bass traps or murder?

[feyshay]

Late last night, I decided to play a little acoustic guitar (through the monitors at a low volume). The room is a pretty good one. However, I hear a thumping on the wall (which is an indication that my wife can hear the rumble of bass). I'm thinking... do I get rid of her or not. Or could bass traps help the rumble. I've got some nice book cases in the two other corners, but the corner and wall below the master bedroom has little bass absorption.
Will bass traps seriously help my situation or do I have to look at divorce or some sort of freak accident?
Your advice would be appreciated.

[SRS]

You need either dense mass or separation from the area you want to isolate. Those are your two other options. Bass trapping will generally only help you with the actual acoustics within the room by flattening out the bass frequency response of the room itself. It will do little to keep the low freqs inside that room though. I say get rid of the wife. It's easier...

[neekolas]

Definitely kill her......

[octatonic]

Originally Posted by feyshay

Late last night, I decided to play a little acoustic guitar (through the monitors at a low volume). The room is a pretty good one. However, I hear a thumping on the wall (which is an indication that my wife can hear the rumble of bass). I'm thinking... do I get rid of her or not. Or could bass traps help the rumble. I've got some nice book cases in the two other corners, but the corner and wall below the master bedroom has little bass absorption.
Will bass traps seriously help my situation or do I have to look at divorce or some sort of freak accident?
Your advice would be appreciated.

In short, no.

Acoustic treatment is different from sound isolation.
The only way to really attenuate the amount of bass going through the walls is to physically decouple the room.

[No4PCs]

Maybe double drywall with fiberglass inside...to separate the rooms !Cheap and funcionability. Peace

[Ethan Winer]

I vote for "freak accident" because murder is too obvious.

The advice you got is correct - acoustic treatment and bass traps are not effective for sound isolation. Even though sound treatment and sound isolation both fall under the umbrella of "acoustics" they are very different. Mostly opposite in fact.

--Ethan

[mtstudi@pacbell]

Headphones for you, earplugs for wife.

The vibration is one problem of bass escaping that can only be fixed with floating floors ceilings and walls.

good luck

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[SK1]

You haven't trained you're wife to be cooperative yet ?????




O noooo .........
Mine is standing behind me right NOW.

If I don't buy her a convertible ........

I'M DEAD

[Slater]

Your all forgeting the most important detail... everything depends on:

WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE!!!

[feyshay]

Originally Posted by Slater

Your all forgeting the most important detail... everything depends on:

WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE!!!

Of course, it doesn't really matter what she looks like when she is sleeping or trying to sleep.
Thanks for the advice. I'll try to keep the bass turned down. Bass traps are in my future anyway, but one thing at a time. It really isn't too much of a problem when I'm mixing since I tend to keep the volume down, but when I'm playing, that's another thing.

[u b k]

i know this is crazy, but maybe when your woman is sleeping, you could just play the acoustic guitar... acoustically? out of respect and consideration for her?


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[tINY]

There's a reason for the term "woodshedding".

Make all efforts to build a separate structure for the studio/jam shed.

In the meantime - a nightcap for wifey, a HPF on the system, or (God forbid) turn it down....




-tINY