i have 10 Sonex pyramid... now where... how many

chromatronic · 15th August 2009

Hello guys

i know that question come up often but as everyone room is different and as i only have 10 sonex... i prefered to ask you before putting them on sunday...

here is the deal... my room is a rectangle of 2.58m x 3.95meters.
i have 10 sonex pyramid of 3" thick and 61x61cm... i though about maybe using 4 panels for the first reflection in my mix position so one for each side and 2 for the ceilling... then i could have 4 more for the back of the room and still have 2 for my walking closet that i would like to use as a recordind booth for singer.

or should i use more foam in the mix area like 4 for the ceilling or 2 on each side etc etc... i dont know what to do

i have a carpet on the floor under my chair on the mix area.
the wall on the back of my monitors is covered with wood.
i use blue sky system so its 2 monitors and a subwoofer that will be under my desk...

i already have bough two Auralex Gramma, one for the sub and one to put my mac pro on and external hard drive on the side so they will be less noisy (not so much noisy already but i though it can be usefull and also then my mac pro is not directly on the floor... with dust -=- )

can you help me a bit ?

thanks

Glenn Kuras · 15th August 2009

First of all you should take advantage of any help the company might give you. Have you contacted them to ask? I would be interested in there thoughts. But with that said I would focus that foam on the early reflection points, as you pointed out, but would not for the back wall. You really need THICK (I like 6") absorption back there.
I did not hear anything about bass trapping. Are you going to work on that part?

chromatronic · 15th August 2009

i didnt buy directly from SONEX as iam in japan i could buy only from a store..
My japanese being limited anyway i couldnt have asked too much lol

i dont know what to do for bass traping iam soon out of money lol but i do have those !0 sonex... i though its better than nothing

ok then i will concentrate in the front, for the first reflexions...

ah the back would need 6" ! thats why its better to use diffuser for the back ?

Actualy for the story lol i contacted your company first, but saddly it was too much for the shipping for me so i couldnt order from you but i would have liked...

chromatronic · 15th August 2009

by the way those foam being 60x60 cm should i use one or two on each side wall ? and if two, is it better to put 2 horizontaly of verticaly with the center at tweeted and hear level ?

Glenn Kuras · 17th August 2009

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ah the back would need 6" ! thats why its better to use diffuser for the back ?

Diffusion would be used for the high end, while the thick absorption would be used for the low end. The ideal way to do it (if you are more then 6 feet from the back wall) is to mix both to control both. If you room is small then just stick with the absorption.

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Actualy for the story lol i contacted your company first, but saddly it was too much for the shipping for me so i couldnt order from you but i would have liked...

Looks like we need to open our Asian branch soon!!!!!!!!!

chromatronic · 24th August 2009

well then until now my room became this.... with your help

i will put diffuser on the back and make some bass trap...

the picture is not so straight sorry about that lol

Glenn Kuras · 24th August 2009

You can put diffusion on the back wall but also put some thick absorption to help with nulls and peaks coming from that area.

15th August 2009	#1
chromatronic Gear addict Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Tokyo Posts: 350 Thread Starter	i have 10 Sonex pyramid... now where... how many Hello guys i know that question come up often but as everyone room is different and as i only have 10 sonex... i prefered to ask you before putting them on sunday... here is the deal... my room is a rectangle of 2.58m x 3.95meters. i have 10 sonex pyramid of 3" thick and 61x61cm... i though about maybe using 4 panels for the first reflection in my mix position so one for each side and 2 for the ceilling... then i could have 4 more for the back of the room and still have 2 for my walking closet that i would like to use as a recordind booth for singer. or should i use more foam in the mix area like 4 for the ceilling or 2 on each side etc etc... i dont know what to do i have a carpet on the floor under my chair on the mix area. the wall on the back of my monitors is covered with wood. i use blue sky system so its 2 monitors and a subwoofer that will be under my desk... i already have bough two Auralex Gramma, one for the sub and one to put my mac pro on and external hard drive on the side so they will be less noisy (not so much noisy already but i though it can be usefull and also then my mac pro is not directly on the floor... with dust -=- ) can you help me a bit ? thanks

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Glenn Kuras Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 11,992	First of all you should take advantage of any help the company might give you. Have you contacted them to ask? I would be interested in there thoughts. But with that said I would focus that foam on the early reflection points, as you pointed out, but would not for the back wall. You really need THICK (I like 6") absorption back there. I did not hear anything about bass trapping. Are you going to work on that part? __________________ Glenn Kuras GIK Acoustics USA GIK Acoustics Europe 770 986 2789 (USA) +44 (0) 20 7558 8976 (UK) See the NEW Scopus Tuned Trap

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Glenn Kuras Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 11,992	You can put diffusion on the back wall but also put some thick absorption to help with nulls and peaks coming from that area.