John Rodd – Your room is a critical mixing tool

Your room is a critical mixing tool, and bass traps in the listening environment are of key importance. Many rooms that have been put to use as a listening environment will have significant issues - especially in the bottom end - and stuffing as many bass traps in the corners of the room as possible will generally help the acoustics. The better one can hear how they are shaping the sound of a mix, the better mix decisions they will make, and the better that mix will translate to all other playback systems. A good listening environment that has been well treated with bass traps will help with this, as will good quality speakers. The acoustic properties of the listening environment are of key importance.