEidolon]

Without measuring your room, all you did was change the problems areas to other freq's.

[@keeppushin]

You are so beautiful wow

[@mkb7490]

Why on earth wouldn't the dude who is promoting himself as an expert acoustic paneling consultant set his video interview say... in his studio, maybe? Some smartly placed acoustic paneling plainly in view? Instead we're looking at a towel slung over the door behind him.

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

This was pretty spontaneus thing. The room doesn’t matter, what he says does.

[@blue.sunset]

A good studio monitor does not depend on having a good acoustic treatment on the walls of the studio. You can´'t get a good sound with bad studio monitors just because you have good acoustic treatment in your room or studio. Good studio monitors always sound good in any environment. What we can do is not to let the sound escape with sound flow and get better acoustics. What I mean by this is that no one is fooled into getting a good sound with bad studio monitors just because they invested money in the acoustic treatment of their room or studio. Don´t have these illusions. Your studio monitors are very good and the same as mine. It's the Yamaha HS7 😁

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

yes true that good speakers are no less good in a different space, but their representation will be. So the correct representation of my mix will change. When I will get the room measurement mic, I will do better calculations on the representation of the HS7 in this room before and after this sound treatment. :) P.s we have awesome speakers! yay!

[@blue.sunset]

@@LNADoesAudioStuff I love your channel. You explain Ableton Live in great detail. Nobody does that like you! You deserve to have many more thousands of followers and you will. Have a nice day 😀

[@LNADoesAudioStuff]

Blue Sunset aw thank you ☺️💕 I am so happy you like the videos! Please do let me know of there are any topic requests!

[@blue.sunset]

I forgot to say: Greetings from Portugal 😃

[@lrama6999]

Any monitor, no matter if you consider it good or not will usually have variances of up to 30dB in an untreated room. With monitoring we do not look for good sound but we look for linear sound. So it is never a either or situation and it does not matter how expensive or linear your monitor is when measured in an anechoic chamber, as soon as you place it in an untreated room it can not be linear and honest anymore. That is the reason why every speaker ever made will always perform miles better in a room that has been treated well. Obviously a bad sounding speaker will sound bad no matter what ;) Cheers Lukas GIK Acoustics