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5/14/2004:  The low-frequency "standing wave" naturally generated by many rooms can interfere with hearing the recording & mix we are trying to create.  Sometimes the best fix is one that you can afford, and that's the stress of this tip.  -ed.

ACOUSTICS & LISTENING
Part 3 - CHEAP FIXING THE ROOM
By Bob Dennis

"Bad Sounding" Rooms Make "Band Sounding" Mixes

As discussed the last two tips, standing waves in rooms account for much of the "poor" sound in rooms. A bad sounding room makes what you hear in the room sound bad.  Getting your room to sound good (or at least not "bad") is a key to being able to monitor the sound of the mix and therefore get good results.

In the last tip, I gave several ways the room could be modified to have a better and more even sound.  They were good suggestions, but expensive and extensive.   With the tight budgets of project studio owners, a cheaper set of "fixes" are needed.  These fixes will improve the sound but not be as doing it the extensive way.  Since they actually can get done, it well could be the way to go.

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