Knowledge Bomb #9: Best 2nd Speaker Set, Bass Traps in Jescos Studio, Bass Trapping Limits etc.

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It’s time for another KZfaq Comments Knowledge Bomb!
As always, this is where I answer your questions from the KZfaq comments.
Of course we’ve got chapters, so feel free to binge the whole thing, or jump to whichever question tickles you the right way first.
Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - FREE Complete Guide To Bass Traps And Bass Trapping
01:37 - Second set of speakers: IK Multimedia iLoud
04:03 - Dangers of too much bass absorption
06:25 - Jesco, how many bass traps are in your studio?
08:12 - 60sqm room. Should I split it up?
10:38 - Symmetry: how important is it?
12:44 - Can standing waves form in “leaky” rooms?
16:57 - How do soundwaves “see” curved surfaces?
18:21 - Do bass traps avoid bass getting into other rooms?
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@giorgiovaloti4129 10 ай бұрын

“Don’t go crazy”, said Jesco. Yeah sure 😂 Thanks for the answer! I had in mind those curved diffusers (I think you have one on your door?) and was wondering how they work etc

@nambams 10 ай бұрын

Such great and honest, and useful, and clear to understand information!

@winde333 10 ай бұрын

Maybe a stupid question. But regarding airgaps behind panels. For bass traps in corners, is it most beneficial to fill out the whole corners with triangle shaped absorbtion to get as much as possible in there or could there be an advantage to having an airgap behind using thick but flat panels? Currently treating my first home studio, regular diy broadband absorbers are built but I am still trying to figure out the best design for my bass traps. Thanks for your great content btw, I appreciate you!

@narrator-timothymckean 10 ай бұрын

Wow! 28 bass traps!? Would be great to see more of your room. In the video shot we see just 4.

@johndaddabbo9383 10 ай бұрын

@benjoe999 10 ай бұрын

Hey man! Can you do a video about wood wool acoustic panels?

@plake01 10 ай бұрын

I plan to build my first treated studio room and I also want to upgrade my speakers including a subwoofer, currently I have speakers going down 42 Hz. I want to order 3 different sound systems and compare them in this room to see what I like the most. What would be the best strategy, test the speakers in the untreated room and treatment after that or treat and measure the room with the old speakers and then order the new speakers?

@FortSoundStudio 10 ай бұрын

Hey Jesco, I have a fairly high ceiling, how effective is it to hang it completely and fill the room behind it with absorber material in relation to bass? I mean 20-40cm of absorber material behind. Greetings from Kiel

@alexanderewing3779 10 ай бұрын

Hope this isn't a silly question but if using room correction software(SW) how much does this mitigate issues, in terms of the amount sound absorption required? Thanks Jesco, really appreciate your insights. Cheers Alex

@kevinkleinaudio 10 ай бұрын

It depens on the purpose of the sound absorption. To reduce reverb (time problems) or energy boosts in the frequency response. In terms of reverb or low frequency decay time, such software can't help, because it just equals out the energy the leaves the speakers. That doesn't change what the room does with this energy. Therefore, in simple words: Absorption tames the room, EQ software tames the amplitute at the speaker. But there are occasions where absorption will help to tame energy problems in the frequency spectrum as well, at least to a certain percentage. For example, bass traps does that and panels placed on first reflection points. But here again: Software can't solve that. Combfilter is combfilter. The cause of it need to be eliminated. The software can lower the boosted frequencies, but it can't raise the energy drops caused by combfilter and cancellations. The measurement would look a bit better with the software, but it won't sound better. And what sounds good counts at the end of the day.

@alexanderewing3779 10 ай бұрын

@kevinkleinaudio Thanks for that. I do have quite a bit of absorption but just wondered how the room correction impacted this. Cheers Alex

@WolfDieterHaselsteiner 10 ай бұрын

Thinking about building a corner base trap. Which form would be prefereable: square or triangle? Anything else? Given the same total volume of damping material.

@johndaddabbo9383 10 ай бұрын

You may want to download his free guide to bass trapping... it'll answered just the question you're asking.

@danmichell7516 10 ай бұрын

ok what is the smallest driver/speakers size do you recommend to limit distortions for full range sound or add subs

@johndaddabbo9383 10 ай бұрын

If I may please - implement Subs if at all possible, and then even with Subs I prefer to have a 3 way speaker that itself reaches down to 60hz and therefore a 10" woofer or minimum dual 6.5 woofers (or better still dual 8")..., along with a Midrange driver and a Tweeter. I personally prefer Mid-field to near-field... don't know if one is actually better than the other... I just happen to prefer more of a Mid-field setup then near-field.

@laurencecoch6023 10 ай бұрын

I have a question about Reverb. It seems in my room I don't hear reverb as well (I.e. when it sounds right in my room there is too much in the mix) I have some absorption in my room and the room is about 30' wide by 15' deep in the shape of half an octagon ( Stop Sign) with the control position along the short part of the long wall dimension ( facing the top of the octagon)> THoughts?

@laurencecoch6023 10 ай бұрын

I also have a cloud over the desk and mix position all treatments are 4" rockwool panels currently 6 2'x4' wall panels and the cloud.

@bayo1778 10 ай бұрын

Hello mate, I have a studio shed that I want to build in my backyard, and currently I'm fixated on the idea of building a pentagonal shaped room, with equal sides. Essentially an equilateral pentagon, with the placement of my desk in the corner -yes the infamous corner. The purpose of this shed is going to be mostly for recording and producing. I don't really consider myself nor care as much for engineering(mixing and mastering) but I understand that an appropriately treated room is important. Is it possible for me to send you snapshots of my design so that I can get a little feedback from you? I would really like to get your opinion, thanks. -Braulio

@zajunc69 10 ай бұрын

I'm treating my room but just for listening not mixing. Are treating rules the same in your opinion or different?

@johndaddabbo9383 10 ай бұрын

If I may please - Treating is the same, however the placement of both the Speakers and the Listener tend to be quite a bit different..., as is often the Room size with a Listening only room tending to be larger than Mixing only rooms (although not always the case).

@djhmax09 10 ай бұрын

Treatment is simply making your room sound better. So that can apply to both mixing and listening. That said, an audiophile may have a different use case to a sound engineer. For example, audiophiles may want to add in diffusion technology to make the room sound larger than it is, while for engineers it may not be the priority (just one ex).

@zerobject 10 ай бұрын

Good question. Would really like Jesco to elaborate on this a bit. I hope he won't end up with a "I'm no hi-fi person" statement. As people already mentioned, the principles are the same, but at the same time a bit different, mainly because of the speakers distance and multiple listening positions, I guess. Besides, there's so much hi-fi bullshit info out there, would be good to have a clear and trusted opinion.