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DIY Accoustic Room
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FluoSamsara (Oxygen)
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Posted : Sep 8, 2004 20:21
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Hi
I opened this thread to see if we could gather some info about how to improve your rooms accoustics without spending too much money....things like curtains...placement of speakers, cheap and effective materials to cover the walls and stuff like that
Any tips anyone??  |
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : Sep 8, 2004 20:30
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I picked up a rug someone threw away (yeah, it wasn't the cleanest) and hung it against one wall, out five inches. Those five inches become dead air space, and drastically improved my acoustics. |
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Surrender
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Posted : Sep 8, 2004 20:56
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Input
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Posted : Sep 8, 2004 21:41
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UIU
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Posted : Oct 19, 2004 19:39
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UIU
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Posted : Oct 19, 2004 20:24
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I just used that minirator thing for testing the acoustics. http://www.realtraps.com/nti_minirator.exe
Now I understand why there is such a need for bass traps. I had this minirator play at the low frequencies and the bass was so loud in the corners. But when I was standing at my desk. Nothing. By the way, is it a good thing to put the desk in the middle of the room?
And if you have a closet at one corner, where do you put the basstrap then? Inside the closet? Or move the closet and put the bass in the corner of the wall?
Also at 500 HZ when I am standing at my desk and tilt my head to the left, the sound from the right completely dissapears, and when I move to the right, the sound to the right completely disappears. What does that mean?
ANd at 800 Hz the same happens, but only when I tilt my head to the left. Is there something wrong with my ears, or it it room acoustics?(Bear in mind my ceiling has the shape of a roof) |
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Spindrift
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Posted : Oct 19, 2004 22:29
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Acoustic treatment is quite complicated, and if you don't know what your doing you can easily get worse acoustics.
The first thing I would do if I would like to treat the acoustics is to get a good book on the subject, or at least try to find plenty of articels on the subject to read.
Mid and treble can be easily treated with foam, eggboxes or many other things.
With bass problems it requiers careful analysis to get the right treatment. Severe problems should of course rather be handeled at the source.
Change the shape of the room by removing/adding walls. Like I said before, make sure your walls is rigid and don't sway with the bass.
UIU: A sloping roof should not neccesarily be bad.
My guess for what cases your problems would be the "L" shape I recall you said your room have, or the thin swaying walls.
The placement of the desk depends on the room size and what speakers you have. Many pro studios have speakers mounted in to the wall, which is very good.
If you have rear ported speakers you will definatly need a bit of space behind the desk.
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