Are you dealing with weird bass problems in your oddly shaped room? Maybe your home studio has angled walls, a sloped ceiling, or some other unusual layout that makes you feel like getting a good low-end is impossible. I get it—odd rooms can seem like a nightmare when you're trying to dial...

Today, I want to clear up a common question I used to ask myself all the time: Can you combine soundproofing with bass traps?

I used to see pictures of studios where people seemed to be doing just that. They’d have some kind of open wall construction with the insulation material visible,...

Let’s be real—building your own bass traps sounds easy… until you start digging into insulation materials.

High-density? Low-density? 6,000 Pascals?

Before you know it, you’re knee-deep in forum posts with your brain ready to explode.

It often feels like everyone’s...

Ever feel like even after putting your bass traps in place the low end still feels a bit...off?

Maybe even that, no matter what you do, those standing waves just won’t behave?

Maybe you’ve stacked your traps floor to ceiling hoping that, “That should do it,” only to...

Treating the bass in your studio is hard. 

Especially the lowest octave.

To fully absorb 100Hz you theoretically already need 86cm (2’10”) of porous material depth (¼ wavelength rule).

Of course this is deep in voodoo territory, because what is technically true isn't even...

When was the last time you went down the acoustic treatment rabbit hole only to come out hours later with your brain on fire?

(Or just totally numb, followed by a confused nap..?)

I’m sure that’s what happened to our fellow sound nerd Lucas when he decided to shoot over an email.

In...

You might be surprised to hear that I don’t recommend using alternative or eco-friendly insulation materials in your DIY bass traps and absorbers.

Despite the fact that there are plenty of examples out there of non-mineral wool products that are great at absorbing sound!

And especially, if...

So I get some form of the following question with a regularity that I could set my clocks by it:

“I've done quite a bit of treatment in my room. I've got my speakers and my gear set up. I'm quite comfortable in the room and I've got enough panels to reduce the reverb and control early...

Last week I showed you a new online tool to calculate room modes/standing waves in odd room shapes.

It's called Audieum Model, it's super impressive, and if you missed that video you can check it out here.

As you can imagine, it takes a little more than the basics to put something like this...

Let’s talk bass traps and bass trapping in a home studio.

In particular for treating a recording room, to record drums for example.

Are they useful here as well?

Is there any difference in how you use them compared to a mixing room?

The short answer is: no.

Physics stays physics. So if you...

Have you ever thought about what a studio made from straw bales would sound like?

Like literally just walls made from straw. Maybe not even a roof on top.

At first glance, it sounds like an intriguing idea right?

My first intuition is that it would feel very controlled and warm somehow.

The...

Does your room have an angled wall or sloped ceiling?

Have you ever wondered if that could actually HELP with standing waves, maybe by reducing the chance of them happening in the first place?

After all, standing waves form between parallel surfaces. So breaking that geometry should have some...