Most absorbent materials do a good job absorbing frequencies over 1000Hz. However, the only materials known to date of absorbing under 100Hz are fiberglass, rockwool and Geopannel.
The corners of any room are where most sound waves end up at a certain point. If you need to reduce reverberation this is a great location to place your absorbent panels and turn them into bass traps. An absorbent panel placed in a corner will be 95% as efficient as a triangle bass traps made of the same material.
You are the only person who can judge if you like the sound of a given space. Some times we want a very dry room other times we like to record in a big cathedral.
Most absorbent materials do a good job absorbing frequencies over 1000Hz. However, the only materials known to date of absorbing under 100Hz are fiberglass, rockwool and Geopannel.
The corners of any room are where most sound waves end up at a certain point. If you need to reduce reverberation this is great location to place your absorbents. An absorbent panel placed in a corner will be 95% as efficient as a triangle bass traps made of the same material.
You are the only person who can judge if you like the sound of a given space. Some times we want a very dry room other times we like to record in a big cathedral.
After you have installed your bass traps and your first reflexion absorbent panels. You will always have to do this steps anyway, so it makes since to measure after them to find which acoustic cancellations or reverberations still remain after basic sound treatment has been done.
Measuring an empty room will give you a very chaotic reading and will not help you make any decisions.
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Place absorbent panels where first reflexions happen, in both walls and roof if possible.
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Place your absorbent material in the corners of your room.
Add absorbent panels in the empty spaces until you have the reverberation time you like
Fill the remaining surface with diffusers to reduce remaining resonant frequencies.
Place absorbent panels where first reflexions happen, in both walls and roof if possible.
Learn more
Place your absorbent material in the corners of your room.
Add absorbent panels in the empty spaces until you have the reverberation time you like
Fill the remaining surface with diffusers to reduce remaining resonant frequencies.
Last step, make specific Helmholtz resonators to trap any remaining resonant frequencies
Soon we will post a new tutorial to make your own resonator ;)
