Gearslutz.com - View Single Post

Rossome · 3rd January 2009

I'm putting wood floors in. Wouldn't it be good to have the whole ceiling dead and have the floor to liven up the room?

I just though up an idea! I could hang 2' wide 4" deep traps off the ceiling around the perimeter of the control room in the front section with a 1" air gap on top. I would have all my gear under where these would be anyways so it's not like I would lose headspace there. Then I could have the 2" stuff running down the middle all the way back on the ceiling. I'm thinking I wanna make the whole back wall a 12" thick broadband absorber and in the wall to wall corners build the biggest bass traps I can possible fit in them. Then put 2" traps at the early reflection points for the mix position and beside the couch.

Instead of frk can I use thick plastic like vapor barrier? Should I use it on all the bass traps? Would I would benefit from diffusion on the back wall of the control room or any parts of the tracking room?

I'm also toying with the idea of stuffing the floor joists of the tracking room with about 6" of rockwool so the whole ceiling is a bass /broadband absorber covered with fabric. I already have a layer of 1/2" drywall attached to the subfloor between the joists. Would I get noticeable isolation doing this compared to what it would be like without anything in there and having the joists exposed?

Thanks a lot for the help!

3rd January 2009	#3
Rossome Gear nut Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Bunswick, Canada Posts: 75 Thread Starter	I'm putting wood floors in. Wouldn't it be good to have the whole ceiling dead and have the floor to liven up the room? I just though up an idea! I could hang 2' wide 4" deep traps off the ceiling around the perimeter of the control room in the front section with a 1" air gap on top. I would have all my gear under where these would be anyways so it's not like I would lose headspace there. Then I could have the 2" stuff running down the middle all the way back on the ceiling. I'm thinking I wanna make the whole back wall a 12" thick broadband absorber and in the wall to wall corners build the biggest bass traps I can possible fit in them. Then put 2" traps at the early reflection points for the mix position and beside the couch. Instead of frk can I use thick plastic like vapor barrier? Should I use it on all the bass traps? Would I would benefit from diffusion on the back wall of the control room or any parts of the tracking room? I'm also toying with the idea of stuffing the floor joists of the tracking room with about 6" of rockwool so the whole ceiling is a bass /broadband absorber covered with fabric. I already have a layer of 1/2" drywall attached to the subfloor between the joists. Would I get noticeable isolation doing this compared to what it would be like without anything in there and having the joists exposed? Thanks a lot for the help! __________________