hey guys what's up so it's been a minute
it's been a while since I did
a vlog on this channel there's no
excuses for it but the fact is I'm here
now there are a lot of things that I've
been wanting to do for a while but just
haven't gotten around to it and one of
those things was to actually try and see
if I can make the sound better within
this room within this space in office
slash studio space so the reality of
this room where sound is concerned is
that it will just be bouncing left-right
all around even in the ceiling on the
floor it's all hard surfaces there's
nothin so I'm gonna try to apply a bit
of acoustic treatment to this room to
try to eliminate some of that bounce
some of that reverb so this is the area
where I normally sit this is where my
desk normally is I can I can move it
about if I need to move it anywhere in
the room to be honest but this is just
all my preferred area within the room
where I see um so ideally what I want to
do is put some of this form stuff put
some of the foam along this wall and
actually the ceiling is quite low so
I'm also gonna put some of the stuff onto the roof
Here to absorb some of that reflection
that I might get in this in this
direction right here okay so these are
what I'm gonna be using today bought these on
Amazon they seem to have
the better review for the price
range currently so there's a link in
it in the description below I'm gonna
put that in there if you want to find out
basically they come in 16 packs and I've bought
two packs okay let me level with you
guys um I'm not here to build a
recording studio or anything of that
sort
I just want to be able to increase my my
audio quality by even even if it's 20 30
% now I'll be happy with that
so yeah I'm not saying that this is I
don't even know if how it's gonna work a
hobby effective is going to be but I'll
try to do a simple test before and after
or with and without to see how the
sound quality is straight out of the
mic alright alright so what I'm not
trying to do is to attach all of these
foams individually on the wall
especially if I'm using adhesive or
anything like that
so what I have here is what I had in in
the studio for ages right I've used
these for so many different applications
throughout my time here are these foam core these
Foam boards and pretty much use them as
either reflectors or even like for
example this one I probably would use it
as a black background or for negative fill or
something like that but anyway turns out
I've got two of them here and that is
what I'm going to use to actually put
the foam pads on and then I can think
about hanging this on the wall or the
ceiling all right what I've done
yesterday
Whilst I was waiting for the sticky out the
sticky pads or the sticky forms to
arrive when they just came a few minutes
ago is I've gone ahead and I've marked
out some squares where the the foam pads
are gonna sit in here okay so he has a
thing with me I like aesthetics I like
the way things look I like sometimes I
like things to be symmetric that's just
who I am and how I operate but I'm
saying that to say that that's one of
the reasons why there aren't a lot of
things on these walls because my idea
for in here is that I wanted it to be to
be minimalist I wanted it to be light
bright airy white you know that feel
that's what I wanted I was even looking
to see if I can get some white foam but
there arent many options out there so I
thought maybe maybe just this time I'll
have to compromise with that but it's
saying so that is what I'm gonna make
sure that these squares are uniform and
they're in the you know that's why I've
done the markings on the board so that I
get them looking just right get me
okay so the first panel is finished is
completed I've stuck each of these on
individually and they're looking nice
and neat not a bad job not a
bad job just need to find a way now to
hang this on to the wall and I think
what I do actually is put put a couple
of brackets just here and here on the
wall so they would this would then sit
on it because it's not super heavy
anyway and just find a way to attach it
at the top so it doesn't fall over so
that's the plan
okay all right come a little bit closer
I think I can already hear a difference
especially as I get closer into into the
cove I can hear a little bit of a
difference in my in my a just just
without you know comparing it to and
hearing it back I'll tell you what
though I'm not totally convinced about
the about the sticky I'm not totally
convinced about the double-sided 3m tape
that I used to attach the foam to the
board I'm not convinced one of them fell
down already so I might have to find a
more permanent solution for that
particular part itself but yeah probably
good to do some quick testing on this
just to see ya get to do some quick
testing to hear the sound here there's
the difference in the sound and then I
will deal with that problem a little bit
later on in life yeah let's take this
one back up okay so I'm just going to
Record over something that I did a couple
of days ago when there was no acoustic
foam in this area so let's see how it
sounds I'm just here to remind you of
two of the most effective preventative
measures I'm just here to remind you of
two of the most effective preventative
measures actually that sounded a lot
less echoey a lot less reverb and it's
in this space right now which is which
is what I'm trying I was trying to do
trying to go for yet to do any more
extensive testing or or listening to it
properly but um that's a win on that
front it's a fail with respect to be
adhesion of the foam to the background
so I'm gonna have to look into that
further yeah so all of the foam tiles
especially the ones that's that's that
above they're all just falling down
gonna have to look at a different way of
attaching those to the to the boards
that didn't work but here one comes ah
yes anyway that is it for today guys
that is it for the vlog um hopefully my
audio is gonna sound a little bit better
with a lot less post processing which
is
the objective of this whole exercise so
Imma see you guys in the next one and
keep creating man I've got another
video coming soon stay tuned make sure
you like subscribe to the channel and
I'll see you on the next one peace
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