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The Studio RI · 19th July 2008, 07:53 PM

Ok, I've been sketching some designes to acoustically redesign my control room and I just had a few questions about how sound travels in a room.

My room is small, 13x9x7 and is rectangular. I have severe bass problems! I know how various sorts of filtering can cancel frequencies in the room and such, but my question would be... what does bass trapping really do to the bass waves? does it just try to suck up bass like a black hole? is that the desired result, to suck up as much bass as possible? If I make my room one big bass trap, with 6" traps over all the walls and clouded ceiling, would that give me the best results?

19th July 2008, 07:53 PM	#1
The Studio RI Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnston, RI Posts: 167	Why Does my room need to be one big bass trap??? Ok, I've been sketching some designes to acoustically redesign my control room and I just had a few questions about how sound travels in a room. My room is small, 13x9x7 and is rectangular. I have severe bass problems! I know how various sorts of filtering can cancel frequencies in the room and such, but my question would be... what does bass trapping really do to the bass waves? does it just try to suck up bass like a black hole? is that the desired result, to suck up as much bass as possible? If I make my room one big bass trap, with 6" traps over all the walls and clouded ceiling, would that give me the best results? __________________ Ben Mesiti TheStudioRI.com