Hearing your recording room..

[Relic]

Any one just place a mic in the room and hit record to hear what your actually hearing?

Anyone know how to remedy the problem?
To just say "sound treatment" is a little generic..
SPecifically how do you go about getting your "space" tweaked right?

 

[thedreampolice]

Arc is what you need

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ARC/

 

[Relic]

$400 ???
lol, I might as well figure out the harbal solution to the problem, apparently they have one , or a theory or something, too deep for me, but Ill study it while I save up or find a solution..

Surely there are other techniques??

 

[thedreampolice]

Arc is the cheapest I know of, also read this.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar02/articles/monitors.asp

 

[Shonsteez]

Chris has some good advice though Relic. Ive read a lot of positive reviews on that ARC system and its supposed to really help make a difference so you can fine tune your monitoring environment. Its a chunk of change no doubt, but Id def cop one if I had the dough.

 

[UNORTHODOX]

If your room is that noticable I'd get ARC. def heard nothing but good things

 

[Relic]

Okay ... I figured this ,,,, but you know , its like having to buy a car by the time you are done with all this lol..

I have found that once you think you "got it" in your untreated room, burn a cd then run around with it and see how it sounds and soon I get a good neutral feel..

Or thought I had before.

 

[thedreampolice]

ARC will change your life, no joke.

But I know you just spent a bunch of cash so save up a bit.

 

[dacalion]

This is what I use...the SONY RD-1800ex, basically it reproduces any sound with its own negative wave and simultaneously cancels the original noise. Its dope, a friend of mine broke a glass right in front of me and I didnt even hear it! This puppy only cost $149.98 plus S&H. I'm the only dealer in the states so send me your money ASAP!

One man's noise is another man's music, but no matter what your taste, ambient noise is the enemy. Luckily, there's a piece of audio equipment designed especially to maximize your listening and recording experience, keeping ambient noise out without sacrificing your music's sound quality. That piece of equipment is the SONY Room Denoiser-1800ex.

 

[Relic]

lol, nice invention.

 

[wrightboy]

i say, don't buy anything. just listen to a cd that you're very familiar with and you like the sounds of (i use chronic 2001), and make your stuff sound like that. that's if you're trying to get a better mix. if not, forget what i just said. lol.

 

[thedreampolice]

Problem is most people don't actually know how that CD is supposed to sound.

 

[wrightboy]

Problem is most people don't actually know how that CD is supposed to sound.

but you do know if it sounds good to you or not. personally, i just mimic what sounds good to me. short of me being in a space specifically built for mixing from the ground up, that's really all i can do. and you can get pretty good results working that way, IMO. but that's just my .02

 

[thedreampolice]

For sure, its better than nothing. But when you can't hear 40hz (for example) because your room is messed up you can cause all kinds of trouble and the mastering engineer will call you a smacktard.

 

[dacalion]

You guys cant be serious?!?!?! This is ILLMUZIK not EXTREME AUDIOPHILES...I mean really...LOL!

 

[Relic]

Hes right though, I have to get anal with this sound environment..

I think though that prolly Dac doesnt have his room treated and he just won the thing. I agree with treatment , but I mean cats on here that are bangin in the mix and sound dept , prolly dont have their shit all pro treated.
pipe up if you do , but it may be getting used to the new sound in the meantime.

 

[thedreampolice]

If you cant hear it you cant fix it.

Come on dac, you have a nice studio.

 

[Relic]

daaaayuum... lol

yo Im invoking modness.
I know we all cool, but Dac may get pissed so hes allowed another shot back then dont be fighting in my thread gd..

Lets stay on topic, which is (now)cheap ways to treat your room.

 

[7thangel]

i would sooner get something like isone pro or redline monitor before i would waste money on a glorified graphic eq like arc.

do some simple steps to decrease the amount of harmful reflections and standing waves

 

[Shonsteez]

For sure, its better than nothing. But when you can't hear 40hz (for example) because your room is messed up you can cause all kinds of trouble and the mastering engineer will call you a smacktard.

Its true man, I love my little KRKs but they really dont represent the lower freq spectrum correctly enough + combine that with a bedroom turned into a studio and you get acoustic issues as well that def make monitoring your mix more difficult, so I ended up doing exactly what Finnigan mentioned, which is essentially making the best of what you got and comparing to your favorite commercial releases.....

My rooms far from professionally treated, but I can tell you this - after I copped some foam off ebay to furnish the whole room, i def knocked out some standing waves and pinging, as well as some bass energy that was building up in the corners....so there are some minor things that you can def do to help at least slightly improve your listening environment.

I gather if I had the luxury of using the ARC system, isone pro, or redline monitor before I placed my foam I could have prob made some even better acoustic decisions but just using my ears got me far enough to at least make some improvements. Point is, theres always room for better though.