Treating a room...

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SCOTT502

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Hey everyone,

I've been looking at treating a room in my basement for recording. It's already near soundproof but sounds like an echo chamber. Hardwood floors, sheet-rock walls and a cement ceiling. I have been looking at Auralex products, any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Scott
 
Re: Treating a room...

If your pretty handy & don't mind going the DIY route then you can make your own panels for a fraction of the price of Auralex stuff.

Owings Corning (I don't think I spelled that right) makes a type of rigid fiberglass called "703" that NOBODY is going to stock. Get a bunch of that and wrap it in some kind of 'breathable' fabric...there are plenty of DIY bass trap plans out there, some better then others...but they all call for 703.

Accept no substitutes!

You'll have to treat the walls & ceilings first...the floor really doesn't make a huge difference in most cases unless the room is really big.

Beyond that...I'd need to know what your intended use is (recording, mixing, playing etc.) and pictures, dimensions, and whatever other information you can volunteer about the space to be helpful.

Acoustics is a cool subject but the rabbit hole goes REALLY deep...
 
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DeadSkinSlayer3 said:
http://www.atsacoustics.com/item--Owens-Corning-703-Case-of-6--1004.html

;).
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That's the jimmy jam!

It's been a while since I had to pay for it myself...that pricing seems kinda high. It might be since it's an acoustics place, it seems like whenever the word "acoustics" shows up in building materials the price ALWAYS doubles. Even if it isn't high there, its STILL cheaper & better then 'foam.'

Any good lumber yard can order it by the case if they carry other Owens products...Home Depot can't get it though. Believe me, I've tried. Last year I was on a studio build in rural Massachusates & the only place around was the Depot...ended up having to get it in from almost 75 miles away.

But basically the idea is you wrap it in fabric & mount the panels to the wall, covering the seams with 1" or 2" x's so you get a double dose of acoustic treatment & final finish treatment in one shot.
 
Re: Treating a room...

J Moose said:
That's the jimmy jam!

It's been a while since I had to pay for it myself...that pricing seems kinda high. It might be since it's an acoustics place, it seems like whenever the word "acoustics" shows up in building materials the price ALWAYS doubles. Even if it isn't high there, its STILL cheaper & better then 'foam.'

Any good lumber yard can order it by the case if they carry other Owens products...Home Depot can't get it though. Believe me, I've tried. Last year I was on a studio build in rural Massachusates & the only place around was the Depot...ended up having to get it in from almost 75 miles away.

But basically the idea is you wrap it in fabric & mount the panels to the wall, covering the seams with 1" or 2" x's so you get a double dose of acoustic treatment & final finish treatment in one shot.
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Really? 80 bucks for 6 sheets seems pretty decent to me if it's good stuff!
 
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DeadSkinSlayer3 said:
Really? 80 bucks for 6 sheets seems pretty decent to me if it's good stuff!
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That was for 6?!

OK, that's about right! LOL

Missed that...lol

But yah...it's good stuff. The real deal. If you hired some mad crazy studio designers to put one of those $3 million dollar rooms together for you he'd spec the SAME material.

Of course, knowing where to install it so it's most effective in the room is an entirely different thing...
 
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That stuff looks like 703 that comes precut & prewrapped.

I'd rather pick out my own fabric though...get some kinda' pattern print & hang that since I'd have to look at it all day every day.

If anyone goes that route, you can't use just any old fabric. It has to be a 'breathable' material like burlap or some kind of cotton. Tightly woven & shiny fabrics like silk are BAD, they won't absorb high frequncey energy...it just shoots back into the room.

The 703 will absorb midrange and upper bass...tuning the real low end (under 120Hz) is MUCH harder to do and requires more specialized pieces. You can some of that with 703 if you start hanging it at angles in corners like this but it still needs to be configured for YOUR specific room.

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