ruffrecords said:
I am becoming confused. Some say diffusion works better in a small room, some say absorption. I must admit I have never had much trouble at the higher frequencies. In my last studio I used the foam pyramids.
Cheers
Ian
sorry for the confusion...
u dont wanna mix is fully none reflected room, nor frequencies bouncing around like ping pong ball...
back in the days, they use to mix in fully dead rooms, now days more live sounding room,
dead_ish to dead_ish++
because diffusion still maintains the frequencies in the room, in a small room it gives you fake impression of
sounding bigger than reality... because you are still hearing diffused frequencies, but a tiny bit little later, and lower in energy as they have to do some travelling in the room before hit ur ears.
in large room, diffused frequencies have to travel some serious distance, before hit your ears, they are already too low to hear. but they dont give you dead feeling... they loose their energy over the travelling distance. and they bounce around so many times, due size of the room... in small room that energy is still pretty high. not enough distance to travel. your imaging likely to get confused too....
u need to absorb first to control, if u think ur room is too dead,
then add diffusion...
especially, adding those expensive wood diffuser panels on ur back wall is total waste of time and money in a small studio. if i remember correctly they need at least 6-10 feet distance from ur sitting position to start work properly...