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#1646740 - 02/27/04 11:32 AM What if?
Kendrix
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When you monitor you move back and forth a foot or two and dont experience significant differences in pereceived sound. This is what Ive observed in my small room.

I take this to mean that room modes in the low frequencies are not causing too much trouble.

This seems to be the case even though my room is quite small and Id expect to have a problem.

Im wondering why when i do this I dont perceive large nulls/peaks in bass response. However, give that I don't - can I assume its not a big issue?

I also take my mixes to my car and to my main stereo and to a boom box before they are finished.
So, while I understand the physics of standing waves and reflectrions echoes etc. and the value of room treatments in fixing them- Im thinking, given all the above points, Ive got it covered.

What might I be misssing?
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#1646741 - 02/27/04 11:44 AM Re: What if?
Ethan Winer Moderator
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Kendrix,

> I take this to mean that room modes in the low frequencies are not causing too much trouble. <

I wouldn't be so optimistic! \:D But what are the dimensions of your room?

One reason you might not have noticed this - yet - is the location of the peaks and nulls depends on the frequency, which in turn depends on the key of the song.

The problem in small rooms is not only that the response changes, but also that it's not flat anywhere. A great way to determine this is to play various low frequency sine waves one at a time, and walk around the room. That is, play 80 Hz and walk around, then play 100 Hz and walk around, and so forth. If you don't hear the level change by huge amounts I'll be very surprised! So please try that and report back. I assume you have a way to generate steady sine waves? If not, you can download a Windows version of the NTI Virtual Minirator for free HERE .

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