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Summary: Learn how to isolate floor sound in your home recording studio in this free online music production video clip.

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Tad Donley Tad Donley is a 25-year veteran producer, writer, singer, musician and music video creator who owns the popular Pro Sound And Video Recording Studio in Housto... read more

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by south50

Hardwood floors are fine. A totally dead room leaves signal lacking and can actually create problems. While you don't want a "mirror image" coming back, a wood floor won't reflect to that degree unless you're pointing the source down. Controlling the sound is the important thing here, not eliminating it. You want a good balance of reflection and cancellation.

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by Triphonik

South50 has said it all. That mirror image? Tad are you referring to early reflections? Ladies and Gentlemen, I have posted something on almost everyone of Tad video's. I have tried to keep my ego at bay, my intention is not to come accross as a know-it-all. I am actually a very humble person, well was until I saw these videos. You would be much better off searching common studio words on a wiki than following Tad's advice. I am sorry Tad, I really am-

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Tips for Floor Sound Isolation in Recording Studios

Hi! I’m Tad Donley and I’m speaking in behalf of Expert Village. I’m giving you tips on how to make your own recording studio. Hardwood floors, let me tell you about that, I would be wary of hardwood floors, it is the mirror effect that comes back and I do not care what anybody says, you might not want to go there, you might want to use carpet, serious, because hardwood floors will create a mirror image coming back reflecting milliseconds after it hits so when it hits and the sound comes back to the mike, then you got several milliseconds where it comes back to the mike and you got a double hit, and you are wondering why it is like that, what is going on, you know, that is because you have got a solid hardwood floor, they say it is great… carpet it. You want it clean, you want it clean and you want to take it in there, and you want a dead dead, I mean, it is not dead dead in here. You want to take it in here and you want to work with it in then add some depth whatever, you can do what you want, what you need to do with a perfect signal, just a signal.

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