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Originally Posted by Glenn Kuras  I think you plan is a good start. As Dan said you really want to go floor to ceiling with the traps if you can . Also you could cover more of the ceiling to wall or floor to wall corners. The goal is to just cover as much of the corner area as possible. I would also recommend you us 4" panels for the reflection points (walls and ceiling). That will also give you a bit more control in the low end. |
Hmm... after reading most of the DIY bass trap build threads here, I think I'll just make six 4" thick bass traps out of heavy rock wool with thin (garbage bin bag style) in a plastic plastic bag (to keep those fibers away from my lungs) and encased in a primitive wooden frame. The problem is that rock wool comes in 1x1 meter chunks around here and typical rooms are 2.37 meters high. Is it okay to make a frame that goes from floor to ceiling with two square cells to put the rock wool into and an empty space in the middle? This would be on the four corner traps and the two reflection traps.
The problem is that the gap would be at ear-level when sitting at the mixing position. Would that be bad? I could put some lights in the gaps and cover the gap with a differently colored, thin fabric for mood lighting.
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Frame (as tall as the room is high)
Frame with two 40" x 40" x 4" chucks of rock wool (actually layered to get up to 4", wrapped in very thin plastic for health reasons)
Fabric covering. The top and bottom of the thing (i.e. the short ends) will not be visible when mounted in the room since they touch the ground and ceiling. I plan to paint the middle middle part or cover it with different fabric. small lights between fabric could be cool. Or cup holders at strategic positions.
Rough placement in the room
Is it bad that it's "untrapped" at listening height?
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