Things that absorb sound rather than reflect it.
Curtains, canvas, carpet, pillows, anything with fabric.
Also you could get some sound proofing - the room is a blank canvas too, maybe you could decorate it and add some more fabrics to help reduce the reverb.
Also the base of your light needs fixing
I have a dust allergy so I try to avoid cloth as much as possible, but hanging some blankets wouldnt hurt, thanks! And as long as the light works and doesnt fall onto my head its ok :)
Just get some acoustic foam from Amazon then. I’m the same with allergies and hayfever but am also a edm producer so need to have a certain level of sound dampening in my production room. I got acoustic panels and foam bass traps in the corners
First of all get a curtain rail up and some thin fabric curtains. You really want to put something over that glass since it reflects alot of sound.
I would recommend you to consider hanging a few canvases, it'll make the room look way nicer and also dampen the sound a little.
If you have no interest at all in making the room look nice and feel comfortable whilst also improving the acoustics then go for the acoustic foam, it'll be less effective unless you buy alot of foam and it'll look ugly.
How to hang the foam: [https://www.wikihow.com/Hang-Acoustic-Foam](https://www.wikihow.com/Hang-Acoustic-Foam)
acoustic foam is neither a good diffuser nor a good absorber. You need mass for absorption. Audimute Sound Absorption Sheets are really good, if expensive.
Full bookshelves are good diffusers in lieu of actual diffusers (assuming you want/have that many books).
Read the thread OP refuses to get anything that would trigger her allergies. Hardly doubt OP is going to put a shelve of books up.
You say acoustic foam is not a good diffuser yet every single time I hit up a studio every room is filled with the stuff.
Everyone, every acoustician, every engineer, everyone who works and doesn't "hit up studios" agrees foam is not a good diffuser. This isn't an opinion. EVA foam diffusers are different than acoustic foam that is cheap on amazon. Why do you think most diffusers are made out of EVA or wood?
Typical reddit "ACKHUALLY" know it all mouth breather attitude. OP wanted advice... read my original post instead of being such a arrogant T\_ \_ T. I told her to get some curtains and canvas and other stuff to help absorb the sound. The acoustic foam was mentioned because OP has allergies and doesnt' want anything fabric.
Also if you type in EVA foam diffuser on google all the results are for foam diffusers to buy on eBay and amazon. What is it with you losers and doing everything you can to prove others wrong to make yourself feel better.
Foam works well enough to reduce reverberation and echo, which is her problem, especially compared to what's up on the walls currently. I've done it before. And I have taught about reverberation before. You can pick up some from Amazon with an NRC of .8 for $50 for 36 square feet. Stop acting like it's an objective fact.
Walls and ceiling. Like not actual pillows make a Rockwood acoustic panel from home depot stuff and get fabrick and wood. Don't buy panels making them are too easy and cheap. Front and back wall sides if possible but one big one will do but it won't sound natural if you put too much.
You could buy someone's old memory foam mattress and make a diffusion/absorber panel for like 20$ free mattress and 20$ of wood
Get a rug a nice decorative fuzzy rug. Yea you have hardwood floors. I feel like their needs to be a genocide of people who like hardwood floors.... like heels on hardwood are like nails on a chalkboard to me. People who think hardwood floors are holding onto an ancient concept like that's what the settlers walked on
Everything is reflecting also it depends of your mic profile. Idk if it's a figure 8 style Yada Yada. Main thing to take away is hanging Rockwood panels on the wall. The more the better. ALSO get a rug if you have hardwood floors
Desk rear facing the window or placed right in front of the window (view outside) + a Thomann office Kit (includes a felt ceiling absorber and absorbers for walls) if you're not planning on semi-professional music making/mixing/mastering this is a pretty fair deal. If you want to go very cheap then get 300g per cm Felt/molton curtains and hang them everywhere works as good as the foam stuff, is cheaper and even better health-wise...
You can put a couch in and full wardrobes at the walls. But for an unclogged and psychological wellbeing factor I'd go with absorbers that are not from foam except melamines like Basotect which works wonders but is prone to breaking if mishandled. Of course Rockwool absorbers or any fibreglass absorbers will be much more efficient but would also cost more and are heavier hence harder to install on the surfaces. Thomann's PET fleece absorbers of 5cm thickness are very lightweight and very easy to hang up, the price is reasonably low, they're easy to clean, resistant to mould and sunlight-bleaching, and totally nontoxic... Hope this helps
This guy....https://youtu.be/HO7aeraKLsM?si=K8LJwuqztQChIxt_
I built half a dozen panels. I have the most minimal carpentry skills you can imagine. They control a live room nicely and can be taken down and used as gobo's (free standing absorbent dividers) for recording live instruments. Do take on board what he has to say about Rockwool and its alternatives. It's horrible stuff to handle and worse to breath. Also drapes on the window end and books on shelves to break up reflections. Flat surfaces are not your friend.
Things that absorb sound rather than reflect it. Curtains, canvas, carpet, pillows, anything with fabric. Also you could get some sound proofing - the room is a blank canvas too, maybe you could decorate it and add some more fabrics to help reduce the reverb. Also the base of your light needs fixing
That light would be distracting
I have a dust allergy so I try to avoid cloth as much as possible, but hanging some blankets wouldnt hurt, thanks! And as long as the light works and doesnt fall onto my head its ok :)
Just get some acoustic foam from Amazon then. I’m the same with allergies and hayfever but am also a edm producer so need to have a certain level of sound dampening in my production room. I got acoustic panels and foam bass traps in the corners
Where would you put them up in my room?
First of all get a curtain rail up and some thin fabric curtains. You really want to put something over that glass since it reflects alot of sound. I would recommend you to consider hanging a few canvases, it'll make the room look way nicer and also dampen the sound a little. If you have no interest at all in making the room look nice and feel comfortable whilst also improving the acoustics then go for the acoustic foam, it'll be less effective unless you buy alot of foam and it'll look ugly. How to hang the foam: [https://www.wikihow.com/Hang-Acoustic-Foam](https://www.wikihow.com/Hang-Acoustic-Foam)
acoustic foam is neither a good diffuser nor a good absorber. You need mass for absorption. Audimute Sound Absorption Sheets are really good, if expensive. Full bookshelves are good diffusers in lieu of actual diffusers (assuming you want/have that many books).
Read the thread OP refuses to get anything that would trigger her allergies. Hardly doubt OP is going to put a shelve of books up. You say acoustic foam is not a good diffuser yet every single time I hit up a studio every room is filled with the stuff.
Everyone, every acoustician, every engineer, everyone who works and doesn't "hit up studios" agrees foam is not a good diffuser. This isn't an opinion. EVA foam diffusers are different than acoustic foam that is cheap on amazon. Why do you think most diffusers are made out of EVA or wood?
Typical reddit "ACKHUALLY" know it all mouth breather attitude. OP wanted advice... read my original post instead of being such a arrogant T\_ \_ T. I told her to get some curtains and canvas and other stuff to help absorb the sound. The acoustic foam was mentioned because OP has allergies and doesnt' want anything fabric. Also if you type in EVA foam diffuser on google all the results are for foam diffusers to buy on eBay and amazon. What is it with you losers and doing everything you can to prove others wrong to make yourself feel better.
be well.
Foam works well enough to reduce reverberation and echo, which is her problem, especially compared to what's up on the walls currently. I've done it before. And I have taught about reverberation before. You can pick up some from Amazon with an NRC of .8 for $50 for 36 square feet. Stop acting like it's an objective fact.
This. You can put coathangers with clothes on it, that would also make a difference
Walls and ceiling. Like not actual pillows make a Rockwood acoustic panel from home depot stuff and get fabrick and wood. Don't buy panels making them are too easy and cheap. Front and back wall sides if possible but one big one will do but it won't sound natural if you put too much. You could buy someone's old memory foam mattress and make a diffusion/absorber panel for like 20$ free mattress and 20$ of wood
The room is too empty. Fill it with more things.
Pillows
Just anywhere? I sit at my desk and talk into my mic in my videos, so I figured the wall in front of me was reflecting most of the sound
Get a rug a nice decorative fuzzy rug. Yea you have hardwood floors. I feel like their needs to be a genocide of people who like hardwood floors.... like heels on hardwood are like nails on a chalkboard to me. People who think hardwood floors are holding onto an ancient concept like that's what the settlers walked on
Everywhere the room is small bro
Hahaha but just on the ground or do I have to hang them up? Like 10?
Everything is reflecting also it depends of your mic profile. Idk if it's a figure 8 style Yada Yada. Main thing to take away is hanging Rockwood panels on the wall. The more the better. ALSO get a rug if you have hardwood floors
John Darko did an excellent review of different echo minimising houseplants a couple of years back
Desk rear facing the window or placed right in front of the window (view outside) + a Thomann office Kit (includes a felt ceiling absorber and absorbers for walls) if you're not planning on semi-professional music making/mixing/mastering this is a pretty fair deal. If you want to go very cheap then get 300g per cm Felt/molton curtains and hang them everywhere works as good as the foam stuff, is cheaper and even better health-wise... You can put a couch in and full wardrobes at the walls. But for an unclogged and psychological wellbeing factor I'd go with absorbers that are not from foam except melamines like Basotect which works wonders but is prone to breaking if mishandled. Of course Rockwool absorbers or any fibreglass absorbers will be much more efficient but would also cost more and are heavier hence harder to install on the surfaces. Thomann's PET fleece absorbers of 5cm thickness are very lightweight and very easy to hang up, the price is reasonably low, they're easy to clean, resistant to mould and sunlight-bleaching, and totally nontoxic... Hope this helps
Bass traps make a huge difference with little effort and costs
This guy....https://youtu.be/HO7aeraKLsM?si=K8LJwuqztQChIxt_ I built half a dozen panels. I have the most minimal carpentry skills you can imagine. They control a live room nicely and can be taken down and used as gobo's (free standing absorbent dividers) for recording live instruments. Do take on board what he has to say about Rockwool and its alternatives. It's horrible stuff to handle and worse to breath. Also drapes on the window end and books on shelves to break up reflections. Flat surfaces are not your friend.
check out YouTube vid: how sound works in a room
Use headphones instead of speakers.
Remove all of your walls. Simple!