{"id":319598,"date":"2018-11-10T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=319598"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:22:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:22:12","slug":"acoustic-treatment-in-rehearsal-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/learn\/acoustic-treatment-in-rehearsal-rooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Acoustic Treatment in Rehearsal Rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have ever made music in a rehearsal room, you know the problem: There is a rather indefinable “sound porridge”, which inevitably occurs and causes everyone to turn their instrument up (and up again…). With a strategic setup of the room and the with the right tools<\/a> you can get many problems under control, but often you have to optimise the room acoustically yourself because each room is unique.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Absorb it<\/h3>\n

There are many products that can help you make the right improvements quickly. Mostly you work with “absorption<\/strong>“. “Absorbers<\/strong>” are a kind of “sound sponge” that prevents sound from being reflected back from a hard surface. One of the simplest absorbers is a pyramid foam<\/strong><\/a> that every musician has probably seen before:<\/p>\n

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the t.akustik HiLo-P80<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A typical basement room<\/strong> or an empty classroom<\/strong> at school, which is to be converted into a rehearsal room, is often too acoustically reflective<\/strong>, which can make drums sound too sharp<\/strong>, vocals sound hollow and tinny<\/strong>, and the definition of instruments is lost<\/strong>. In such an environment it can be impossible for you to work out subtleties<\/strong> with the band, even to groove<\/strong> properly on your own.<\/p>\n

The remedy in this case is to dampen the bare walls<\/strong> a bit. The means of choice is absorption, which dampens the high <\/strong>and high-mid frequencies<\/strong>. It is important to avoid large, bare surfaces<\/strong> with parallel walls<\/strong>. Usually it is a good idea to install some absorbers, evenly distributed,\u00a0on two adjacent walls<\/strong>. In small rooms, even just two panels, one square metre each, can work wonders!<\/p>\n\n\t\t