Room distortion in typical DAW-based studios

The vast majority of home and project DAW-based studios are placed in normal living rooms or bedrooms where space is limited and the room has not been designed for recording and mixing purposes plus generally possesses no or very little acoustic treatment.

The typical problems of working in these conditions, generally are:

1) Speakers very close to walls tend to create strong peaks in the low frequency response. Matters get worse when the speakers are placed in corners. The bass response will be inconsistent and resonant, making it impossible to properly mix the lower portion of the spectrum.

2) When speakers are placed non-symmetrically within a room, the different distances from surrounding walls create a very different tonal response between the two speakers. Some frequencies will sound "out of phase" when listening to both speakers.

3) different types of wall surfaces with different reflection/absorption capabilities (i.e. window on one side and a carpeted wall on another) create a completely wrong image because one side will sound brighter than the other.

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