Treating a rented room

jangoux · 16th August 2005

Hi,

I should be renting a place for doing recording and rehearsals on the next year, but i am a little worried with what i can do to the room. I mean, it will be a rented place, very few mods will be allowed, so i will need something to treat the room that is removable. What would be your opinions on how to handle this situation ?

The rooms (one for recording and one for mixing) probably will be square-shaped or retangle-shaped. I guess i could use MDF or another cheap 'wood' to 'unsquare' it. Would this work ?

I appreciate any feedback you can give me.

Thanks,
Ivan

xtranscendedx · 17th August 2005

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Originally Posted by jangoux

Hi,

I should be renting a place for doing recording and rehearsals on the next year, but i am a little worried with what i can do to the room. I mean, it will be a rented place, very few mods will be allowed, so i will need something to treat the room that is removable. What would be your opinions on how to handle this situation ?

The rooms (one for recording and one for mixing) probably will be square-shaped or retangle-shaped. I guess i could use MDF or another cheap 'wood' to 'unsquare' it. Would this work ?

I appreciate any feedback you can give me.

Thanks,
Ivan

im in the same situation as you im building bass traps out of owen 703 in wood frames which arent permanent so they go with you.

7161 · 17th August 2005

i know it sounds barmy, but i'm a gret beleiver in Futon matresses... Not cheap crappy fake foam-filled ones, but proper ones filled with multiple layers of cotton wadding... hang em up on walls with hooks and sewn-on cotton loops at 12" intervals to make cheap absorber panels. Roll double-sized futons up into sausages and strap them in a sausage shape with a few bungee straps to stop them unrolling, and then place the rolled-up 'sausages' in room corners standing verticaly etc.

plus you get plenty of 'crashing' beds for musician sleep-overs if you just unhook them from the walls - buy cheap s/h in the free ads and they are VERY cost effective

Ethan Winer · 17th August 2005

Ivan,

> i will need something to treat the room that is removable ... i could use MDF or another cheap 'wood' to 'unsquare' it <

If it's only for a year, I wouldn't worry about changing the room dimensions as much as just getting enough bass trapping and other acoustic treatment in there. Good bass traps, and enough of them, can pretty much remove the room from what you hear.

--Ethan

robmix · 17th August 2005

Like Ethan said don't worry about "unsquaring it", you need bass trapping and other acoustic treatments to get rid of standing waves, flutter echoes, etc. Realtraps and ASC Tubetraps will fit the bill perfectly. Both are movable.

16th August 2005	#1
jangoux Gear maniac Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 153 Thread Starter	Treating a rented room Hi, I should be renting a place for doing recording and rehearsals on the next year, but i am a little worried with what i can do to the room. I mean, it will be a rented place, very few mods will be allowed, so i will need something to treat the room that is removable. What would be your opinions on how to handle this situation ? The rooms (one for recording and one for mixing) probably will be square-shaped or retangle-shaped. I guess i could use MDF or another cheap 'wood' to 'unsquare' it. Would this work ? I appreciate any feedback you can give me. Thanks, Ivan

17th August 2005	#4
Ethan Winer Gear Guru Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Milford, CT, USA Posts: 12,050	Ivan, > i will need something to treat the room that is removable ... i could use MDF or another cheap 'wood' to 'unsquare' it < If it's only for a year, I wouldn't worry about changing the room dimensions as much as just getting enough bass trapping and other acoustic treatment in there. Good bass traps, and enough of them, can pretty much remove the room from what you hear. --Ethan __________________ Ethan's audio book is coming!

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17th August 2005	#3
7161 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,096	i know it sounds barmy, but i'm a gret beleiver in Futon matresses... Not cheap crappy fake foam-filled ones, but proper ones filled with multiple layers of cotton wadding... hang em up on walls with hooks and sewn-on cotton loops at 12" intervals to make cheap absorber panels. Roll double-sized futons up into sausages and strap them in a sausage shape with a few bungee straps to stop them unrolling, and then place the rolled-up 'sausages' in room corners standing verticaly etc. plus you get plenty of 'crashing' beds for musician sleep-overs if you just unhook them from the walls - buy cheap s/h in the free ads and they are VERY cost effective

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robmix Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,559	Like Ethan said don't worry about "unsquaring it", you need bass trapping and other acoustic treatments to get rid of standing waves, flutter echoes, etc. Realtraps and ASC Tubetraps will fit the bill perfectly. Both are movable.