Small Room Acoustic Treatment

Both of these are valuable but neither does the job of the other.

Small room acoustic treatment.

All small untreated rooms are haunted by an acoustical monster i call the low end beast. Sound absorbing panels are commonly used in acoustic treatment of professional recording studios auditoriums concert halls and even small home studios or theaters. Sources of mayhem include room modes the speaker boundary effect and any other acoustic distortion caused by bass waves trying to exist in small rooms. Acoustic treatment is the process of improving the acoustic properties of a room for recording or mixing music.

The size of our small room environment has a major impact on the acoustical issues of the room especially at low frequencies. Certain ratios of room height width and length contribute to low frequency pressure build up areas in our small rooms and other ratios minimize those issues. The beast refers to the total accumulation of mayhem at low frequencies. And while soundproofing can definitely be incorporated as part of your acoustic treatment plan it s not technically acoustic treatment in itself.