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Hello, everyone
I was refered here from Brad Blackwood's forum.
A friend of mine did a quick acoustic test in my control room. Nothing fancy, just for fun. The results were much less than flattering.
I've always known it is not perfect, and I've "adjusted" to its sound. But I'm never confident in my mixes. As usual, i have problems with low freqs. The room is shaped kind of weirdly, since there are almost no parallel surfaces. It's like an assymetrical big triangle. There's fiber-glass in all the walls and ceiling, covered with 2 layers of regular fabric.
He suggested to place as many bass traps as possible. He even offered to build them himself based on the Real traps ones. The thing is that acoustic science is MUCH more complicated than that. Just by reading a few of this forum's threads, it's obvious there's a LOT more than simply installing bass traps.
I'd be worried of making matters worse by following his advice. Could it be? Or would putting bass traps in the proper places actually improve the room's sound? It would be a DIY thing, and most likely nothing more than just placing them wherever they fit.
Would this be a mistake?
Another issue I have is that my mixing position is just next to a wall, on my right side. The left side wall is placed like 3 meters away, and it is NOT parallel to the right one. And, because of size restrictions, the front wall is like 5 inches away from the speakers, so I'm basically next to the right corner of the room. Would moving my mixing position towards the center help more than installing bass traps? Or should I do both things?
I'll try drawing my room's shape and post it here, so you can have a better idea. But for now, what would you coarsely recomend me to do?
I'll hire a PRO accoustitian soon (if I can find one here), but for now, is it worth it?
Also, and I know this is trully a VERY long shot, but by any chance, would someone here know of a Mexican accoustitian whom you could refer me to? Someone you trust, whose work you respect?
Thank you all for your advice.
Fernando de Miguelez