Post by intune820 on May 8, 2017 15:07:38 GMT
Hello everyone,
I'm new here, but I've been reading a lot of Ethan's material lately and I think I want to dive in to DIY'ing some absorbing panels.
A little background:
My family recently purchased a home that has a recording studio built into an outbuilding on the property. It's a major upgrade from my basement studio that I had before it. I want to make my control room the absolute best it can be and, I'm questioning a few of the previous builder's absorption choices. While the room was professionally designed on paper, the buildout was done by the owner.
I'm attaching a picture here to see if anyone can give me some first impressions. I have NOT measured my room yet, but I think it would be useful to hear some thoughts from all of you. Part of my motivation to do this is aesthetic. I do like the way the room sounds (although the clap test indicates I need to install a cloud) but I simply do not like the look of the foam that you see lining the upper front wall. This foam is mounted to what looks to be a thin layer of MDF (or maybe some other type of particle board), and that is mounted to a couple of horizontal tracks of 1x1 wooden...molding maybe? Seems he was trying to create something like a resilient channel in order to leave an air gap between the foam and the wall. I would like to do away with the foam entirely and replace them with nicer looking, potentially more effective, DIY panels.
Now a little information you can't see from the pictures here:
1. This photo is taken from the back left corner closet. There are no vertical 90 degree corners in the room (both back corners have corner closets built into them. You can see the back right one reflected in the window.)
2. Just beyond the ceiling pictured here, the ceiling takes a 90 degree turn upward about another 6 feet, and then angles back with the slope of the roof. The back wall is flat up to the height of the ceiling pictured here. Most of this part of the ceiling is untreated.
3. I do not plan to use the speaker soffits. I just can't find anything that fits into them physically that also fits into my budget
.
So my questions are:
1. How effective, really, is the foam in this picture when it's mounted to wood particle board with an air gap?
2. Could there have been a good reason for going with foam instead of something else?
3. I would love opinions on whether or not to bass trap the upper horizontal corner between the front wall and the ceiling.
4. I would love opinions on whether or not I should air gap everything else along that front wall.
5. Are there special considerations I should give to covering over those speaker soffits?
I greatly appreciate everyone's time and opinions. Thank you and have a great day!
-Tim
I'm new here, but I've been reading a lot of Ethan's material lately and I think I want to dive in to DIY'ing some absorbing panels.
A little background:
My family recently purchased a home that has a recording studio built into an outbuilding on the property. It's a major upgrade from my basement studio that I had before it. I want to make my control room the absolute best it can be and, I'm questioning a few of the previous builder's absorption choices. While the room was professionally designed on paper, the buildout was done by the owner.
I'm attaching a picture here to see if anyone can give me some first impressions. I have NOT measured my room yet, but I think it would be useful to hear some thoughts from all of you. Part of my motivation to do this is aesthetic. I do like the way the room sounds (although the clap test indicates I need to install a cloud) but I simply do not like the look of the foam that you see lining the upper front wall. This foam is mounted to what looks to be a thin layer of MDF (or maybe some other type of particle board), and that is mounted to a couple of horizontal tracks of 1x1 wooden...molding maybe? Seems he was trying to create something like a resilient channel in order to leave an air gap between the foam and the wall. I would like to do away with the foam entirely and replace them with nicer looking, potentially more effective, DIY panels.
Now a little information you can't see from the pictures here:
1. This photo is taken from the back left corner closet. There are no vertical 90 degree corners in the room (both back corners have corner closets built into them. You can see the back right one reflected in the window.)
2. Just beyond the ceiling pictured here, the ceiling takes a 90 degree turn upward about another 6 feet, and then angles back with the slope of the roof. The back wall is flat up to the height of the ceiling pictured here. Most of this part of the ceiling is untreated.
3. I do not plan to use the speaker soffits. I just can't find anything that fits into them physically that also fits into my budget
. So my questions are:
1. How effective, really, is the foam in this picture when it's mounted to wood particle board with an air gap?
2. Could there have been a good reason for going with foam instead of something else?
3. I would love opinions on whether or not to bass trap the upper horizontal corner between the front wall and the ceiling.
4. I would love opinions on whether or not I should air gap everything else along that front wall.
5. Are there special considerations I should give to covering over those speaker soffits?
I greatly appreciate everyone's time and opinions. Thank you and have a great day!
-Tim
