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| DJREMIDI |
So I just finished putting up some Auralex foam in my bedroom studio and, WOW! What a difference! The sound has been improved tremendously! When I'm EQing individual sounds, no longer do I hear reflections and flutter echoes produced by that sound, all I hear is just the pure sound itself coming out of the speakers. There's still some noticeable reverberation and reflections, but not enough to be distracting (as it used to be the case). I highly recommend treating your room at least to some extent, it makes a world of a difference! Even complete tracks playing through the speakers sound so much better: cleaner, tighter, purer. Overall, I'm very happy :)
Oh, and it doesn't have to be Auralex foam, I'm sure any kind of treatment of this sort will make a huge difference in your acoustic environment!
If you have any questions I'll be more than glad to answer them. I'll post some pictures next week as well.
-R
P.S It's a bit strange being in a room after it's treated because it makes you aware of every sound that occurs. Simple things like clothes shuffling or sniffling piques my sense of hearing, but you'll get used to it. |
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| DJDIRTY |
| Did you get any bass traps? |
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| DJREMIDI |
| No, no bass traps :( Unfortunately I have doors in two corners of my room and placing bass traps there will prevent the doors from opening. I might place them horizontally in the future though. |
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| DJREMIDI |
Here are a couple of pictures:
-R |
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| rulzz |
| how much did it cost ya ? |
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| djbruuen |
| awesome stuff! your space looks good, you just need to hire an interior designer now haha. i like those desktop speaker stands |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by djbruuen
awesome stuff! your space looks good, you just need to hire an interior designer now haha. i like those desktop speaker stands |
lol +1
Eeeew at the blue :tongue2
But seems like it made a big difference. I'm interested in the price too :) |
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| djbruuen |
i am considering getting this package in the future when i finally settle into a more permanent space:
auralex roominator project2 $549US
http://www.zzounds.com/item--AURPROJ2CG
edit: does the sound treatment also help allow the noise not to travel through the house? i guess djdirty could answer that better since he has bass traps. |
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| DJREMIDI |
Well, I got a box of SonoFlat panels and 12 DST-114s, but I was able to get everything at 50% of MSRP, so I ended up paying a little over $200 for everything. Since I didn't want to glue the foam to my newly painted walls, I had to get a bit creative and come up with an alternative way of attaching the panels.
What do you mean I need an interior designer? :( I think my room looks pretty good.
The SonoFlats are only available in three colors, charcoal, burgundy and purple. And to be honest, purple looks the best. Charcoal is downright ugly, and burgundy would darken my room too much (it's too dark as it is with that 42" TV in front of the window). The room looks a lot better in person, it really does.
This foam does not serve as sound proofing, it was made for sound absorption, but it might help contain the sound inside the room a little bit. |
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| echosystm |
I'm going to sound like a massive c*nt doing this... But I'm going to anyway! :D
djbruuen...
Auralex make some great products, but they're very expensive for what you get. If you want to throw some tiles up quickly for basic treatment like early reflections and flutter echoes... Then Auralex is ok (if you're prepared to pay for it).
However, those little bass trap triangles won't really do much unless you used ALOT of them (stupid ammounts most people can't afford). The foam they use isn't that dense, and the panels arent that big/deep, so at best you're only going to absorb mid frequencies. Seeing as deep bass is by far the main problem in any studio, I'd suggest you look into other options. If you want to buy something off the shelf, look into RealTraps. They're designed by Ethan Winer and are probably the best acoustic treatment you will get from a shop (regardless of price).
However, again, that is still alot to pay for a few panels! You can do it yourself for 1/4 the cost and get far better results. Real traps are pretty much just rockwool/fibreglass in a frame. You can build a 4 foot high panel to similar specs for about $100AUD or less ($75US?). Accoustics are something you really need to research. Don't just put stuff up because you think it's elite or makes you feel pro. I'd read up on the net for a good 3 weeks at least before you think about doing anything ;)
A badly treated room is just as bad as an untreated one; the only difference is your wallet is empty.
Just to get you started, there are 4 parts of a room to treat; the rear wall, the side walls, behind your speakers and the corners.
- Panels behind speakers catch waves bouncing off the wall and back at you (early reflections)
- Panels either side of speakers/sitting position stop flutter echoes
- HIGH density panels straddling the corners sort out the bass
- Depending upon the size of your room, you can either use absorption on the rear wall or diffusion (pinging off the sound in random directions); the smaller the room, the more likely you are to need absorption
There are some tools you can use to find out what you need - sine wave generators and your hands (clap them together).
Is all of this necessary? No, not really. :D
Position your speakers properly, try and organise things in your room intelligently, and look into putting a book shelf on the rear wall. Alot of people go overboard with acoustics just for wank factor! :p |
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| Derivative |
| quote: | Originally posted by djbruuen
edit: does the sound treatment also help allow the noise not to travel through the house? i guess djdirty could answer that better since he has bass traps. |
Not significantly. I have 2 basstraps and a couple of screens and it makes almost no difference to sound levels outside my room. Mainly because all of those screens are made of porous material - they don't really attenuate sound that passes through them.
You should probably forget about sound 'proofing' your room because it honestly isn't going to happen unless you are going to spend obscene amounts of money on tearing out your walls and lining barrier mat between them.
The idea lsituation in sound proofing terms is to float your room. But you won't be able to afford that as it would involve reconstructing part of your house.
If you have to do recording where room acoustics and sound levels are a big problem (i.e. recording a drum kit) then I would recommend booking some studio time. |
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| DJDIRTY |
| Hi. Just want too say, that Derivative is correct. It's just to expensive to make the room soundproof, and it would require complete reconstruction from ground up... About bass traps: I got 4 in my room, they make a noticable diefferance, I did some test's with them installed, and off, and they help to controll the bass pretty good. But I also have 3 (Real traps copies) that I've made myself. With the combination of regular foam tiles, bass traps and real traps copies, my room sounds fantastic, comparing to my last studio location and untreated walls. And if you have some time to spare and don't have lot's of money, making Real traps copies took me about 2 hr's for 3, including mounting on the wall. About the cost of the real traps copies -- well I got the rockwool/fiberglass free of charge from mr.vegas - he had some left from his real traps project. So I only bought the wood for the frames and the fabric, which was really cheap. |
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