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Need some help on DIY treatment (pg. 2)
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnus
I plan to just cover all the walls with carpet. |
don't do this. that's just stupid man. :p |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
don't do this. that's just stupid man. :p |
Agreed. Why waste all that money on carpet when you can just use a lowpass filter? :p
No, but seriously. For the same reason why it's not recommended to have carpeted floors in a studio is because it will make the room dull.
Carpet only absorbs the very high frequencies. |
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| pwnage1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eldritch
Agreed. Why waste all that money on carpet when you can just use a lowpass filter? :p
No, but seriously. For the same reason why it's not recommended to have carpeted floors in a studio is because it will make the room dull.
Carpet only absorbs the very high frequencies. |
So you reccomend putting hardwood floors on the wall? :p |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eldritch
For the same reason why it's not recommended to have carpeted floors in a studio is because it will make the room dull. |
I don't know where you got this from. Alot of acoustics guys actually advise having either the roof or the floor dead - carpet on the floor or floating panels. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by S1Spawn
What do you think about Yamaha HS80M? There are affordable for me right now. I,m on a tight budget. |
They're good monitors, but don't buy them if your desk is infront of a window - they're rear ported.
I think it's better/safer to just get front ported monitors, in a home studio. |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
I don't know where you got this from. Alot of acoustics guys actually advise having either the roof or the floor dead - carpet on the floor or floating panels. |
You cannot get a floor to be "dead" if you still want to be able to walk on it (Maybe if you turn the floor into helmholtz slat resonator, but that's not very realistic is it?). A carpeted floor will only absorb high frequencies, leaving the rest of the frequency spectrum untouched. |
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| Storyteller |
| That's not a problem as long as it sounds natural. That's the key I guess. A room has to have a somewhat dampened sound but has to remain natural at the same time for optimal results. |
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| ponsshin |
Poor man's soundproofing:
Get a lot of these egg boxes and cover all your wall with'em:toothless.
Not 100% efficient but it works (and at no cost!) |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by ponsshin
Not 100% efficient but it works (and at no cost!) |
No, it doesn't.
Egg boxes won't stop , they don't have enough mass. All you're doing is turning your room into a massive fire hazard. |
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| S1Spawn |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
They're good monitors, but don't buy them if your desk is infront of a window - they're rear ported.
I think it's better/safer to just get front ported monitors, in a home studio. |
I think i'm gonna go with the KRK VXT6. The freq. response looks good and front ported. There pricey but heard a lot of good things. VXT8 are even better but out of my budget range... |
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| Magnus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eldritch
Agreed. Why waste all that money on carpet when you can just use a lowpass filter? :p
No, but seriously. For the same reason why it's not recommended to have carpeted floors in a studio is because it will make the room dull.
Carpet only absorbs the very high frequencies. |
Really? I figured carpet would be cheaper than getting all those foam and bass traps and whatnot. |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnus
Really? I figured carpet would be cheaper than getting all those foam and bass traps and whatnot. |
Cheaper? Yes. Effective? No.
The most cost effective way is to build your own broadband absorbers. They're very effective if made with the right materials.
Here are some good guides.
http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10304 |
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