Hopefully they're not printed on high bright high gloss paper. It's reflective properties could make your sound waves bounce around.

Maybe I'm just obsessive-compulsive, but I've actually taken that into consideration. Flat decorations actually help diffusion by compensating for the high frequencies that absorptive panels are overly-efficient at sucking up. Similar to the concept of leaving the paper facing on fiberglass when building bass traps.

mike_mccue


Blankets on the drums.


best regards,
mike

I thought Jonbouy frowns on that recording technique?

bapu

mike_mccue


Blankets on the drums.


best regards,
mike

I thought Jonbouy frowns on that recording technique?

wont' that make it mono?  better ask mooch.

They've invented acoustic guitars now?  Who knew??!

craigb


They've invented acoustic guitars now?  Who knew??!

Like my fav lines from A Mighty Wind

Leonard Crabbe: I'm a model train enthusiast.
Amber Cole: Oh! That's great! [chuckles] 
Leonard Crabbe: Yes... sort of a whole layout in my basement. Very much a big passion for me, 'tis. 
Amber Cole: Yeah. Thank God for model trains. 
Leonard Crabbe: Oh, absolutely. 
Amber Cole: You know, if they didn't have the model train, they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big trains. 

It's amazing what you can do with tin foil. Which string did you want to drone atmosphere?