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Acoustics Write Up Section 4
Acoustics Write Up Section 4
When starting a studio from scratch the computer that you purchase
is one of the most expensive pieces of equipment that would be
purchased. You would probably need to purchase an Apple MacBook,
as you would be able to by logic, which is a great software to use
when making songs or mixing music. When setting up a studio you
will also need to by a microphone, you can either buy a dynamic or
compressor microphone. You will also need to buy some speakers
and the best position to put the speakers at is to the left and to the
right side of the monitor. To sound proof the room you will need to
use materials of a high absorption coefficient such as Acoustic tile,
concrete and upholstered seating, all these materials can absorb
around about 1000-4000Hz. But you need to be careful, too much
absorption in a room can actually be bad for your mixing purposes,
and probably wont combat the problem of leakage (when sound
escapesand annoys a neighbour). But rooms that are too live will
make it nearly impossible to create a credible mix.
Standing waves- A standing wave pattern is a vibrational pattern
made within a medium when the vibrational frequency of the sound
source makes reflected waves from one end of the medium to the
interface with incident waves from a source.
Live end/ dead end- Live end is when the frequency starts and the
dead end is when the frequency ends.