? About Acoustically Treating My Room

Johnkenn · 29th July 2007

Just moved in to a 20x11 room with a barn ceiling. The side walls go up to about chest height and then slope until they meet the ceiling at 9 feet...Kind of looks like this:

......_____
...../..........\
..../............\
...|..............|
...|..............|
...|_________|

Anyway - that's a really bad representation, but you can see what I'm dealing with. The room really actually sounds quite good, but I'm definitely dealing with some flutter. Can anyone suggest what product I need to get and where the best place to place it would be? I'm wanting to sing in this room - really, that's more important than listening right now. Thanks...

tINY · 29th July 2007

Once you identify which walls are creating the flutter, owens-corning 703 bassed absorbers are your best bet.

-tINY

Glenn Kuras · 29th July 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnkenn

Just moved in to a 20x11 room with a barn ceiling. The side walls go up to about chest height and then slope until they meet the ceiling at 9 feet...Kind of looks like this:

......_____
...../..........\
..../............\
...|..............|
...|..............|
...|_________|

Anyway - that's a really bad representation, but you can see what I'm dealing with. The room really actually sounds quite good, but I'm definitely dealing with some flutter. Can anyone suggest what product I need to get and where the best place to place it would be? I'm wanting to sing in this room - really, that's more important than listening right now. Thanks...

For flutter you can use (as tiny said) oc 703, but also you can us mineral wool. If the flutter is not the reflection points then for a room like yours you could us diffusion also.
How overall do you plan on treating the room?

Glenn

Eganmedia · 29th July 2007

As others have said, 703 or mineral wool will do the job of taming the flutter echoes. Figuring out what the room's modal problems are will help you figure out how to treat the room for good frequency response. Once you've added necessary trapping you can move your gear in and see whether the flutters are still an issue. Wall mounted keyboard racks, equipment racks and studio furniture can do a lot to diffuse reflections (and of course add their own). I'd suggest leaving the fine tuning until the big stuff is done and the room has gear in it.

Jeff Juliano · 29th July 2007

Go check out www.readyacoustics.com

Their traps completely transformed my hollow sounding tunnel of bad drywall into the most accurate listening and mixing environment I've ever worked in without "breaking the bank."
The company is a true pleasure to work with as well. Very helpful / knowlegeable people that care and believe in their product without all the bs.

Hope this helps.

Jeff

lowfreq33 · 29th July 2007

The shape of your room is actually pretty good. I'd start by treating the rear wall with some diffusion and the straight portions of the side walls with 703 and work in there for a few weeks. If you still feel it needs help you can add 703 a little at a time until it feels good. Here's a link to a home brew diffusor. http://www.pmerecords.com/Diffusor.cfm

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Johnkenn Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Nashville Posts: 4,168 Thread Starter 2 Reviews written	? About Acoustically Treating My Room Just moved in to a 20x11 room with a barn ceiling. The side walls go up to about chest height and then slope until they meet the ceiling at 9 feet...Kind of looks like this: ......_____ ...../..........\ ..../............\ ...\|..............\| ...\|..............\| ...\|_________\| Anyway - that's a really bad representation, but you can see what I'm dealing with. The room really actually sounds quite good, but I'm definitely dealing with some flutter. Can anyone suggest what product I need to get and where the best place to place it would be? I'm wanting to sing in this room - really, that's more important than listening right now. Thanks...

29th July 2007	#4
Eganmedia Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Burlington, Vermont USA Posts: 942	As others have said, 703 or mineral wool will do the job of taming the flutter echoes. Figuring out what the room's modal problems are will help you figure out how to treat the room for good frequency response. Once you've added necessary trapping you can move your gear in and see whether the flutters are still an issue. Wall mounted keyboard racks, equipment racks and studio furniture can do a lot to diffuse reflections (and of course add their own). I'd suggest leaving the fine tuning until the big stuff is done and the room has gear in it. __________________ Joe Egan EMP Colchester, VT USA www.eganmedia.com "I feel more like I did when I first got here than I do now."

29th July 2007	#5
Jeff Juliano Gear nut Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Rehoboth Delaware Posts: 145	Room Treatment Go check out www.readyacoustics.com Their traps completely transformed my hollow sounding tunnel of bad drywall into the most accurate listening and mixing environment I've ever worked in without "breaking the bank." The company is a true pleasure to work with as well. Very helpful / knowlegeable people that care and believe in their product without all the bs. Hope this helps. Jeff __________________ www.myspace.com/jeffjuliano

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tINY Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 10,234	Once you identify which walls are creating the flutter, owens-corning 703 bassed absorbers are your best bet. -tINY

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lowfreq33 Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,186	The shape of your room is actually pretty good. I'd start by treating the rear wall with some diffusion and the straight portions of the side walls with 703 and work in there for a few weeks. If you still feel it needs help you can add 703 a little at a time until it feels good. Here's a link to a home brew diffusor. http://www.pmerecords.com/Diffusor.cfm