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Old 15th September 2007, 09:37 PM   #1
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My basstraps

Hi guys!

I just finished my ceiling cloud ,35cm thick,and I got spare rockwool.

so I thought about making some more basstraps folowing Ethans advice that the more basstraps the better.

So there are made from two layers of rockwool 120 x 60 x 5 each.
Rockwool is 75kg/m3.
Total thickness is 10 cm and I made a lot of holes around the frame to let the sound waves get in.

The white cloth is not the final.Its just a material that will not let the rockwool fibers come out.
I will put the real cloth above it later

If I put these panels side by side should I leave a space between ?

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Old 16th September 2007, 03:05 PM   #2
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If I put these panels side by side should I leave a space between ?
No for the ceiling you want to butt them up together. Be sure though to space them off the ceiling a couple inches.

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Old 16th September 2007, 07:50 PM   #3
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thank you Glenn.

So for wall placement how much space between the panels is ideal?
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Old 17th September 2007, 12:33 AM   #4
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thank you Glenn.

So for wall placement how much space between the panels is ideal?
For the side walls you want to butt them together also. I assume you are putting these in the first reflection points?

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Old 17th September 2007, 04:57 AM   #5
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yes its for the first reflection points spacing 10cm from the walls.

Would you please explain why butting them together is better than leaving a space between them?
I thought that a space will leave the sides exposed thas more apsorbing area

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yes its for the first reflection points spacing 10cm from the walls.

Would you please explain why butting them together is better than leaving a space between them?
I thought that a space will leave the sides exposed thas more apsorbing area

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For the reflection points you are just covering the area to stop reflections from hitting you. If you put a space between them you are going to have a area that could cause sound to reflect and hit you. Now with that said if you end up with a 2 to 3" gap between them you should be fine because of the angle, but to make sure I would butt them together.



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