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Room Acoustics
Whether recording or performing live, acoustics within a room is one of the most important factors that need to be addressed in order to achieve the highest quality of audio. Acoustic treatment involves the strategic placement of sound altering materials in order to maximize dynamic efficiency in a given space.

Room Acoustics require different materials such as sound-absorptive panels and sound-diffusive panels, to be spread across specially designed rooms or studios in which their purpose is to help produce and record the best sounding audio. While larger rooms such as amphitheaters and auditoriums use cloth covered perforated woods, stone wool, and fiberglass to create acoustic panels, smaller rooms are known to use materials like foam diffusers in order to achieve this outcome. Additionally, room acoustics is also taken into consideration while treating other areas such as meeting rooms and class rooms. The layout in which the materials are used varies based on factors such as the size of the room, number of walls in the room, angle of the speakers, etc. Once these factors are carefully measured, audio engineers are able to decide what percentage of the walls and ceiling that should be covered by these panels. The parts of audio that are most affected when inside of a treated room are time reverberation and clarity as the panels absorb and diffuse sound waves in order to prevent direct and indirect sound from bouncing off walls and back into microphones. This is especially important when recording, as well as live performances. Although a common area of study, room acoustics cannot be qualitatively measured and relies greatly on selective judgment. This makes it difficult for one to independently create these environments.