| Studio Furniture causes acoustic problems [message #67496] |
Mon, 01 May 2006 15:13  |
DC
Messages: 722
Registered: July 2005
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Hi all,
Hey, I am finding this out the hard way. My mix of the live project is
coming along nicely, except for all the acoustic anomalies I am
discovering.
This is un-freaking believeable, but the analyzer proved it.
What I found is that putting speakers on top of typical audio
furniture causes *huge* frequency-response problems. No matter
how you do it.
All these sort of things:
http://www.omnirax.com
http://www.argosyconsole.com/
http://custom-consoles.com/recording_studio_furniture.php
Every one of them, cause huge increases in the low mids by acting
as an extension of the front baffle of the speaker. Speaker
freq. response is measured in anechoic chambers, so speakers are
designed to be flat in that environment. When you put them on
the top of a table or console, or even nearby to a table or console,
you get a significant boost in low-mids (typically, but it depends on
the size of the new baffle surface). In my case it results in an 8db
boost at 100hz. !!!!
DAMN! How am I supposed to mix like this? So, I am off to find
a very small desk that will just fit 2 C-16's with the computer KB
underneath, and the speakers are going back on the heavy stands.
Why doesn't anyone offer studio furniture that deals with this?
More to come as I dig into this problem...
DC
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