Traps in an Iso Booth

xaMdaM · 26th July 2009

Thought I share a coupla pix of the traps in my Iso...

Where I started...

Filling things up...

And finishing off....

droogs · 26th July 2009

is the singer looking to the panel or to the door?

xaMdaM · 26th July 2009

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Originally Posted by droogs

is the singer looking to the panel or to the door?

Unless it's a scratch vox, or a VO... singer's are in the main room.

But either way.. to the door, or to the trap... or even to the side... There's really about 3 characteristic tones in the space.

Glenn Kuras · 27th July 2009

wow great job!!!

xaMdaM · 28th July 2009

Thanks Glenn.

The side panels are at the same angle (bottom edge) as the ceiling, and the top edges are exact opposite angles.

I went across the corner at a 45' angle at the 24" point.

There's 4" of 703 in the sides and the corner trap is 16" deep with the sides covered in 1" 703.

I can hardly believe that the lumber used to be a tree on the property... It was taken down by an ice storm about 4 years ago, and I had it, along with a couple of red oak's, a maple and a walnut, milled into boards that have now been air drying for all this time. - Just waiting to become a part of the studio finish work.

Sadly, the cedar used to be the prettiest tree on the property... almost perfectly shaped.

<sigh>

At least it'll live on for a long time.

Weasel9992 · 28th July 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by xaMdaM

Sadly, the cedar used to be the prettiest tree on the property... almost perfectly shaped.

If I were a tree that's the afterlife I'd want.

Frank

glenn_jr · 21st July 2010

What's the overall size of your booth?

Now that' it's been in use for a year, how do you feel about it?

xaMdaM · 21st July 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by glenn_jr

What's the overall size of your booth?

Now that' it's been in use for a year, how do you feel about it?

Overall size of the iso booth is 7.5-ishx8-ishx12.5-ish feet tall... it sounds really good for iso, VO, and plenty fine for scratch vox.

If I had it to do over, I wouldn't do anything different.

glenn_jr · 22nd July 2010

That's great to hear. Glad it's working out for you! I may 'steal' your idea for this type of trap design.

Did you encounter any major problems when building it, or did it go pretty smoothly?

xaMdaM · 22nd July 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by glenn_jr

Did you encounter any major problems when building it, or did it go pretty smoothly?

Which? The iso booth itself or the finishes including the bass trap?

glenn_jr · 23rd July 2010

Just the bass trap and finishes. But if you want to share (or have already in another thread) I'd be interested in reading what/how you did it.

Thanks

xaMdaM · 24th July 2010

Check the studio build blog in my sig, to see the entire studio build... including the independent concrete slabs for each room, the under-slab PVC, framing and finishes.

The only real "issues" with the iso was milling the finish lumber. Cedar is rather soft, so I did run into a bit of tear out from the planer.

The framing was the real tricky part... the compound angles were rather trying. Try keeping up with opposite compound angles of 12.5 and 7.5 and watch them reverse as you frame up around the perimeter wall.... yeeeesh...

The trick to the finishes was taking my time, measuring 4 times and cutting once.... leave the cut a tad long, then trim ever so slowly until things fit.

Of course, caulking everything was a tad on the tedious side too.... LOTS of possibilities to screw up and miss things.

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droogs Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 204	is the singer looking to the panel or to the door?

27th July 2009	#4
Glenn Kuras Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 11,992	wow great job!!!

28th July 2009	#5
xaMdaM Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Graham, NC Posts: 661 Thread Starter	Thanks Glenn. The side panels are at the same angle (bottom edge) as the ceiling, and the top edges are exact opposite angles. I went across the corner at a 45' angle at the 24" point. There's 4" of 703 in the sides and the corner trap is 16" deep with the sides covered in 1" 703. I can hardly believe that the lumber used to be a tree on the property... It was taken down by an ice storm about 4 years ago, and I had it, along with a couple of red oak's, a maple and a walnut, milled into boards that have now been air drying for all this time. - Just waiting to become a part of the studio finish work. Sadly, the cedar used to be the prettiest tree on the property... almost perfectly shaped. <sigh> At least it'll live on for a long time.

21st July 2010	#7
glenn_jr Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Taiwan Posts: 188	What's the overall size of your booth? Now that' it's been in use for a year, how do you feel about it?

22nd July 2010	#9
glenn_jr Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Taiwan Posts: 188	That's great to hear. Glad it's working out for you! I may 'steal' your idea for this type of trap design. Did you encounter any major problems when building it, or did it go pretty smoothly?

23rd July 2010	#11
glenn_jr Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Taiwan Posts: 188	Just the bass trap and finishes. But if you want to share (or have already in another thread) I'd be interested in reading what/how you did it. Thanks

24th July 2010	#12
xaMdaM Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Graham, NC Posts: 661 Thread Starter	Check the studio build blog in my sig, to see the entire studio build... including the independent concrete slabs for each room, the under-slab PVC, framing and finishes. The only real "issues" with the iso was milling the finish lumber. Cedar is rather soft, so I did run into a bit of tear out from the planer. The framing was the real tricky part... the compound angles were rather trying. Try keeping up with opposite compound angles of 12.5 and 7.5 and watch them reverse as you frame up around the perimeter wall.... yeeeesh... The trick to the finishes was taking my time, measuring 4 times and cutting once.... leave the cut a tad long, then trim ever so slowly until things fit. Of course, caulking everything was a tad on the tedious side too.... LOTS of possibilities to screw up and miss things.