The Importance Of Acoustic Treatment In A Studio
Look, I don’t want to be the one to break it to you, but your studio could be lying to you.
Picture this: You’re up late one night working on a new track. It sounds great, like really, really great. You’re super excited and you can’t wait to share it with others. But as soon as you play it in your car, at a friends house or anywhere other than your studio, it sounds like complete trash.
Sound familiar? It’s a cold hard fact for everyone who hasn't worked on their studio's acoustic treatment. The good news is there’s a solution to your problem and we can help!
Acoustics 101
When it comes to your average untreated studio, we're talking about rooms that were never meant for recording or mixing music. They don't necessarily offer the best acoustic environments for working. Hard surfaces like drywall, wood, concrete and metal affect the way we hear sound. Things like parallel surfaces and 90˚ angles can create unpleasant reflections called "room modes" that deceive your ears.
Room modes make certain frequencies sound louder or quieter than they actually are depending on where you’re sitting in the room. Have you ever noticed the bass sounds louder at the back of your room than it does in the listening position? Yeah, those are room modes.
This is an excerpt from an article originally posted on Vintage King. Read the full article here!