Auralex Acoustics D108L User Manual

Congratulations! You now have a higher quality listening environment.

D108L Roominator-DST General Guidelines

Proper placement of the Studiofoam-DST™ panels and DST-LENRD™ Bass Traps

will insure greater clarity in your listening environment.

Using Tubetak™, mount two (2) DST-LENRD Bass Traps in each vertical corner. We suggest you install the DST-

out the DST-LENRDs so that you reap the edge benets. If you have doors, windows or other obstacles blocking your corners, it is acceptable to place them in the horizontal, wall/ceiling corners.

section of wall treatment. The pattern in your room does not have to be identical, but placement across this wall is strongly encouraged.

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and on the back wall.

LENRDs starting at the ceiling. However, we understand that not all corners are the same. You may desire to space

Using Tubetak, mount DST panels on the front wall, between and behind the studio reference monitors. The graphic below illustrates (24) DST-112 panels and eight (8) DST-114 panels mounted across the front wall, creating a 4’x8’

Mount a total of (32) DST panels on the side walls - (16) on the left and (16) on the right is encouraged, but not mandatory. Around the mix position, you might want to try using the “mirror” method to place panels (see below).

Mount the remaining panels on the ceiling and the back wall. Focus the treatment on the ceiling between the mix position and the studio reference monitors. The graphics illustrate one possible pattern for DST panels on the ceiling

Front View

as best you can. Auralex acoustic control products are very forgiving. Placement on the walls is not an exact science. Just having DST-LENRDs and DST-Studiofoam in the room will improve your mixing or recording environment. Other, less permanent methods, such as Velcro™, nails, pins, screws, etc. can be used to mount the DST-LENRDs or DST-Studiofoam panels for easy removal later.

Other General Suggestions

When treating the front and side walls, try using a mirror to ascertain where reections are coming from. Simply have a friend move a mirror around the walls and ceiling while you are sitting at the mix position. Anywhere you can see your studio monitors in the reection is a likely surface to treat with an Auralex DST panel!

Do not worry about placing treatments very low on the walls—use them at ear level and on the ceiling for best results. The number of panels and placement on each surface can vary given your specic situation.

Remember that th e s e are only guidelines. If you have furniture or gear in the way, simply work around it

Rear View

No diffusion has been supplied with the D108L RoominatorDST however; we do offer many different diffusors that can be purchased separately.

This Starter Kit is designed to be the rst step towards better acoustics. You may wish to continue to maximize your sound with products such as our T’Fusor 3D Sound Diffusors, DST-R Diffusive Sound Tile Reectors or portable products such as our MAX-Wall™ Mobile Acoustical Environment.

Thank you for purchasing the Auralex D108L Roominators-DST™ Kit!

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