It’s insanely fun to do them (especially if you’re the one being interviewed ?), and you get to share A TON of great information in a really short amount of time.

This time around I got to speak with Mike Indovina on his MasterYourMix.com podcast, along side such great previous guests as Sylvia Massy, Nick Raskulinecz and David Bottrill.

I think you’re going to get a lot out of this one!

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What You’ll Find In This Episode

Setting up a new room:

• What is the first thing you should do?
• How do you find the best spot for your desk/monitors?
• Why facing the short side won’t always give you the best sound.

Updates on the Bass Hunter Technique, like:

• What’s the right volume for the test?
• How does the sound change when you take your speaker out of the corner and set it up properly?

Reflections:

• Put diffusion or absorption on your left and right walls?
• Why you should think of reflection areas and not just points, and how to find them.

Airgaps behind your absorbers:

• Do you need them?
• How do you use them?
• One important rule of thumb to maximize your use of air gaps.

Subwoofers:

• Should you get a subwoofer if your not hearing enough bass in your room?
• How to place your subwoofer using just your hearing.
• Why we can localize subwoofers and why it has nothing to do with omnidirectional sound.

Speakers:

• Can your speaker be too big for your room?
• What size speaker is right for your room and why it has nothing to do with “overloading“ the room.
• Why setting up your speakers at a certain distance from the front wall doesn’t matter, and what you should focus on instead.

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