Setting Up and Acoustically Treating a Mixing Room - GIK Acoustics Tutorial

[@kiliankraus]

This video is great, concise and quick, but still got all the information you need

[@smacksalad]

I recently filled my studio space with GIK Acoustics bass traps, mostly bstock as Im on a budget, and the difference its made is huge. Cant thank GIK enough! :)

[@jmizzbeatsj-jigga7888]

How to order b stock family just need a pair thick bass trap fir the Lm and Lows

[@BrewerShettles]

what is bstock?

[@jmizzbeatsj-jigga7888]

@@BrewerShettles basically a return item that was open slightly use going for a alil cheaper price because the last customer didn't like the sound or what ever reason they return the item. so they re sale it at a lower rate.

[@iameags]

in 3:25 set up how do you encounter reflections from the speaker to the back of the monitor screen??

[@jerrry888]

Should the studio monitors be straight or slightly angled towards your ears?

[@abuwabu]

I'm confused... why does nearly every other piece of advice state that your speakers have to be several feet away from the back wall. What am I missing? It would definitely be more convenient if it's best to place them up (nearly) against the wall.

[@repawnd1]

Close to the wall or far from the wall is better than anywhere in between. It's to do with the wavelength and refection time. Always put absorption behind the speakers, even if you don't do anything else, it makes the biggest difference (from my experience).

[@natee2798]

I've heard the same. Most speaker companies suggest around 2-3 ft space between and not to put back them up a wall. Especially if they are rear ported

[@adamjozsa3318]

@GIK Acoustics @repawnd what is the threshold below which you're better off putting it right next to the wall? What is "far" and "in between"? Thank you!

[@charlesbonkley]

@@natee2798 Well, this general advice may be for giving the bass port a chance to breathe, possibly not related to minimizing SBIR.

[@companionofowls5438]

how small is too small? 10x10?

[@kidpoker9408]

any advice on reflections for a soundbar my mirrors are covered in white

[@ianbarbus9676]

Can anyone tell me the true name of the XLR box you would install in your wall so that the mic signal can pass through the mic room into the engineering room? Every studio has them, don’t know what they’re called I’m looking for one that’s easy to install and I’m not finding quite what I’m looking for I’m looking for one with 1/4” connectors too

[@ryanwilson5936]

You would need two XLR Wall Plate’s and two 1/4” connecter wall plates. You would save money by buying blank wall plates with the number of connections you needed already punched out, buying the individual connectors and corresponding cable, and wiring it your self. Install the connectors to the wall plates then run your cables through the wall. Now, solder all of your connections together. Install wall plates to the walls. Don’t forget to test the connections.

[@aarongabbard]

What's a good room dimension size? I have a 20x20 and trying to figure out the best mixing space

[@sanmey6152]

How to treat a room if you don't have proper sidewalls And how to fix bass trap if there is main door in the corner ?????

[@davegik]

I would use our free acoustic advice service. All rooms are different ofcourse

[@YFEmaxi]

Speakers against the wall NO GO. and only 15% of rooms only have problems in the corners. man, marketing so strong nowadays. its hard to find accurate info on this topic. but possible.

[@GIKAcousticsLLC]

Playlist 420 - For sure, I believed that speakers shouldn't be up against the wall for many years, until I actually started to test it. In general right up against the wall -- most designers call this a "pseudo-soffit" design -- works best in small rooms. There are exceptions of course, like if you have dipole speakers, but the SBIR is minimized with the speakers either right up on the front wall, as close as you can get without actually touching, OR at least 3-4' away from the front wall. The latter is usually not practical in small rooms. I've never before seen a claim that only 15% of rooms have problems in the corners, and certainly not by any knowledgeable or experienced acoustics professionals. Where have you seen this assertion? In my experience physics works 100% of the time, not 15%. That said, the point is not to always target corners, but rather to always target the bass hotspots, which are most often in corners (complex-shaped rooms notwithstanding). You can learn more about finding bass hotspots here: www.gikacoustics.com/bass-traps-when-and-where/ James L., GIK Designer

[@YFEmaxi]

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[@YFEmaxi]

both acoustics pros and both saying contrary things = me lost

[@ELISHACAEZ]

@@YFEmaxi Acoustics is definitely a debatable topic, What you should do is test both out yourself and see which one YOU like to hear and which one helps YOU the most

[@charlesbonkley]

@@YFEmaxi Welcome to the extremely broad, nauseating, and heated topic of acoustic treatment made worse by everyone wanting a studio, but nobody's willing to pay for it and/or convert their house or bedroom into one. All in all, the only want to know and learn what YOUR room does is to test it yourself. The CATCH 22 of it all is this: you don't know what you don't know, and in order to know what panels do to your room before you buy, you need to buy the panels first. Someone needs to buy about $5000 worth of various panels, set up a trailer full of them, ready to go, and be for hire. If you like what you hear, then you order the equivalent in panels.