To sub woof or not, that is the question

[lesmac]

My need for a sub may be unique due to the small dimensions of my room.

I'm willing to live with compromised phase relationships and crossover bumps because I have no choice really.

[jdstamper]

Well, this article doesn't mention subs, but it does offer some very 'sound' advice from Fab Dupont.

That's a great article! I've seen Fab speak several times at Sweetwater Gearfest (coming up in a few weeks!), he's always fascinating and entertaining.

But did you notice his room dimensions: 30 x 20 x 11 inches!?! I've heard of tiny houses, but that's one tiny room!

Jim

[cosmicdolphin]

Well, this article doesn't mention subs, but it does offer some very 'sound' advice from Fab Dupont.
Subs or not, we're all aiming for the same thing - mixes that translate well across various listening environments.

http://www.puremix.net/blog/practical-a ... MonitorsNL

Yes very good article, would slightly disagree about using room eq software as it really helped me get my room to sound better but I did have Ethan Weiner on hand via a forum to help interpret what the software was telling me.

He even spotted a peak around 1khz and said it was probably the sound bouncing off the hard surface of my desk, sure enough when I covered it with spare left over Auralex tiles it disappeared.

My major low end issues were tamed by an ultra budget friendly solution, a limp mass barrier which was in fact an old rug which is large enough to hang across the whole room behind the monitors but away from the wall.

[mojobone]

I can't tell you how many times I've struggled to get a good guitar sound, let alone mix, in room with 11" ceilings.*






















* I'm keeding.

[andygabrys]

Well, this article doesn't mention subs, but it does offer some very 'sound' advice from Fab Dupont.

That's a great article! I've seen Fab speak several times at Sweetwater Gearfest (coming up in a few weeks!), he's always fascinating and entertaining.

But did you notice his room dimensions: 30 x 20 x 11 inches!?! I've heard of tiny houses, but that's one tiny room!

Jim

must have been the french to english translation lol

[cosmicdolphin]

Well, this article doesn't mention subs, but it does offer some very 'sound' advice from Fab Dupont.

That's a great article! I've seen Fab speak several times at Sweetwater Gearfest (coming up in a few weeks!), he's always fascinating and entertaining.

But did you notice his room dimensions: 30 x 20 x 11 inches!?! I've heard of tiny houses, but that's one tiny room!

Jim

must have been the french to english translation lol

Nah man, they got the metric system