As you can imagine running a studio is very expensive and takes time to make changes. I have had proposals for sound dampening the acoustics of the studio space on my desk since before the paint dried on the walls. However with time and money being an issue it never happened.
Well today the budget has been approved and the materials have been ordered. Which is a great thing! We will continue to try additional techniques till the materials arrive but the audio will get better in the future.
If you are interested, we are using duct liner to cover our ceiling which from our research is the primary reason we are having most of the echo. It is a nice 1 inch thick fiber material with a plastic backing for mounting. With a noise reduction coefficient of .75 the echo should disappear for the most part. A NRC of 0 means full reflection while a 1 means full absorption. So a NRC of .75 with a sweet spot above 1KHz of .99 makes it a great cost effective solution for echo reduction.
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I almost believed that you did the echo on purpose
Nice to see the constant improvements. I am sure everybody will understand, as the new studio is already a huge improvement to before.
Cheers
Alexander
Thanks for posting these updates on critical things like how you are getting rid of the echo. I throughly enjoyed the Gazette where you took us through the entire studio. I didn’t understand all of it, but I was glued to the screen otherwise. I hope that I have a chance to work there cause developing content for a show and working in the studio would be the best job in the world. I almost have my Degree in Interactive Multimedia, so maybe I can work there some day!
Nice to see the room echo issue is being addressed. Poor sound can ruin an otherwise great production.
Keep up the good work,
-Gary
Great! Now is that gonna cover up that wierd humming sound?
Someone should mention to Martin that he needs to stop yelling, that would greatly reduce the echo heard in Internet Superstar. That more then anything else broke the whole backyard illusion, unless the shed in his Mom’s backyard is about the same size as a, well, un-dampened studio.
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