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I have a room I am setting up for audio mixing and video work. The room itself measures 13 X 11 1/2 with 8 ft ceilings. rectanglr room. I have setup the speakers in a corner angle to make use of the cutains. I cannot do any real treatment to this room since it is and always will be a living room. This poses a tough battle. I am noticing a low mid prob on a few bass notes. Not very clear. They sound abit mushed out. I have speaker reflections under control away from the console surface. The floor has a huge rug, no padding.
Just need to curb the low mid notes. Any advice would be wonderful. I know i should probably be shooting speakers the longest part of room.
Hmmm... Ideas?
Thank you
David[

Well if you can't add treatment - you can't do much.

Those curtains won't do much where they are as they only absorb highs and your speaker's tweeters are aimed away from them If you could get them behind you it would be better IMO.

cheers
john

John's right, you'd need a BUNCH of treatment with a corner-loaded room like that. I recently ray-traced a similar room to see if I could take advantage of the 90 degree "splay" of a corner - that part was fine as long as I absorbed heavy behind the desk (in front of the mix position), but keep in mind - any time you fire sound into a 90 degree corner, no matter what angle it goes in, it will come back PARALLEL to what went in.

Bottom line, unless you can do HEAVY absorption on the two walls OPPOSITE your mix desk, or unless the room is 2-3 times as big as yours, you won't be able to get much of a stereo image. All those early reflections from the two rear walls will kill you... Steve

I actually needed to be out of the corner and facing dead ahead and treated corners and ceiling etc.
You guys always wake us up when we fall asleep at the wheel.
May I say thank you to both John and Steve. ; )
Thanx guys.
David