Key Of Grey

Photo courtesy of Sebastien Chorney

January 26th, 2010 – A few days ago, I posted about Auralex’s free Acoustics 101 website. While that website has a lot of great information, some of you might be wondering how to implement its strategies without breaking the bank. It is my belief that Auralex makes some great products and is certainly an innovator in the acoustic design field, however some of their products are out of the financial reach of the home studio tinkerer.

I was looking at alternatives to Auralex’s offerings when I came across Foam By Mail. They don’t offer as many sophisticated offerings, but they do sell a lot of basic types of acoustic foam at reasonable prices. As I’ve been watching a lot of acoustic design lectures online, my focus is becoming proper acoustic design of my music space, rather than buying a lot of fancy gear. In Gavin Haverstick’s presentation at HomeStudioCorner, and in Ethan Winer’s presentation I posted about yesterday, the important thing to take out of both is that the acoustic design of your space is actually more important than getting gear with slightly better specs.

With all the free information out there, and the price of acoustic treatment at places like Foam by Mail, there’s no excuse to take care in organizing your space acoustically. Personally, I already have a lot of foam kicking around from my last studio, but when I run out, I’ll definitely give Foam by Mail a try.

Foam By Mail