Acoustics - Practical Indoor Sound Treatment

Learn Acoustic Treatment for Audio Recording and Working Professionals in Education, Communication, & Daily Life

What you'll learn

Grasp the basics of how sound interacts with a room

Use acoustic principles to treat any room for any purpose

Get the best sound possible for studios and content creation

Learn how to optimize the sound of your voice after recording into a microphone

Requirements

Smartphone and/or Computer, a Room, and an Internet connection

If a content creator: USB Microphone or XLR Microphone with Interface, and a computer

Implementation: A budget of any kind ranging from $0 to several hundred depending on how much treatment will be done

Description

Are you afraid the sound in your room is giving others a bad impression of the content you worked so hard to make?Are noises outside driving you crazy when you just want a room that allows you to focus and rest?Has the topic of acoustics ever confused you in the past?Whether you're a content creator or a working professional, your life is affected by the sound in your room. It affects your ability to get a good night's rest, to be understood in conference calls, to impart knowledge to others, and give others the best listening experience for your content.If you can get this right, it will solve many of your problems. You'll have peace at home. You'll get better grades, be more productive, and have better quality sleep.You will have an unfair advantage in getting people to like, share, subscribe, and react to the podcasts, music, narrations, lessons, and other content you're putting out into the world. You will not only be listened to - people will LIKE listening to you.Maybe you've tried to get the best sound possible for a room, but didn't know what to do. You didn't know what to buy, how much, or where to put it. NRC ratings, STC scores, Hertz, Decibels… it is all very confusing. You don't want to be an engineer. You just want to have great sound wherever you need to work or sleep!This course explains the science of acoustics in SIMPLE terms. It has: Presentations Animations SIX Case Studies with 3D video tours Audio Examples Cheat Sheets … And quizzes to help you remember what you learned.All across TWO AND A HALF HOURS of instructional videos.You don't need a massive budget, or even a modest budget. In fact, you can start some aspects of acoustic treatment for $0! That's NOT a typo.And once you've treated a room, even if it's not perfect, there are things you can do to improve the quality of your recordings in post production to give them a more professional level of quality. There's a whole section in the course dedicated to just that.By the end of this course you will knowHow sound interacts with the surfaces in a room.What kind of treatments to recommend to solve problems with Echo, Reverb, Unwanted Background Noise, and Uneven Sound Distribution.How much of each treatment is needed and where to place it.How to test the reverberation time in your room easily.You'll know the Station, Seal, Screen, and Subdue method for solving problems with your Walls, Windows, Doors, Ceilings and Floors cheaply and effectivelyYou'll understand Hertz, Decibels, STC, and NRC ratings.You'll know how to record effectively with a microphone - what to aim for and what to avoid.You'll have an effects chain with three different effects to improve your sound after it has been recorded, and knowledge of how to use all of them.What you can do to have the best room possible for a recording studio from design to remodel.You'll know enough about acoustics to consult others in acoustics, answering most peoples' questions and solving most peoples' problems. The only people who would know more than you are acoustic engineers or people who are doing this for a living already, and even then, you might still know more than some.How much better will your content be when the listening experience is enjoyable for your audience?How much time will you save being able to focus better and sleep better in a room where you have mastered the sound domain?How much easier will it be to make remote working sustainable if coworkers, employers, and business partners can hear you loud and clear - right where you are?Enroll today, and study with me, and the amazing students just like you, who are mastering the basics of indoor acoustics!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: How Acoustic Treatment Works

Lecture 2 The Science of Acoustics

Lecture 3 How Rooms Sound Different

Lecture 4 How to Measure Acoustics

Lecture 5 A Word on Safety - How Loud is Too Loud?

Section 3: Acoustic Treatment Decisions

Lecture 6 Positioning the Furniture in Your Room

Lecture 7 Speaker Placement

Lecture 8 How Much Treatment do you Need?

Lecture 9 Windows, Doors, and Walls

Section 4: Case Studies

Lecture 10 Case Study 1: The Startup Meeting Room

Lecture 11 Case Study 2: The Night-Shift Worker at Home

Lecture 12 Case Study 3: A Studio for Father and Son

Lecture 13 Case Study 4: A University Classroom / Lecture Hall Turned Into A Content Studio

Lecture 14 Case Study 5: A Theater for the Big Game and Movies

Lecture 15 Case Study 6: Quiet Rooms for Recovery

Section 5: Custom-room design, White Noise, and Rooms Within Rooms

Lecture 16 The Ideal Room Treatment

Lecture 17 White Noise and How to Use It

Lecture 18 Modular Set-ups for Voiceover and Music Practice

Section 6: From Recording to Post-Production: Improving Your Recording

Lecture 19 Recording Correctly With a Microphone

Lecture 20 Using a Noise Gate

Lecture 21 Using an EQ

Lecture 22 Using Compression

Lecture 23 Neural Networks and AI Tools for Ambient Noise

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 24 Congratulations!

Content Creators who want a better sound when recording podcasts, teaching lessons, making audiobooks, or shooting commercials, interviews, etc,Musicians who want to turn a room in their home or apartment into a recording studio,Acoustics beginners who are curious about the principles of treating a room,Those who want a distraction-free room: home theaters, better sleep, or focusing on work and studies