Room sounds like shit

I got a problem with bass in the room I've got my setup in. Where I sit, I hear little to no bass, but the more I move back, the more 'sub bass' I can hear. Have any of you ever had this in your rooms? What did you do?

i headphone it man, in my experience, i just headphone it. if its a good one and im feelign it in a week from now, then when its time to go to the studio i'll record it there, and judged levels and mix it in there

if that isn't your stlye or preferance, i mean not everyone makes it to the studio, im just looking into it now personally. you'll have to find an alternative, so in your case i'd suggest just to ''lean back, lean back''

get up and run to the back of your room periodacally, probably good to get up and move around anyways

what about, isolating and ish... sound-mats etc... what material is your room made of? and what speakers do you use?

yeah ur problaly having bass gettin trapped in the corners. Maybe come acousitic foam or diff monitor placement. Try throwin stuff in the corners. like foam

when you move back, your falling into the "sweet spot" of your monitors. Its not the room, its the monitors and your position of them. I have 6.5 in woofers in my event ps6 and they always sound best if I step back into the "sweet spot". you'll get a full pic of the mix.

I have the exact same problem. My "studio" is on an attick, beneath a rooftop. With wooden beams crossing the soundfield.. So its all pointy with lots of obstacles inhere. If I move backwards about 3 meters, a few steps behind the wooden beams, I hear plenty of bass.
The problems lays with my stereospeakers. If I/you get nearfield monitors and place them the right way, the problem should be solved.

Part of the problem comes from the fact that basswaves are long sound waves.
They require distance to travel.
This is the reason why you use nearfields for mixing, then switch to something larger to check the bass.
The sweet spot you are backing up to is the distance the bass needs to travel in your particular setup.
Now bass building up in the corners that's a whole different headache.

Last night I spent a bit of time re-arranging everything and trying different monitor placements. Turns out, it sounds the best in the last place I though I'd put them. Right at the end, alongside the shorter wall (room is rectangle shape). I can hear heaps more bass, and as I move back the bass only increases slightly. One thing that's a bit different now though is I get a very slight tinny sound with some sounds. But overall it's alot better.
aaonli and binger, all those things you mentioned, I'll probably look into stuff like that, and bass traps (or making my own) a bit furthur down the line. Apparently that kind of thing can do wonders to your average household room, though.
bigskee, I reckon it is the room, man. Especially if you have some decent monitors (like yours). You might find you can creat that 'sweet spot' where you want it with trying out the monitors in a few different places.
ntalec, that kind of makes sense in my case cause now the monitors are facing down the room (longways) and I don't have the problem with the bass so much.

Thanks for all the replies, fellas.

Peace

Ohh Word? I Have the same problem ... the bass gets louder as I take a few steps back from the monitors ...

but its all about the sweet spot ...

from my knowledge, i dont know about sweet spots.
the way monitors, (nearfields) should be positioned to the listener, is in an equilateral trangle configuration. you being in the centre.
45 degrees.
now the distance between the montiors L & R should be the same distance as you sitting away from them in the centre. this is optimum listening positoining, also giving you a very good stereo spread.

if at this point you are hearing too. much bass. then do a R.T test reverberant time test. by simply clicking your fingers in the listening positoining. and hear how much reflected waves are being produced. and applying damping, where your hearing the reflected waves.
also there should be any corners what so ever, as these produce standing waves.
i can go on, but this should help for now.