Post by teejay on Dec 12, 2020 15:57:01 GMT -6
I've got a 12x12x8 basement studio. I currently have 12 2'x4' 3" thick panels on the walls. I also have one of those panels over my mix area, and two smaller 2'x2' behind each monitor. The panels are made of two pieces of 1-1/2" Roxul, mounted on 1/8" plywood and covered with a nice burlap from ATS Acoustics. I'm currently using the ATS Acoustics clips to mount directly to my walls. I also made some "bass traps" for my front corners by cutting wedges from the Roxul, but those are only about 15" wide and are 4' high hanging from the ceiling.
As I've been trying to record with my new REDD I think I'm getting too much high frequency absorption but the low mids from my vocals are still showing up. And while I am aware of the REDD's propensity to capture the room, I also think right now the room may be too dead. Considering modifying my panels and also reduce the number. I have some constraints as I am limited in how much more my existing material can cover as I increase from the 3" depth.
Here's the what I'm thinking of doing:
- Reduce the number of panels to the two behind the monitors, two on each side of the first reflections, the one over the mix area, reuse some what is left over to make better corner bass traps, improve the absorption frequency of the used panels, use some diffusion farther back on the side walls and on the back wall (maybe just use panels on the back wall), and put some diffusors on the ceiling.
My question is around how best to improve the low end absorption of the panels I would use. Do I take Roxul from the panels I won't be using and add one or two more layers to each (4-1/2" to 6" thickness), or do I open up the back of the panels as they currently exist and mount 1-2" from the wall instead? Not sure what makes more sense.
Also, is there any DIY method for hanging some type of open panel (I hate to say pegboard) over some of the existing panels to make the diffusor/absorber panels I see at places like GIK?
Thanks for any feedback.
Todd
As I've been trying to record with my new REDD I think I'm getting too much high frequency absorption but the low mids from my vocals are still showing up. And while I am aware of the REDD's propensity to capture the room, I also think right now the room may be too dead. Considering modifying my panels and also reduce the number. I have some constraints as I am limited in how much more my existing material can cover as I increase from the 3" depth.
Here's the what I'm thinking of doing:
- Reduce the number of panels to the two behind the monitors, two on each side of the first reflections, the one over the mix area, reuse some what is left over to make better corner bass traps, improve the absorption frequency of the used panels, use some diffusion farther back on the side walls and on the back wall (maybe just use panels on the back wall), and put some diffusors on the ceiling.
My question is around how best to improve the low end absorption of the panels I would use. Do I take Roxul from the panels I won't be using and add one or two more layers to each (4-1/2" to 6" thickness), or do I open up the back of the panels as they currently exist and mount 1-2" from the wall instead? Not sure what makes more sense.
Also, is there any DIY method for hanging some type of open panel (I hate to say pegboard) over some of the existing panels to make the diffusor/absorber panels I see at places like GIK?
Thanks for any feedback.
Todd
