Home Studio sound treatment question

[gatorjj]

Using REW will at least tell you what your problems are. What you decide to do about it (if anything) is another matter

[mojobone]

Yup. Shooting your room with a measurement mic and room analyzer can be a lot more helpful than just shooting blindly in the dark. At the end of the day, there's no room so bad you can't eventually 'learn' it, using reference tracks, your ears and the 'best practices' you can afford.

[Len911]

So, given the artistic nature of soundproofing, do tools like http://www.roomeqwizard.com actually help home studio peeps like many of us, or is that just overkill? It seems like this is a topic that one could easily become distracted by when mixing with headphones and utilizing reference mixes might be all that is necessary?

Paulie, there is a difference in soundproofing and acoustic treatment. He was saying soundproofing is the scientific one and acoustic treatment the artistic one. It's pretty black and white for soundproofing, it's either you did or you didn't,lol!

[mojobone]

Can't really agree, there. Soundproofing needs to run both ways; hope the neighbors don't call the cops during your epic rendition of the drum solo from Inna Gadda Da Vida, but hope also that your delicate vocal take of Ave Maria isn't ruined by a trucker changing gears three miles away on the interstate.

My opinion, soundproofing is usually overrated; sound treatment is often necessary. The closer you can mic, the less the room matters; this was the theory behind most recordings of the seventies, the dawn of the home recording age, but it produced some oddly claustrophobic recordings. Small wonder the Maag EQ was developed during the period.

The important thing is, how does it sound?

[Len911]

Am I missing something about soundproofing? Is it like if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around, the forest is soundproofed??

[gatorjj]

Am I missing something about soundproofing? Is it like if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around, the forest is soundproofed??

My room is soundproof...unless the kids are home or a garbage truck rolls by