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Whether you have read our articles on acoustic treatment or have written in for an analysis, if you have hard floors, one of the first things we'll suggest is to get a rug. From a technical perspec...

When designing a room for audio—whether for recording, mixing, or critical listening—acoustic treatment is essential. Unlike soundproofing, which keeps sound in or out of a room, acoustic treatment...

The number of acoustic panels you need will depend on what your goals are. Every room is different, so acoustic treatment strategies will vary. It’s up to you to determine what your space needs mos...

The more you know about the idiosyncratic nature of your specific room, the better your mixes will translate to everywhere else and learning the specific modes of your room will go a long way to th...

Most of the difficulty in recording and mixing happens below 1kHz where the fundamentals of most instruments are fighting it out, and especially below 400Hz in the mud of the mix, which is below t...

Acoustic treatment and soundproofing are two different things. Acoustic treatment will make your room sound great, but will not keep sound in or out of your studio. Meaningful soundproofing require...

The biggest challenge that we need to overcome with our home studios is that for the most part, the rooms in our homes are cubes. I would challenge anyone to find a place in nature that’s a cube. P...

Overdoing absorption without adequate bass management seems to be the cardinal sin of home studios.

When discussing acoustics and learning about them, pro studios are a good place to start, because the physics of sound are very predictable, so if you emulate what they're doing, your room will sou...

Where you should install the panels is determined by your listening position. Your listening position is the “sweet spot,” the place your ears will be most of the time when you’re listening or mixi...

De-Fi Eco Acoustic Treatment is different than much of what you'll see from other companies. There's not only environmental reasons for these differences, but technical ones as well. Through breaki...

It’s pretty obvious why movie theaters aren’t in halls of mirrors, the reflections of light and image everywhere would be overwhelming, and it would be impossible to focus on the intent of the film...