Treating YOUR Home Studio Q&A With Jesco

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In this, the final part of our acoustics mini-series, we are joined by the lovely Jesco from ‪@AcousticsInsider‬ who answers many of the questions you have left in the comments throughout the series. Jesco is not only supremely knowledgeable in the field of acoustics, but has a superb no-nonsense presentation style that makes a complicated subject easy and fun to understand and enjoy. Acoustic treatment is the best investment you can make in your studio space, so dive in!

0:00 Teaser
0:52 Introducing Jesco
2:30 Jesco's background
6:00 The ultimate piece of gear
8:30 Where to start with acoustic treatment
8:59 Work WITH your room - you can improve ANY room
10:10 Finding the best listening position in your room
12:00 Listening test for the most even low end
13:14 Building on that with treatment, porous and resonant absorbers
14:15 The problem with resonant absorbers
18:28 Keeping an open mind
19:32 Density versus thickness of absorptive panels
22:58 Are towels and mattresses any good?
25:40 Reflection Free Zone (RFZ)
29:30 Non-environment rooms
30:13 Flush mounting your speakers in the wall, yes or no?
35:43 Is my room too small?
38:18 Dealing with screens
46:52 Isolating your monitors - spikes/pucks and mounts
50:25 Decoupling from, and adding mass to, cheap/resonant desks
53:12 RT60 and why the model doesn't work in your home studio
1:00:15 Should you add diffusion?
1:03:50 Shun Mook Mpingo discs!
1:06:20 Room correction software - Sonarworks/Trinnov
1:10:17 Drop ceilings and how to deal with them
1:12:45 The start to finish process with acoustic treatment
1:14:20 Treating a room for 5.1 or Dolby Atmos
1:16:20 Room EQ Wizard and budget measurement microphones
1:17:19 Is it worth measuring your room with the above?
1:20:30 How thick should your absorbers be, and should you space them from the wall?
1:22:30 Why placing standard absorber panels in corners isn't such a good idea
1:23:50 Where to get your free start-to-finish guide on how to treat your room
1:25:00 Thank you, Jesco!

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