For discussion about setting up your studio and advice on the gear and equipment within it.
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By Ocular Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:50 pm
vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:...need some acoustic foam shiz...


No, no, no, NO!!! Please don't make the same mistake I did. Acoustic foam does nothing for the low end and next to nothing for the mids and highs. I'm actually in the middle of painting my room and scraping and sanding foam glue off the wall is no fun. You're better off making your own absorbers with an Owens Corning 703 core. I'll post pics up when I'm done painting and building the absorbers and I'll even supply the before and after room analysis if anyone is interested.
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:08 pm
Ocular wrote:
vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:...need some acoustic foam shiz...


No, no, no, NO!!! Please don't make the same mistake I did. Acoustic foam does nothing for the low end and next to nothing for the mids and highs. I'm actually in the middle of painting my room and scraping and sanding foam glue off the wall is no fun. You're better off making your own absorbers with an Owens Corning 703 core. I'll post pics up when I'm done painting and building the absorbers and I'll even supply the before and after room analysis if anyone is interested.


Thanks, I heard similar things from people too. Also a lot of people got better results and saved a lot of money by making their own....it will have to wait a bit but it will be done
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By Ocular Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:27 pm
No prob man. Acoustic foam is one of the worst kinds of snake oil being sold to us musicians/ engineers and other audiophiles. The only thing foam did for my room was eliminate the flutter echo and give people that ominous "on the moon" feeling the moment they walked in. So tell your friends and family to just say no to foam :wink:

Nice gear btw, it would've been a shame if your mix downs were undermined by bullshit.
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:09 pm
Thanks, the mixer and Mackie monitors are all new acquisitions, been using the 624's in my other room with the turntables while I have been sorting this room out and really love them, don't want to go back to the B&W's lol

My mixes in the past have been average at best but I'm working on bettering my mix downs and I can't wait to take advantage of all the sampler outs thanks to the bigger desk and hopefully improved acoustics.

In the past I was pretty much guessing sound wise as speakers weren't optimally positioned and acoustics were shocking at best hahah

These were the last projects I was working on with the old setup..some sound alright some don't

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xynvR7ik4MM

and wayyy too much bass on this one..but at least I think it's in the right place this time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3EAV9XZ ... re=related
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By LvngDead Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:21 am
clean workspace + vintage gear + modern gear + black and white pic = HOORAY!

:lol:
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By vinyl_junkie_1620 Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:14 am
Deleted them old pics..still waitin on my zoom 1202 studio (yea I know budget but I was so surprised by one of the verbs on a specific sound when I used one at a mates I brought it just for that) and two Alesis compressors.
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By JUKE 179r Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:18 pm
Really now... you have two SP's??? Greedy bastard! Yeah I'm hating! :lol:
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By selecta jo Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:11 pm
...sometimes i just can´t understand how people get so many komplex electronic devices, but fail at shoting and posting a simple image to a random messageboard... :?
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By Mike Boogie Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:09 pm
saint_surly wrote:My latest studio setup..with my new baby [SP1200].. Not in pic = technics 1210, rane ttm 57sl & stax of wax..

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How are you liking those Behringer's? I'm about to grab a pair soon...
Bymember_5949kfk50e0d3 Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:23 pm
nice sp2400