Make Better Recordings with the PIB (Portable Isolation Booth)
NOTE: This video involves some critical listening. Therefore, it is best viewed using quality speakers in a treated room. If that’s not possible, then use the best speakers or headphones you have available. Remember, great recordings are usually the culmination...
Choosing Home Theater Audio with Acoustics in Mind
Premium Theater Sound: Choosing An Audio Format With Acoustics In Mind James Lindenschmidt When we acoustically treat a theater after it has already been built, we must adapt our treatment strategies to the theater as it exists already. Inevitably, this...
MIXING / LISTENING WITH HEADPHONES
by James Lindenschmidt Can’t I Just Mix With Headphones? Are all these expensive monitors and confusing acoustic treatments really necessary for audio engineers and producers? Why can’t I just mix on headphones? The short answer is, of course you can....
Unpacking ETC: Time-domain measurements & early reflections
by James Lindenschmidt Using room testing software to analyze a listening room has become a common practice over the past decade, even for non-professionals. Testing is a very useful tool to understand why our rooms sound the way they do...
Welcome to Acoustics & Audiogeekery
Hello, and Welcome! Welcome to the launch of Acoustics & Audiogeekery, brought to you by GIK Acoustics. I have been writing here for a few months now, but we recently decided to formalize my writings into this blog. The aim...
The Basics of Room Acoustics and How to Set Up A Room
COVERING THE BASICS In addition to displaying products at the HIGH END Show, GIK Acoustics-Europe General Manager, David Shevyn, presented a discussion on the importance of room treatments and the basics of room setup. Click here for more about our...
GIK Acoustics Demo Room in Atlanta
Welcome to the GIK Acoustics demo room. A question we frequently hear from customers is “How will acoustic treatments improve my room?” With the GIK Demo Room, that question is easily answered and clients get a first-hand opportunity to experience...
Mic to Monitor Lecture: Placing Room Treatments
GIK Acoustics participated in both the Mic to Monitor USA and Mic to Monitor UK lecture series. One of the primary topics we reviewed in our 2015 Mic to Monitor presentation was Placing Room Treatments After examining your room setup...
GIK On the Road We do a lot of on-site consultations in Atlanta and often get requests for personal consultations elsewhere. So after T.H.E. Show-Newport Beach we booked appointments with clients in Los Angeles who needed help with their rooms....