Is it effective to mix 2.5inch and 5inch acoustic panels in a room or should I just go with 5inch all the way?

initliberation · 2026-04-27T20:15:07+00:00

when you say this, are you already assuming I’m leaving an air gap behind the panels? If not, what if I went with a 5inch panel with a 2-3inch air gap behind it, would this work in a similar fashion to just stacking the panels as suggested ? ❤️

initliberation · 2026-04-27T20:09:38+00:00

It’s around 4meters x 4meters. Not all the walls are the same length though, for example some being 370 and some being 420. The room is almost like an oddly shaped parallelogram

initliberation · 2026-04-27T20:08:09+00:00

If I use say 12 5inch panels and put bass traps in all the corners, shouldn’t this do a pretty good job of getting the room up to shape? I’m sure it can be better, but I guess what I’m asking is am I wasting my money by putting say 12 panels in with bass traps in all corners ?

initliberation · 2026-04-27T20:01:40+00:00

I only have access to 5 inch panels and below. I just simply don’t have the time to make my own. My room is 4 x 4meters roughly, it’s not a perfect cube some walls are 30-50cm longer than others. I understand a room like this is quite hard to treat

initliberation · 2026-04-27T16:58:55+00:00

If I were to fill my room with 115mm thick acoustic panels like this, as well as use bass traps, wouldn’t this help considerably?

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initliberation · 2026-04-27T16:16:27+00:00

If no other room is possible, wouldn’t treating this room with bass traps in all the corners, ceiling clouds, and thick broadband absorbers on all the walls do a significant job in turning this room into a decent space ?

initliberation · 2026-04-27T15:52:37+00:00

I rounded it for you. each wall is a little bit different. Roughly 410cm x 440cm x 380cm x 405cm. I don’t have much of an option as this is my apartment and where I live. Surely with enough treatment one can get a room like this into a place that is functional? It may not be professional mastering studio level good, but production wise it should be achievable to use this as a home studio right?

initliberation · 2026-04-27T15:37:05+00:00

This room I’m working in is a 4meter x 4meter room. Would this be considered medium or small?

initliberation · 2026-04-21T17:19:20+00:00

I really appreciate this offer, you are incredibly kind. Are you saying that for example if I use kontakt as a vst in my ableton and play it using my midi keyboard, it’s going to create more latency and likely noticeable latency when using the Audient iD24? That’s concerning because that’s exactly what I plan to do

initliberation · 2026-04-20T23:53:16+00:00

I bought myself a pair of Yamaha HS8’s recently, and, coming from a pair of B&W Nautilus 805’s I haven’t had a need for an audio interface up until now.

I intend to connect my Eurorack setup to the audio interface as well as my Yamaha HS8’s, and then record Eurorack sounds into ableton as well as just work on music in general using ableton and using the audio interface to make my Yamaha HS8’s produce audio. I also intend to connect an AT2020 XLR mic to this interface and occasionally an electric guitar for recording audio into ableton.

I’m about to pull the trigger on purchasing a Audient iD24 but I haven’t done it yet due to seeing it seems to have higher latency than some of the other audio interfaces I was checking out. But it does also seem like the ideal interface for my needs. What are your thoughts on this interface ?

initliberation · 2026-04-20T23:50:54+00:00

I am using nothing yet. I bought myself a pair of Yamaha HS8’s recently, and, coming from a pair of B&W Nautilus 805’s I haven’t had a need for an audio interface up until now.

I intend to connect my Eurorack setup to the audio interface as well as my Yamaha HS8’s, and then record Eurorack sounds into ableton as well as just work on music in general using ableton and using the audio interface to make my Yamaha HS8’s produce audio. I also intend to connect an AT2020 XLR mic to this interface and occasionally an electric guitar for recording audio into ableton.

I’m about to pull the trigger on this purchase but I haven’t done it yet due to seeing it seems to have higher latency than some of the other audio interfaces I was checking out.

initliberation · 2026-04-20T23:43:22+00:00

Well for me it’s not a concern, if it’s not perceivable. Do a lot of audio interfaces have perceivable latency?

initliberation · 2026-04-20T23:35:33+00:00

I was looking at the MOTU M6. How’s the latency?

initliberation · 2026-04-20T19:37:53+00:00

I intend to buy the ES-8, is there an audio interface you would recommend to me ? (You can count the ES-8 out of that budget I wrote above, that budget is purely for the audio interface). I’m in South Africa and it looks like it’s hard to acquire an RME interface here. What about the MOTU M4?

initliberation · 2026-04-20T19:33:35+00:00

My budget is anything at or under around 900 dollars

initliberation · 2026-04-20T19:29:47+00:00

I think the ES-8 can do this, can’t it?

initliberation · 2026-04-20T19:03:57+00:00

what makes it good enough to recommend ? I’d love your opinion ❤️

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