STUDIO ACOUSTICS MONITORING TO INSULATION PERFECT SOUND FOR EVERY STUDIO

Whoever sets up their own home studio nowadays usually does so in rooms that have to fulfill other, usually higher-level functions. Whether it is the studio corner in the study or the desktop studio on a desk in the bedroom - everywhere you have to make compromises in terms of space requirements and spatial sound. In practice, most rooms are right-angled, as this design is the most cost-effective on the one hand and guarantees universal usability on the other. Acoustically, however, this room shape is not very useful for producing, listening to and evaluating music. This is because strong reflections on the walls, standing waves or dominant room resonances lead to a distortion of the audio material.

So one usually tries to adapt the mix to the negative characteristics of the room and not - which would be much more sensible - to acoustically optimize the room so that a good mix is possible. In fact, in such a listening situation, one produces sonic errors that are complementary to the room acoustics. This means that the mix usually sounds rather "off" in an acoustically neutral environment. For reasonably serious work on your own music, it is therefore essential to create an acoustic environment that allows realistic listening, mixing and producing. The essential tasks are:

• Control of Standing Waves
• Reduction of Unwanted Reflexions
• Reduction of Room Resonances
• Reduction of Acoustic Disturbances

The Problem

Usually, a lot of acoustic phenomena occur simultaneously in studio rooms in general, which affect the sound image at the listening position. Simplified, these can be summarized in the following three groups.

Room Resonances

In closed rooms, the sound waves generated by the listening monitors are