i am so pleased with my wee little bedroom/ project studio after installing various GIK products. In my case, Mike was a tremendous help in his design advice and suggesting solutions to my room's "unique" problems. He suggested a phased plan that would get me up and running, with a clear path for a future upgrade as the funds became available for additional treatment. Very nice products and great advice. All smiles. Thanks. Peace and good notes.
I did the Egg cartons glued to 4 x 8 x 1/2 inch think Insulation board with one side foiled. I did it in my garage for the band I was in back in the late 80's. I did the entry door on the House wall as well. It really stopped the bleed through that the family room was getting. It did surprisingly well actually. At least my family could watch TV at normal levels again lol. I spent about $400 on the 14 x 32 garage. Didn't treat the ceiling, but it was insulated above. Cool thing as well, you didn't hear us playing anymore walking down the sidewalk, lol. You had to stand about 3 feet close to the garage door lol. I think what really helped with that was, I loaded all the shelves and cabinets in front of the garage door, about 10 foot or so deep up to the ceiling, so it was blocking the sound lol. Only bad thing was we were about 120db because our drummer could smack a snare and peg 120db lol. That was the loudest thing in the room. Every one liked it a lot. Could hear each other well and it did not seem as loud as the db meter said, lol. So I got into mixing about 2009, and had a 10 x 16 x 8' 2" room. Bought the larger 244/Monster Package, and set it up accordingly. I did plenty of mixes in the room before treatment, and it was actually difficult to get a decent mix, much less a good one, lol. But I did learn in that room how compression, EQ and a ton of mixing techniques work, but just with bad results out of that room. So I gave up on a commercial release option lool. ANd just learned enough to know what I needed to do. One I had to get better speakers with no rear bass ports, lol. JBL's were cheap enough to learn on, but never going to work with what I wanted. Second thing was Treatment. The GIK package really got that room pretty much perfect. I also bought large Sound Blankets made from a company that made them fireproof and built to work well in high and some high mid frequency reflections. It solved the 2 Window reflections, and wasn't concerned of bleed outside. I was told I need to cover a bit more of the reflections than the GIK package could cover. A package of 6 Sound Blankets about 8' x 84" were hung with Heavy duty Curtain Rods. Those things are heavy, but 2 " Ring Clips attached to the Curtains are supported well. Mixes translated surprisingly well !!! I was actually getting good results in competitions and suggestions I could actually accomplish just being in the room. Never felt like I had to check in the truck audio anymore either lol. Really appreciate not "having " to use headphones all the time ;) So then I had too many headphones, lol. If I hadn't broke my back in 2012, I might have been doing a lot of recording and mixing, lol. So now I'm a little over 60, and in a new larger space, 25 x 27 x 9 room. Same treatment and blankets, carpet floors, and it has room for all my guitars, amps, keyboards, and drums lol. So called GIK, and they gave me a great set up with what I had already purchased. Did a few mixes, and I feel pretty good so far. But all that will change since I'm removing the carpet replacing with nice laminate flooring, and some nice rugs. I'll eventually treat the ceiling for sound proofing a bit, doesn't need much. And some GOBO's for Reflection adding and removing to help with recording. And I'll have room for Thee COUCH, lol. But other than doing the actual work with my physical limitations is all I need to do. I have learned great patients being a bit disabled, lol. I'm in no hurry, since I can't really be rushed lol. It'll will be a beautiful room when done. Right now it's an eyesore the ole lady has developed great patients with me for, lol. At least she really thinks it'll will look great when done. Then I'll be calling GIK again lol. Join their Facebook Acoustic Treatment group... It's really come along and great advice from there also. Great for reference and new ideas as well. If you're not familiar with REW Room Audio software, it's a good idea to grab it, it's free.
I greatly appreciate your excellent work and attention. I’m eagerly looking forward to the response to the consultation I requested two days ago, so I can know which products to purchase and where to place them. 🙏🏻
Fantastic masterclass, looking forward to seeing more of these diving deeper about the different subjects involved. Keep up the great work guys 🔥🙌
Would love to see a video dedicated to hi-fi rooms…where treating the low end is done while preserving the life of the room.
That's definitely coming!
i am so pleased with my wee little bedroom/ project studio after installing various GIK products. In my case, Mike was a tremendous help in his design advice and suggesting solutions to my room's "unique" problems. He suggested a phased plan that would get me up and running, with a clear path for a future upgrade as the funds became available for additional treatment. Very nice products and great advice. All smiles. Thanks. Peace and good notes.
Great to hear that we could help!
Thank you for all the informations it was great and easy to understand !
Really informative Masterclass. Thank you 🌻
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Great presentations guys
I did the Egg cartons glued to 4 x 8 x 1/2 inch think Insulation board with one side foiled. I did it in my garage for the band I was in back in the late 80's. I did the entry door on the House wall as well. It really stopped the bleed through that the family room was getting. It did surprisingly well actually. At least my family could watch TV at normal levels again lol.
I spent about $400 on the 14 x 32 garage. Didn't treat the ceiling, but it was insulated above. Cool thing as well, you didn't hear us playing anymore walking down the sidewalk, lol. You had to stand about 3 feet close to the garage door lol. I think what really helped with that was, I loaded all the shelves and cabinets in front of the garage door, about 10 foot or so deep up to the ceiling, so it was blocking the sound lol.
Only bad thing was we were about 120db because our drummer could smack a snare and peg 120db lol. That was the loudest thing in the room. Every one liked it a lot. Could hear each other well and it did not seem as loud as the db meter said, lol.
So I got into mixing about 2009, and had a 10 x 16 x 8' 2" room. Bought the larger 244/Monster Package, and set it up accordingly. I did plenty of mixes in the room before treatment, and it was actually difficult to get a decent mix, much less a good one, lol. But I did learn in that room how compression, EQ and a ton of mixing techniques work, but just with bad results out of that room. So I gave up on a commercial release option lool. ANd just learned enough to know what I needed to do.
One I had to get better speakers with no rear bass ports, lol. JBL's were cheap enough to learn on, but never going to work with what I wanted.
Second thing was Treatment. The GIK package really got that room pretty much perfect. I also bought large Sound Blankets made from a company that made them fireproof and built to work well in high and some high mid frequency reflections. It solved the 2 Window reflections, and wasn't concerned of bleed outside. I was told I need to cover a bit more of the reflections than the GIK package could cover. A package of 6 Sound Blankets about 8' x 84" were hung with Heavy duty Curtain Rods. Those things are heavy, but 2 " Ring Clips attached to the Curtains are supported well.
Mixes translated surprisingly well !!! I was actually getting good results in competitions and suggestions I could actually accomplish just being in the room. Never felt like I had to check in the truck audio anymore either lol. Really appreciate not "having " to use headphones all the time ;) So then I had too many headphones, lol.
If I hadn't broke my back in 2012, I might have been doing a lot of recording and mixing, lol.
So now I'm a little over 60, and in a new larger space, 25 x 27 x 9 room. Same treatment and blankets, carpet floors, and it has room for all my guitars, amps, keyboards, and drums lol. So called GIK, and they gave me a great set up with what I had already purchased. Did a few mixes, and I feel pretty good so far.
But all that will change since I'm removing the carpet replacing with nice laminate flooring, and some nice rugs. I'll eventually treat the ceiling for sound proofing a bit, doesn't need much. And some GOBO's for Reflection adding and removing to help with recording. And I'll have room for Thee COUCH, lol.
But other than doing the actual work with my physical limitations is all I need to do. I have learned great patients being a bit disabled, lol. I'm in no hurry, since I can't really be rushed lol. It'll will be a beautiful room when done. Right now it's an eyesore the ole lady has developed great patients with me for, lol. At least she really thinks it'll will look great when done.
Then I'll be calling GIK again lol. Join their Facebook Acoustic Treatment group... It's really come along and great advice from there also. Great for reference and new ideas as well.
If you're not familiar with REW Room Audio software, it's a good idea to grab it, it's free.
Acoustics has come a long way since egg cartons, ha! Glad we could be a part of your journey.
Really helpful video. I'm currently working with Lukas to get my room sorted.
I greatly appreciate your excellent work and attention. I’m eagerly looking forward to the response to the consultation I requested two days ago, so I can know which products to purchase and where to place them. 🙏🏻
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