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3 Application Guide
3.1 Monitor Placement and Acoustic Space Settings
R-Series R65 V2 and R80 V2
Owner’s Manual
3 Application Guide
3.1 Monitor Placement and Acoustic Space Settings
Speakers 8” to 12” from wall
Before placing your studio monitors in your mixing environment, position your
desk or monitor stands so that your speakers will be at least 8 to 12 inches
away from walls and corners. This will be adequate to prevent sound waves
from hitting the wall and reflecting back to you, causing phase cancellation
and other potentially harmful acoustic interactions. This might not always be
possible, and there are some ways to mitigate cramped mixing spaces.
When a monitor is placed close to a wall, or in a corner, the low frequencies
tend to be emphasized more than if the monitor is some distance away from
any room boundary. Commonly referred to as “boundary bass boost,” it is
most pronounced if the monitor is in a corner and less pronounced, but still
present, if the monitor is near one wall. While an increased bass response
may be desirable in a listening environment, for studio mixing this can
cause mixes to sound too bright when played on consumer stereo systems
because the audio engineer will instinctively reduce the bass content in
the mix to counterbalance for what they are hearing in the studio.
To compensate for this phenomenon, every PreSonus studio
monitor is equipped with an Acoustic Space control that cuts
all frequencies below 800 Hz by a specified amount:
• If your R-Series studio monitors are close to the corners
of the room, start by setting the Acoustic Space switch to
-4 dB. This will provide the most bass attenuation.
• When R-Series studio monitors are placed closer to the
back wall, set the Acoustic space switch to -2 dB.
• If your mix environment affords enough space for your studio monitors
to be placed away from the room’s boundaries, leave the Acoustic
Space switch at 0 dB as no bass attenuation should be necessary.