DIY Home Studio Treatment: With just 10 BASS TRAPS!!! (Measurements)

October 5, 2023

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As we’re setting up a new studio in our spare bedroom, basement or attic there’s often this nagging thought of:

“Man, is this really gonna work..?”

The room is SO small. The ceiling is SUPER low. And the resonances in here are just OFF THE CHARTS.

Is it even worth doing anything at all?

In today’s video I want to show you just how much IS possible, even under what seems like the worst circumstances.

Together, we’re going to look at what just 10 bass traps can do to fix the low end in a small home studio.

And yes, I’ll show you all the measurements as well.

Timecodes:
00:00 – Home studio acoustic treatment with just 10 bass traps
02:20 – Genelec speaker calibration in an untreated studio
05:13 – Finding the low end sweet spot using the Bass Hunter Technique
07:30 – Problems mixing in the untreated room
11:04 – Deciding to do acoustic treatment
16:28 – Fear of making mistakes in the construction
22:05 – The impact of 10 acoustic panels in the room
26:44 – Mixing in the treated room
31:05 – Main benefit of acoustics: the shortened feedback loop
32:58 – Changes to acoustic treatment in the future
34:10 – Cost of the acoustic treatment
39:09 – Are 10 acoustic panels enough?
43:06 – Frequency response and waterfall improvements
48:28 – Genelec GRADE Report and calibration
56:49 – Impact of Genelec speaker calibration
59:13 – Was the Build A Better Bass Trap course worth it?
01:00:52 – FREE guide: Home Studio Treatment Framework