MoPADs provide sonic isolation between your monitors and whatever your monitors are resting on - instantly improving the accuracy of your entire monitoring system. Using the MoPADs allow you to hear the sound of the monitors more directly, without the interference caused by the way they interact with their resting surface.
3) Listening Position: At the listening position, constructive and destructive interference between your monitor’s direct sound and reflections from adjacent boundaries causes severe peaks and dips in the frequency response.
In addition, acoustic resonances or room modes cause substantial acoustical gain or attenuation at frequencies determined by the room’s dimensions. While it is important to provide uniform modal frequency distribution by acoustically treating the room, the degree of acoustic gain at each frequency depends solely on the location of the listener and loudspeakers with respect to the room’s sound pressure distribution at that frequency.
In other words, the placement of your monitors and the listening position has a tremendous effect on your ability to hear your mix accurately. Room Optimizer by RPG is a program that utilizes modern geometrical image model prediction techniques along with powerful multi-dimensional optimization to achieve the smoothest and flattest bass response in a rectangular room - it tells you where to place your monitors relative to the listening position.
This result is accomplished quickly, effectively, and automatically by properly positioning the listener and loudspeakers.
You may find that a different layout of your studio will significantly improve the sound at the listening position, and thus your overall results. With the wide variety of racks, desks, and stands available today it’s easier than ever to reconfigure your studio into not only a better sounding environment, but one that ergonomically allows you to be more productive.
Most people who put studios in their homes or other non-conventional spaces go through at least two or three iterations of their setup before arriving at something they can be happy with for any length of time.