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Old 06-12-2005, 08:31 PM
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Default Studio Bass Traps Etc...

Hey Kids,

Well, it's time for a studio environment upgrade. Frankly, I like Auralex foam, but wondered if there are better bass trap/ sound enhancing wall treatment alternatives available.

I've got about 500.00 spare at the moment and want to begin with that. My mixing room is small. 9x14 with 8 foot ceiling. The mixing desk faces a wall with a center (double hung) window dead center. There is a (shelf) of sorts that goes all the way around the room about 4ft off the ground. This is really just a short wall that sticks out from the maim wall and is covered brick. (covered in drywall).
There is a soffit that spans the width of the room roughly 10 feet back from the front wall and hangs down about a foot from the drywall covered ceiling. Directly behind the listening position is a closet with sliding doors that meet in the middle about 7 feet wide. I've been to heaps of forums about room mods, but wondered what everone "else" is talking about.

Would love to hear from the lot of you~

Cheers!

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Old 06-12-2005, 08:34 PM
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Default Re: Studio Bass Traps Etc...

Auralex foam and bass traps are two separate things.
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Old 06-12-2005, 08:57 PM
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Default Re: Studio Bass Traps Etc...

Sure they are tele,

I am just looking for ways to neutralize my room. I have a ton of early reflections in this room, and there is a serious amount of uneveness in the bass response.

I'm just looking for more ways to make it acoustically sound, that's all I guess. I should have been more clear about that. I have done nothing to this room to make it "mixable" and wondered where other pros like yourself might start if you were me..
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Old 06-13-2005, 01:30 AM
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Default Re: Studio Bass Traps Etc...

Have you had a look at realtraps? These are what I'm considering at the moment.

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Old 06-13-2005, 04:14 AM
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Default Re: Studio Bass Traps Etc...

If your looking for passive type bass traps in the style of the auralex lenrd bass traps check out www.foambymail.com you can get the same type of passive bass traps for less than half the cost, i ordered 16 of them (4 for each corner) and i notice a huge difference right away, for less then $200.00 and that was shipped into Canada, no hassle, fast shipping...
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Old 06-13-2005, 04:16 AM
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Default Re: Studio Bass Traps Etc...

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Directly behind the listening position is a closet with sliding doors that meet in the middle about 7 feet wide.
Turn that closet into a bass trap. You've got a massive one built in.
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Old 06-13-2005, 08:54 AM
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Default Re: Studio Bass Traps Etc...

I just bought a package from foambymail too. Great stuff, at a fraction of the cost.
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Old 06-13-2005, 11:56 AM
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It has been shown in studies that foam is not very effective at absorbing low frequencies. For a room your size, I would recommend buiding your own traps using 703 rigid fiberglass. For more info, please see http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html There is a lot of good acoustical information on the web. There is also a very helpful bunch of guys here http://www.musicplayer.com/cgi-bin/u...=0;DaysPrune=0 (READ THE FAQs)

Do your homework and you will be satisfied!

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Old 06-13-2005, 12:52 PM
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I not only did the homework, but made all of my traps with the 703 rigid and MAN what a diff. it truely made in my rooms. The cost to do it yourself it so cheap it is stupid that the real traps are so much. I respect them and all, but I have made 15 traps that look fantastic at a cost no more than $400.00 bucks for the materials. AGAIN 15 and about 7 more to make.....

Build them as they are easy to do.


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Old 06-13-2005, 01:11 PM
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http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/index.php


Go to this site, read up a little, and build your own. You can do it for about 1/10 the cost of buying them.

I got some rigid fiberglass, doubled up the sheets, and used weed block fabric that I got cheap from target. I made just under 30 traps for less than $400, each one was 2ftX4ftX4 inches thick.
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