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ACOUSTICS
ARTICLES RealTraps partner Ethan Winer is well known throughout the audio industry for the dozens of technical articles he has written over the years. The following articles are those that relate to acoustics and acoustic treatment which we believe will be of interest to all recording engineers and audiophiles. Most of these articles were previously published in audio magazines, but several are the result of original research and testing done at the RealTraps laboratory. |
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Acoustics Facts & Fiction explains the basics of acoustic treatment and bass traps in plain English with no math or technical jargon. There's also a link to a terrific software signal generator you can download for free to play sine waves, pink noise, and other test signals through your system. Top |
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If you've ever wanted to know how to find the best place for your speakers and listening position, you'll find a great solution in the article How to Set Up a Room. There's also a greatly expanded version on our Videos page. Top |
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Creating a Reflection-Free Zone tells how to avoid early reflections that can damage clarity and imaging in listening rooms. Top |
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Everything You Wanted to Know About SPL Meters from AudioXpress tells exactly what the title promises! Top |
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Sound on Sound is an excellent British audio magazine, and this Sounding Off column explains why having proper acoustic treatment is far more important than what gear you own. Top |
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EQ magazine asked me to
write this Room
Acoustics article for their theme issue The Vibe Studio. It explains the most
common acoustic problems, and lists the top ten things
you can do to improve the sound in your room. Improve Your Monitoring is also from EQ magazine, popular with recording engineers, but it's equally relevant for audiophiles and home theater enthusiasts. I wrote Recording Spaces for EQ magazine to explain the acoustic issues unique to recording and mixing in small rooms. In particular, this article describes the problem with comb filtering that occurs near room boundaries. My EQ magazine article How to Tune Your Room explains the basic steps needed to achieve acoustic nirvana. Top studio designer Wes Lachot created the plans for a complete project studio you can build in a basement or garage, and I wrote the article Maximum Studio, Minimum Stress from those plans. Top |
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ETF author Doug Plumb asked us to write THIS article explaining how we use ETF at RealTraps for our own research, and how ETF can be used to optimize the placement of acoustic treatment. Click the logo at left to visit the AcoustiSoft web site and learn more about this fabulous program. Note that ETF is a Windows program. For Mac users we recommend FuzzMeasure.) |
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In Measuring Absorption you'll learn how acoustic absorbers are measured, and why published test values can be unreliable and are often inflated. |
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Alternative Test Methods for Acoustic Treatment Products explains the problems with conventional absorber testing in more technical terms than Measuring Absorption above. This newer article is from Sound & Vibration, a magazine written by and for professional acousticians. |
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Many audiophiles and home theater owners treat the entire front portion of their room with absorption. But is that much absorption really necessary? Learn the facts in our exclusive feature Front Wall Absorption. Top |
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ETHAN WINER INTERVIEWS ON PSN: Click HERE to visit the PSN site, then click the Pod icons to download the MP3 files. Part 1 is Show #59 from February 20, 2007 (55 MB) and Part 2 is Show #60 from February 26, 2007 (44 MB). Top |
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Would you like to know the best place to put a subwoofer in your home theater or listening room? The only way to know for sure is to measure, as explained in THIS article. Top |
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HomeToys is an online technology news magazine, and they invited us to write THIS article explaining the importance of acoustic treatment. Click the logo at left to visit their web site main page. Top |
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Rives Audio asked us to write this Bass Traps article for their series on the importance of acoustics and acoustic treatment. Rives Audio is a good friend of ours, and they design first-rate listening rooms and home theaters. Click the logo at left to visit their web site. Top |
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In A New Approach to Small Room Acoustics from Electronic Musician magazine I explain why the conventional wisdom for room measurement and treatment no longer applies for the ever-smaller rooms people are using to record and mix music. Top |
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The article Bass Waves in the Control Room from Tape Op magazine was written by noted studio designer Wes Lachot. It's included here because it explains an extremely important acoustic principle that eludes a lot of people, including many degreed acousticians! Top |
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Before you plow through the enormous amount of text and data in the amusingly titled article directly below, please see THIS assessment of the Audyssey MultEQ DSP "room correction" hardware device. It gets right to the point very quickly. Top |
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Can an equalizer really replace the need for bass traps? Many people apparently believe this, so we decided to set the record straight. The result is ¿Que es mas macho? - the result of a friendly dispute that began at the AVS forum. Top |
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Do Room Modes Even Matter? Yes, but probably not as much as many acousticians would have you believe. Top |
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I wrote Audio's Dirty Little Secret for Pro Sound News to explain a surprisingly common problem that many audio engineers do not even know exists! Top |
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