As with the use of sound absorbing panels for acoustic treatment in small room the emphasis is always on how many such sound panels are required and how they are positioned in the.
Small room acoustic treatment.
Acoustic treatment on the other hand aims only to control sound reflections within the room to make better sounding recordings.
Sources of mayhem include room modes the speaker boundary effect and any other acoustic distortion caused by bass waves trying to exist in small rooms.
And while soundproofing can definitely be incorporated as part of your acoustic treatment plan it s not technically acoustic treatment in itself.
Certain ratios of room height width and length contribute to low frequency pressure build up areas in our small rooms and other ratios minimize those issues.
The size of our small room environment has a major impact on the acoustical issues of the room especially at low frequencies.
Sound absorbing panels are commonly used in acoustic treatment of professional recording studios auditoriums concert halls and even small home studios or theaters.
Both of these are valuable but neither does the job of the other.
All small untreated rooms are haunted by an acoustical monster i call the low end beast.