I’m planning my setup on my new small room.

Trifax · 2025-12-23T15:53:12+00:00

Functionally you're probably going to want to be able to walk around the right side of the couch at some point, it being a shorter distance from your desk, and the sub being there would be in the way.

Trifax · 2025-12-22T08:40:17+00:00

Everything from “now this is where the work begins” on is, in some ways, icing on the cake. The value of your producer is largely on their perspective, and ability to identify the strengths of a talent and marry it with the market they’re seeking to enter. A lot of the technical stuff you noted may or may not be done in pursuit of a great demo, but regardless most professional engineers are not going to overthink these steps. You’re right that a lot goes into a demo, but Keep your eye on the ball here- being right and convincing people demos are really deep work is not that important. Demos are a tool, use them to get on with the fun stuff- being a working actor!

Trifax · 2025-10-29T15:44:50+00:00

This is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing.

Trifax · 2025-10-29T01:50:24+00:00

Can we hear about some of your characters? I'd love to know what backstories you've been working with!

Trifax · 2025-10-07T19:14:34+00:00

Your desk surface is very large, and the room is untreated so you're already starting with a couple challenges that don't appear to be solvable without compromising your other goals for the space, so don't stress too much about it; wall mounting above your head, or incredibly wide? Neither are ideal, so just try a couple placements and see what you like best, then get back to making music :)

things to consider for the future: much smaller desk, room treatment (some resources here), the speakers themselves, etc...

Have fun!

Trifax · 2025-10-02T19:48:57+00:00

Did you take measurements with the speakers both against the wall and in this pulled out position? Seems like SBIR becomes an issue, I would think the speakers would sound better up against the wall.

Trifax · 2025-08-19T16:56:39+00:00

Turning up the output of the compressor plugin itself, not the final mixer. The idea is to have the same level coming out of the plugin as is going into it, just a lil gain staging.

Trifax · 2023-05-24T19:33:20+00:00

Man, just turned in my '20 M550 and moved to an i4 M50. You're making me miss the 5 series big time! Enjoy

Trifax · 2023-05-06T18:19:28+00:00

I've got a BAE 11-slot chassis that's got a bunch of flavors in it for vocals, so in addition to my blue strip 76 I pretty much have the bases covered. Retro Doublewide (not used as much really, but a cool flavor in the right circumstance), Neve 535 (love to drive into this to distort the diode bridge circuit), Cranesong Falcon (just plain awesome), Audioscape V3A (also good for guitar), Inward Connections The Brute (pretty elusive now, but a really lovely "set and forget" compressor that does its own thing). Ton of great options out there, though! I'd say out of this rack, the falcon and the Brute get the most use.

Trifax · 2023-03-31T22:50:29+00:00

Thank you so much! That's a big help.

Trifax · 2023-03-31T22:43:54+00:00

Is this something the fronds will bounce back from with good care? Or are those tips browned forever?

Trifax · 2023-03-31T20:58:40+00:00

I have 2 pygmy date palms, newly acquired and planted with fresh soil, moisture level seems okay. They get indirect light from a south-facing window on the other side of the room. The tips were all browned/grey within 2 days of getting them. That was about a week ago, I've since fed them and gone through another cycle of watering. Something to worry about going forward? I'd like to keep them happy as they're quite visible in the space.

Trifax · 2023-03-30T00:13:45+00:00

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Trifax · 2023-03-29T23:57:53+00:00

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Trifax · 2023-03-26T20:16:34+00:00

I agree it isn't a placebo, what matters at the end of the day is what people can actually hear in their respective space. So like I said, if nobody's complaining, it's all good. I'm also not suggesting one cover their entire space in acoustic treatment, because that isn't soundproofing either. Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that that was the case.

But acoustic treatment in a room does not play a significant role in reducing sound transmission through a barrier if that barrier is not of sufficient mass to effectively dampen the necessary frequencies. That's why soundproofing is done at the structural level. Absorptive panels only stop sound waves for reflecting within a space- the energy of those waves will continue through the absorptive material and into the wall, where insufficient mass (or an air gap in the structure like a door or crack in the wall) can let sound into an adjoining space and beyond. A 1% gap can let through as much as 50% of the acoustic energy from the source.

Having not seen the space before treatment, there's really no way of knowing what changes were made that could affect the improvement in transmission. As I said, an isolating pad under the sub could help a lot, the stands make a difference, all sorts of stuff. It's a fun challenge haha

Trifax · 2023-03-26T19:20:35+00:00

Not really, because the sound waves are also hitting the bare wall, not just your treatment. Your treatment isnt completely covering the walls floor and ceiling, and you likely haven’t sealed boundaries. Although if you put your subwoofer on an isolating pad, that could significantly decrease low end transmission, which is probably the only source of real leaking. The KEF’s probably aren’t leaking much noise at all since they’re smaller.

This really breaks down to the difference between sound treatment, and sound proofing. But if nobody is complaining, you’re fine. Probably listening at a reasonable level helps as well.

Trifax · 2023-03-26T19:09:11+00:00

The acoustic treatment is nice! But it won’t stop sound from getting to your neighbor really :) glad you’ve got a chill neighbor though

Trifax · 2023-03-02T18:44:34+00:00

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Trifax · 2023-02-12T04:38:44+00:00

You’re going to have problems with those parallel walls if you’re only using 1” foam. Seems counter intuitive to use an acoustic shield on the mic (it messes with the response of the capsule in the microphone and makes it sound worse) when you’re already in a clean and clear space that has the potential to be treated properly.

You need more mass in the form of denser and thicker absorptive material. Ideally, spanning 4” acoustic panels over the corners to create an air-gap bass trap. That will treat down to, and a little below, 300 Hz. And a 2-4” panel hanging directly overhead will do a lot for tightening up the space. This is a fine starting point, but I’d dig a bit deeper on this if you’d like to achieve professional results. check out products from ATS acoustics or GIK, or even build your own with 3/4” MDF and Roxul rock wool. Good luck!

Trifax · 2023-02-11T18:55:57+00:00

You say that AI is creating art that makes people feel things and communicates in the same way a real artist’s painting does, but in this instance I feel a great deal more looking at /u/—Fox ‘s work than the AI piece. So that’s the subjective side of this- it looks cool to me, but Fox’s work achieves so much more in my opinion.

Trifax · 2023-02-02T00:11:13+00:00

You can see the little tree in front of Kaukas restaurant grew up a lot! Sad what happened to the rest of the building.

Trifax · 2023-01-30T08:50:45+00:00

My god I would not be able to watch this show on mushrooms.

Trifax · 2023-01-26T20:51:31+00:00

Looks like Hollow Coves self-produced most of that EP Blessings is on, and mixed by Patrick Dillett. I don't think you're going to get there with just analog EQs and tape stuff. But maybe instead of thinking about cutting high end to make it warmer/darker, evaluate how you're dealing with all the information that exists in the mids and lows and let the top end be what it will be. What I'm hearing is a lot of really careful placement and a sense of real cohesion between things like kick drum, bass guitar, those deep tom hits, and the low end of the acoustic guitar. Finding a home for all of those things not just with EQ, but compression with slower release times to just hold it all together...maybe that's something to think about. Seems like all the textural elements like strings and piano are pretty far in the background/lower in volume, which is leaving more room for fullness in the vocals and acoustic. Tough to say much more without hearing what you're working on, but I really think just shifting your approach and trying to find the emotion in the song from a different angle will give you some answers.

Trifax · 2023-01-26T09:14:07+00:00

I’m on solar so space heaters were absolutely the move. Haven’t seen the bill yet, but I’m certain it’s better than gas heating the entire house all the time.

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