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Originally Posted by Dave Ferris  Does wood paneling on the walls add any absorption properties ?
I've been told no.
My 20 X 20 space has tongue and groove pine in the ceiling. It's an A frame type starting at around 7.5' on the sides and peaking at 15 '. My walls are composed of drywall. At one time I was thinking of doing wood paneling in there to increase absorption (without deadening the sound too much) but after hearing that the effect would be nil (from sellers of acoustic panels ) I passed on it.
I'd be curious to hear from other wood paneled room owners how they feel this affected the sound. I have a 9 ' Steinway and do more acoustic Jazz type stuff, no rock or electronic music fwiw.
Here's a lotta wood. Studio A |
I'm just a little familiar with Avatar... Rod did the treatment in there... and it's a "similar" basis for my place...
Wood adds no appreciable absorption, and should really be considered as reflective surface. The amount of reflective and absorptive surfaces is split between the spacing between the boards and the absorption behind them... in a pseudo Helmholtz fashion.
Make sense?
Please forgive me, but a 20x20 sure seems quite a bit too small for that 9' grand... e.g. not enough acoustic volume to properly "sound" and voice. Solely as an example, my room is approximately 18x28 with ceilings that slope from 9' up to 14'... and by my understanding, a 7' grand would be way too big for the room. I was advised by several studio owners, producer's and musicians that somewhere between 5' and 6' would be about the the largest instrument to put in there.
However, if I had a 9' Steinway, I'd prolly keep it too... So, I ain't bustin' your chops.
As far as your acoustic treatment goes... it's actually a pretty simple formula... Calculate what you want the RT60 to be for the space, then convert that to Sabine's for your room volume. Then adjust the reflection and absorption to that Sabine value...
How you get that Sabine value into real world numbers is up to you... and the fun part of treating your space.