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DIY Bass Trap Help!
So I am looking into the most cost effective/ best quality way to make some DIY Bass Traps. As I stand right now, I am going to be purchasing some mineral wool and building a few bass traps that way.
I have a few questions for anyone willing to help. 1) does it matter the type of traps placed on various surfaces. (corners, adjacent walls, ceilings) or can I just make the same design and place it at the problems spots? 2) Is it better to have 4 inch thick rather then 2inch? 3) most importantly. I found this: http://www.homedepot.com/Building-Ma...atalogId=10053 Does anyone think this would work inside of a panel if compacted well? It claims to have acoustic properties and is a fiber. Any thoughts? |
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Re: DIY Bass Trap Help!
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2) depends on use, placement, insulation material, etc. 3) that's blow-in insulation, NOT what you want... Google do-it-yourself acoustical traps, you'll find tons of designs and details. You'll also find outlets for the types of rigid insulation you'll need
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Re: DIY Bass Trap Help!
Thank you guys for the quick response. I will continue to research this topic so as to maximize my extremely tight budget!
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Re: DIY Bass Trap Help!
Send me a message thru my profile, and I can send you a pdf step by step instructions for building bass traps. I found it thru JohnSayers.com (the ultimate resource for all things acoustic...everything you ever wanted to know and then some)
I just built 10 of them for pretty cheap.
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I guess I don't understand why the "Blow in" fiber won't work. If I make a frame for it, a way to hold it in, and compact it, why wouldn't it work? It is mineral wool, the same as the mineral wool board.
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Re: DIY Bass Trap Help!
as nasty as glass is to work with mineral wool is worse
you'll never get as even a pack with blown in as you will rolling bats to fit
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A frame rigid enough to hold this type of insulation in place would be acoustically reflective, not allowing the sound wave to enter the insulating material.
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Re: DIY Bass Trap Help!
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/studi...ing-acoustics/
Lots of info here. A couple contributors are acousticians, too, so you can weed out some actual pro advice. WARNING You may begin too feel your room is sadly under-treated after reading some of these threads. Often, the advice seems to be to spend more $ on the treatment then on actual gear and that's a hard one to swallow..
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