On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 07:30:07PM +0200, Julien Claassen wrote: If you really are moving everything around, and feel a bit adventurous I'd suggest experimenting with a different speaker placement. ATM they are on your desk, which is *really* close. It depends a bit on the type of speakers you have, but you could try to put them at a larger distance. For example, put the desk so you are with your back to a wall when sitting at it, and put the speakers on the opposite wall (which could be e.g. above the bed). It would feel rather different when mixing (and I'm sure, at the start quite insecure). But maybe you'll like the result. Ciao, -- FA There are three of them, and Alleline.

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:30:07 +0200 (CEST) Julien Claassen <julien(a)c-lab.de> wrote: It might be worthwhile taking a wander over to the SOS forums. http://www.soundonsound.com/forum They're a very helpful bunch over there, and even knowing I'm a linuxian haven't kicked me out yet :) I have a nasty, small, odd shaped room where a conventional hi-fi sounds horrible. Based on their recommendations I got a pair of relatively cheap nearfield monitors and was staggered at the difference - to be effective they really do need to be only about a metre away (at head height) in the classic equilateral triangle configuration. I was expecting the improved HF detail - I was not expecting the dramatic improvement in LF behaviour! Hmmm, Maybe someday I'll get around to their other recommendations :D -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

On 10/18/2010 07:30 PM, Julien Claassen wrote: i found you generally want to keep things symmetrical along the stereo center line. so a window to the left and a bookshelf to the right is a bad idea (you will misjudge balance and source placement easily). also, don't put your listening position in a place where similar room nodes occur in the 3 directions (in the centre of an exactly cubic room would be a very extreme example of bad placement). shoebox-type rooms are easiest to deal with (different length, height and width, so different standing wave frequencies, so problem frequencies tend to be smoothed out). i usually try to avoid extreme rear reflections if i can, but i must confess i don't really know why, and fons' suggestion to move to a rear wall got me thinking... and of course it pays to think about early reflections that are so close to the direct sound that they will incur audible coloration. here's a fun way to deal with this problem, and with this method, you wouldn't even need the help of a sighted person (as you probably would if you measured with a laser or tape). from: http://www.sweetwater.com/NearField/#console bookshelves are great diffusors with pretty high absorption. bass-eating furniture such as beds or sofas work best in corners of the room, if you find you need to slim down the sound a bit. sometimes, if your room is just a tad boomy, removing absorbing surfaces can work just as well as adding bass traps, and is often easier. monitor speakers should be arranged so that the drivers are above one another, so that you stay in the same lobe when you move horizontally at your mixer. hth, jörn