Please help me tune my studio apartment studio

enroper · 8th December 2009

No, that's not a typo. I'm trying to make a studio apartment, into a studio

So far, this is what I have:

Four 4" OC 703 homemade bass traps in the corners of the main "room".

Four 2" OC 703 absorbers on wall where mix station is.

I've uploaded a couple pictures, and a waterfall graph from Room EQ wizard.

The room still sounds too "live". And I'm wondering where else I have to treat. Of course, I'm pretty limited in budge for this next batch of acoustics as well.

There are hardwood floors with a large area rug that must stay on it. An exposed brick wall, and the other walls are old hard plaster.

From the pics, can somebody help me decide what next? I'm thinking I need to start messing around with some moving blankets and such to get some sort of isolation.

Glenn Kuras · 8th December 2009

A few things I can see.

1)You need a ton more bass trapping that should be straddling corners.
2)Panels on the ceiling above the mix spot
3)THICK absorption on the back wall.

El-Roy · 8th December 2009

Hey Enroper, where did you find the OC 703? I live in South Jersey and could not for the life of me find this stuff. I called around one place to the next and used their reccomendations and so on. I managed to find something similar, but I plan on building more and would like to know where I can find this stuff. Of course you may have ordered it online, but if you know of a local supplier please hit me up. Thanks!

8th December 2009	#1
enroper Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Philly Suburbs, Pennsylvania Posts: 621 Thread Starter	Please help me tune my studio apartment studio No, that's not a typo. I'm trying to make a studio apartment, into a studio So far, this is what I have: Four 4" OC 703 homemade bass traps in the corners of the main "room". Four 2" OC 703 absorbers on wall where mix station is. I've uploaded a couple pictures, and a waterfall graph from Room EQ wizard. The room still sounds too "live". And I'm wondering where else I have to treat. Of course, I'm pretty limited in budge for this next batch of acoustics as well. There are hardwood floors with a large area rug that must stay on it. An exposed brick wall, and the other walls are old hard plaster. From the pics, can somebody help me decide what next? I'm thinking I need to start messing around with some moving blankets and such to get some sort of isolation. Attached Thumbnails __________________ graphic & web designer / musician / geek :: design: www.edroper.com music: http://facebook.com/pointatob "Don't ask me to speak f'in english again. I'm in Canada, I speak canadian man..."

8th December 2009	#2
Glenn Kuras Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 11,995	A few things I can see. 1)You need a ton more bass trapping that should be straddling corners. 2)Panels on the ceiling above the mix spot 3)THICK absorption on the back wall. __________________ 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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8th December 2009	#3
El-Roy Gear maniac Joined: Feb 2009 Location: USA Posts: 179	Hey Enroper, where did you find the OC 703? I live in South Jersey and could not for the life of me find this stuff. I called around one place to the next and used their reccomendations and so on. I managed to find something similar, but I plan on building more and would like to know where I can find this stuff. Of course you may have ordered it online, but if you know of a local supplier please hit me up. Thanks!