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The main components that most home studios include are a high-quality office chair, music production desk, and a pair of studio monitors there are some cardinal sins that you’ll want to avoid when setting up this equipment to prevent acoustic problems. I'll be showing you how to take the first step in this process by arranging your studio in a way that minimizes acoustic problems and prepares your room for the application of acoustic treatment.Īs a disclaimer, this guide assumes that you already have some essential studio equipment like a chair, desk, speaker stands, and speakers. Although, getting the acoustics of your studio to this points takes time, acoustic treatment, and room calibration software.

In this situation, working with speakers may very well be "better" than working with headphones. The benefit of working in a properly sound treated studio is that you can avoid the issues inherent of headphones, while not having to worry about acoustic problems being introduced by your room. Headphones take your problematic room out of the equation, while introducing their own, potentially less damaging issues. In this case, working with headphones, and software like Sonarworks' Reference 4, can be much more beneficial than using speakers in a sub-par room. If you're working in a studio that hasn't been treated correctly (and not just by slapping some acoustic foam on the walls), then your mixing environment can do more harm than good.įor example, if your room is boosting your low-end 12 dB around 44 Hz at your listening position, that's a huge problem you'll likely end up mixing your basslines too quietly. but there's a deal breaking point that tends to get omitted from this statement far too often. To make use of your room, along with your speakers, you need to get the acoustics of your room to a level that produces a sound quality equal to, or better than, that of your studio headphones.‍Ī lot of people have been told that working with speakers is better than using headphones, and for various reasons.