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Even with these two things (near-field monitors and low mixing levels), you still need to do something to your room to make it work better for you. The secret to getting a good mixing room is to tame the sound reflections coming out of your speakers. Dealing with high-range and midrange frequencies is pretty easy — just put up some foam panels or the absorptive side of the panels from Figure 3-15. (See, I told you that you would have a use for those panels.) Here’s a rundown on how to place absorption panels in your studio:

 Start by hanging two panels on the wall behind you (or by putting them on a stand or table) at the level of your speakers.

 Put one panel on each side wall, right where the speakers are pointed. This positioning, shown in Figure 3-16, gets rid of the higher frequencies and eliminates much of the echo.

 You may need to put some type of panel on the ceiling right above your head. This is especially important if you have a low (8 feet high or less) or textured ceiling (you know, one with that “popcorn” stuff sprayed on). You may not want to mount one of the absorber panels over your head because they’re fairly heavy. A couple of 2-x-4-foot dense fiberglass panels (the same ones that you used in the absorber/reflectors) wrapped with fabric would work perfectly. In fact, you can easily make overhead diffusers like the ones shown in Figure 3-17.

 You can also place a set of fiberglass panels in the corners of your room behind the speakers. Just hang the panels at the same height as your speakers so that they cut off the corner of the room. If you don’t have enough room to fit the panels at an angle in the corner, you can eliminate the backing from the fiberglass and bend the fabric-covered panel to fit right in the corner. Either approach absorbs sound that may bounce around behind the speakers.

FIGURE 3-16: Positioning the absorber/reflectors like this helps with mixing.

FIGURE 3-17: Use overhead panels to get rid of reflections off the ceiling.