Home Studio Know-How: The Room & Acoustics
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3:31 Introduction
Welcome to Home Studio Know How! In this series we’ll be learning all about the importance of acoustics and our listening environment.
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6:28 Sound Wave Basics
Let’s look at some of the basic anatomy of a sound waves and learn about some of the most fundamental physical principles.
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3:37 The Energy of Sound
Here we’ll quickly explore a few more physical principles that will play an important part in how we hear sound, resonance and reflection.
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5:34 The Speakers
Let’s explore the construction of what creates our sound, the speaker. Learn more about how the speaker emits sound and interacts with our listening environment.
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11:51 The Listening Position
Discover the golden ratios that help us set up the perfect and ideal listening position. When ideal situations aren’t available, use what we’ve learned to create the most ideal set up.
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10:39 The Room Pt. 1
Now that we’ve learned the basics about sound waves, let’s see how waves react in a room, and learn what effect the room has on the sound that we hear coming from our speakers.
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6:55 The Room Pt. 2
In this video we’ll explore 2 methods of determining the listening position in the room, and discuss a few sacrifices that we may need to make due to space limitations.
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9:20 Acoustic Treatment Pt. 1
Before we can treat our room, we need to first learn to identify common problems in the home studio. Here we’ll get some great tips on locating flutter echo and other common audio issues.
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13:33 Acoustic Treatment Pt. 2
Learn how to properly select, and install acoustic treatment in your room. It’s not as hard as you think!
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5:43 Treating Our Room Pt. 1
In this video, we'll go over some of the testing equipment we use to get a baseline acoustic analysis of our room. We'll also see how to analyze the test results.
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7:29 Treating Our Room Pt. 2
Here we're going to make a plan of attack for improving the sound of our room. We'll start by finding a better location for our speakers and listening position.
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8:44 Treating Our Room Pt. 3
Let's build our own broadband absorbers and bass traps, then we tackle the first order reflections. We smooth our bass response with bass traps and find some intuitive ways to battle resonant frequencies.
Product Overview
Studio professional Dave Askew breaks down the things you need to know for a solid foundational understanding of room acoustics, and how to set up your studio for better sound and mixes!
Dave starts out with why it’s important to have good acoustics in your studio and gives an in-depth overview of the basics of sound.
He then covers over the course of the series, speaker selection and placement, listening positions, understanding your room, acoustical treatment and more.
See the individual tutorial descriptions below for detailed info. If you have a studio, this info is priceless and will make for a better mixing and listening environment and ultimately, better sounding songs and productions. Watch “Home Studio Know-How: The Room & Acoustics” today!
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Reviews
Submitted 2 weeks ago
Very Helpful
very good overview of physical sound characteristics and use for studio
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Digital Performer, Pro Tools
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Submitted 1 month ago
Very healp full
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Submitted 1 month ago
The Room & Acoustics
Gain better understanding of improving my room
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Submitted 2 months ago
Looks like a lot of hassle
Okay if you have plenty of time and motivation to see this through. Would be nice if there was a simpler method even if the end results were less effective.
I am a: Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Pro Tools
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Submitted 3 months ago
Home Studio Know-How - very informative.
Although I haven't had the time to watch all of the videos, I have been able to pick up quite a few bits of information to help improve my future recordings. Due to the limited spare time I have, I feel I cannot give a fully accurate rating of ALL the videos which make up the course but if they are all of the same level as the first two, I will be very happy with them. I have purchased other videos from Groove and found them exceptionally good - otherwise I would not have purchased any further items!! Keep up the great work and the sooner you have video tutorials on Magix Samplitude, the better for me.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Samplitude
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Submitted 6 months ago
This helped a lot
Definitely helped up understand the process of getting a room treated
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound for Film/TV, Cubase
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Submitted 1 year ago
Good series
This is great. Lots of good explanations, and suggestions.
I am a: Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Audio Engineer, Pro Tools
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Submitted 1 year ago
very good
One of my personal favorites because its probably the single most important thing in audio to learn. Im still captivated by it. will probably watch it again.
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Submitted 1 year ago
helpful
could have used a bigger studio room as an example
Response from Customer Service:
We worked with the author to choose a room that best reflected the room someone working on their personal projects would use to create a home studio. We feel the Home Studio Know-How series is a good representation of the average home studio.
Glad you found the tutorial helpful!
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Submitted 1 year ago
Good Insight
A great overview but I think a crucial element is missing in the section towards the end on treatment. It would help if the density and thickness of treatments were explored - these are the first aspects a home user has to consider, especially when building DIY panels
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Studio One
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Reviews
Submitted 2 weeks ago
Very Helpful
very good overview of physical sound characteristics and use for studio
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Digital Performer, Pro Tools
Submitted 1 month ago
Very healp full
?
Submitted 1 month ago
The Room & Acoustics
Gain better understanding of improving my room
Submitted 2 months ago
Looks like a lot of hassle
Okay if you have plenty of time and motivation to see this through. Would be nice if there was a simpler method even if the end results were less effective.
I am a: Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Pro Tools
Submitted 3 months ago
Home Studio Know-How - very informative.
Although I haven't had the time to watch all of the videos, I have been able to pick up quite a few bits of information to help improve my future recordings. Due to the limited spare time I have, I feel I cannot give a fully accurate rating of ALL the videos which make up the course but if they are all of the same level as the first two, I will be very happy with them. I have purchased other videos from Groove and found them exceptionally good - otherwise I would not have purchased any further items!! Keep up the great work and the sooner you have video tutorials on Magix Samplitude, the better for me.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Samplitude
Submitted 6 months ago
This helped a lot
Definitely helped up understand the process of getting a room treated
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound for Film/TV, Cubase
Submitted 1 year ago
Good series
This is great. Lots of good explanations, and suggestions.
I am a: Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Audio Engineer, Pro Tools
Submitted 1 year ago
very good
One of my personal favorites because its probably the single most important thing in audio to learn. Im still captivated by it. will probably watch it again.
Submitted 1 year ago
helpful
could have used a bigger studio room as an example
Response from Customer Service:
We worked with the author to choose a room that best reflected the room someone working on their personal projects would use to create a home studio. We feel the Home Studio Know-How series is a good representation of the average home studio.
Glad you found the tutorial helpful!
Submitted 1 year ago
Good Insight
A great overview but I think a crucial element is missing in the section towards the end on treatment. It would help if the density and thickness of treatments were explored - these are the first aspects a home user has to consider, especially when building DIY panels
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Studio One
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I've been a musician since a very early age starting with playing the trumpet, guitar, bass, and piano. Not the drums though, my brother got those genes. I am an excellent finger drummer though to say the least!
2. What training have you had?
For formal training I took regular music lessons in grade school and high school which were fortified with training from private tutors. After school I joined the Army band and went through the Army School of Music as well. I'd like to say that most of what I've learned though came through experience and having hands-on opportunities.
3. When did you get into recording?
During my stay in the Army I was the live sound manager. I loved operating the mixing board but I loathed the 'live' environment. I truly enjoyed making things sound great but I didn't like the fact that there is so little room for error in the live setting. I had wished for more time to invest in being able to make something that sounds ok, turn into something phenomenal. I started by recording our Army band performances on a Yamaha AW1600 for fun, but really enjoyed that I could capture that moment then take my time to make it sound amazing without having to worry about the crowd booing. The rest is history!
4. People you have worked with/for?
A few musical highlights have been running live sound for the President of the US, and doing some on the side tech work for the band Dope. I also was able to work with Virus on one of his side projects. Over the years though my focus has been mainly in customer service and tech, so I've talked with thousands of industry professionals on a daily basis which have truly been too numerous to name individually.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
Growing up I always felt that I spent a lot of time training myself how to do things, but oddly enough I always thought I'd never make a great teacher even though I'm a geek through and through. In the early part of my career I turned down so many opportunities to teach music and engineering. I think part of that came with my own insecurity of not having the formal education that society tells us that we need to succeed. It took a lot of time, practice, and personal education to get me past that hump of feeling confident in trusting that what I taught myself was legit. I've finally reached a point where I feel like I have a lot to offer in terms of knowledge, but most of it has come through investing the time with having the hands on experience that not even formally educated people get sometimes. I truly believe the best way to learn something is to get your hands on it and immerse yourself in every little detail. Groove 3 is a great avenue to be able to share that knowledge.
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The positive aspect of this tutorial is that he does explain acoustic concepts and makes it simple for a layman to understand. However, if the title of the series is "Home Studio Know-How", and you don't walk me through how to build it at home and exactly what materials to build it with, then either there's a hole in your head or you got lazy.