Truthtrader
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Hey everybosy, as the title says, i would like to get some input from you guys on my room measurement. please find attached. room is untreated
Input from community on Room Measurement
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Paul@Sydney
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post the RT60 and waterfall graphs too please. Odd the way it drops away so sharply after 9k and so evenly - like you've got a filter on your audio output?
Truthtrader
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Hey Paul thanks for the response, are there any settings you want me to put on the graph? Ill attach now
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Here is the file for the measurements
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Paul@Sydney
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So obviously you have a anti-node at about 105hz and a node at about 150hz. And a massive 1000ms decay time at 200-250hz. And overall, your decay time is around 500ms. These things are probably making your monitors sound indistinct and wooly? And everything sounds really muddy/bassy?
Room treatment won't be able to get rid of your nodes/anti-nodes (at least not without a lot of room treatment), but you can bring the decay time down dramatically fairly cheaply. I have 8 1200x600x300mm acoustic insulation panels that I made myself in my room, and it brings it down from 500ms to about 300ms, which is tolerable. I'm planning on another 8 panels sometime soon. And the panels even out the general response and control early reflections, so suddenly can hear the monitors and not the room so much.
and then some basic room measurement/generate a filter in REW and use that in your DAW monitoring FX chain, and you've got a simple solution for about $300 all in.
Room treatment won't be able to get rid of your nodes/anti-nodes (at least not without a lot of room treatment), but you can bring the decay time down dramatically fairly cheaply. I have 8 1200x600x300mm acoustic insulation panels that I made myself in my room, and it brings it down from 500ms to about 300ms, which is tolerable. I'm planning on another 8 panels sometime soon. And the panels even out the general response and control early reflections, so suddenly can hear the monitors and not the room so much.
and then some basic room measurement/generate a filter in REW and use that in your DAW monitoring FX chain, and you've got a simple solution for about $300 all in.
Truthtrader
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Thanks for the reply, i really appreciate it. I decided fuck it and i went and bought sonarworks, did the mneasurements set it up etc and now this room sounds suspiciously good. super clean bass and stereo width galore, i dont actually know if this is good or bad to be honest
Paul@Sydney
Senior Member
Sonar works is only the eq part. So it's good, but it doesn't treat the decay and reflections that mean you can't really hear what's going on. But all good, things come in time. In a few months you'll wake up wondering what treatment sounds like, and do it then. It's a journey.
Truthtrader
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I agree with you, im still going to do the treatment, heres my question,Sonar works is only the eq part. So it's good, but it doesn't treat the decay and reflections that mean you can't really hear what's going on. But all good, things come in time. In a few months you'll wake up wondering what treatment sounds like, and do it then. It's a journey.
should i build a box within a room which has rock wool in? what are the benefits of such, also im guessing i would have to put panels on top of that for reflections. so box or no box?
