And here are some starting ideas on where to hang your various traps and diffusers.

http://gikacoustics.com/room_setup.php

I need to do this!!! thanks for the Gentle persuasion to do this!

I was about to make those kind of thing this summer , but the quality of the air was an issue with fiber glasse or rock ....also fire certification .....

I finally ended up with those white basotect form :



Cheap , M1 classement , easy to cut and place , you can paint them if you want 

http://www.thomann.de/fr/takustik_basotect_50_100100_4er_pack.htm

Bass traps are my old ones ...

The basotect is used for public critical areas so it's safe and clean ( schools , hospitals ....Ect)

Thanks!  Yeah I totally agree.  I went into knowing that I was not going to get a perfect environment, but like you said "getting things 1/2 way fixed at the source" it the best way to look at it.  They were a beast to make but it was good doing it on the cheap with the way they turned out looking. I'm about to post Part 3 today on the wall panels.  Thanks for reading.  jrl

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Hello, It's related to using SONAR X1.  One of our forum editors liked the post a lot and thought the users in our forum community would find it interesting in this spot.  Thanks,  Jimmy

Ah, they're just razzin' ya! I don't get to all the forums, so if it wasn't here, I wouldn't know about it.  Maybe somebody thinks there's an illuminati plot to sell corning stock behind it all.. haha.

Coolbeans on the blog, Jimmy! Room treatment is a perennial favorite. Sonar could be doing the nicest stuff behind the scenes, but if the monitoring chain in front of it (including the room and walls) isn't reproducing it accurately, that's a tough road. I don't have an internal ear like beethoven, nor do I have the patience to 'compensate' in the mix for a room's deficiency.

Just getting things halfway fixed at the source has increased my enjoyment of music immensely.

Would I do anything wrong if I filled the corner traps with sheep wool instead of Rockwool ?

 
I don't like the idea of the drywall anchors used.  Gypsum panels (what ceilings are usually covered with) are just two sheets of cardboard with 1/2" of chalk between them.  Any kind of humidity is going to severely weaken what little integrity there is.  Not to mention that the gysum sheet itself, which weighs a ton, is only held in place with more-or-less tiny screw or nail heads, also holding only cardboard.
 
3/4" x 3" pine is not that light, especially if you use rockwool.  I'd take the time to locate the joists in the ceiling and anchor the panel into those with 3/8" lag bolts or hooks (make sure you screw into the center of the joist).  If the joists are not in the right spot you can screw a piece of plywood across them and anchor into that with T-nuts.
 
 
 
 

Thanks for the info Jimmy, however, there is no way you can get all those materials at those prices!

tonydean
Thanks for the info Jimmy, however, there is no way you can get all those materials at those prices!

Those prices were applicable when the original thread was posted (almost 2 years ago)

Bristol_Jonesey

tonydean
Thanks for the info Jimmy, however, there is no way you can get all those materials at those prices!

Those prices were applicable when the original thread was posted (almost 2 years ago)

You guys have got to stop having natural disasters.  They've pushed building materials prices through the roof.
 

While the "rustic" look of his panels is... rustic.... the wife "accepted" something like this in the living room/studio.
 
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