which ceiling design for a small room with drop ceiling?

pilldriver · 12th April 2008, 09:20 PM

hey there

my "control room" ist 5m long and 3,5 m wide.

the backwall ist treatet with hangers (best improvement, thanks to john sayers forum

)

i have a drop ceiling (2.3 meters) with homosote plates.the problem ist they dont absorb much low frequencies , so i have a very disturbing mode @148hz.

i have angled for experiments the ceiling above mix position and it seems much better.

should i go for "expansion ceiling" with a "V" or only going higher from front to rear.....or maybe compression ceiling

...or just place some aborbers(which i dont really like)

cheers

Ethan Winer · 13th April 2008, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilldriver

should i go for "expansion ceiling" with a "V" or only going higher from front to rear.....or maybe compression ceiling

...or just place some aborbers(which i dont really like)

I think absorbers is your best solution.

--Ethan

moracspace · 13th April 2008, 04:02 PM

Yeah,A large 4in cloud above the mix position.

pilldriver · 14th April 2008, 05:27 AM

thanks for suggestion,

i also go for absorbtion now.i will replace these tiles with some fabric.
does it make sense to angle the ceiling for different spacing of the fiberglass layers?

greets

Throttler · 14th April 2008, 05:42 AM

Both would be the ideal. Angle+cloud.

Ethan Winer · 14th April 2008, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilldriver

does it make sense to angle the ceiling for different spacing of the fiberglass layers?

Angling a drop ceiling is mostly pointless. And angling the absorption isn't useful either. Once the absorption is in place the reflections are stopped, and that's the main goal here.

--Ethan

pilldriver · 15th April 2008, 05:10 AM

here is a link to some pics to see what i mean Mainpage_Sjoko ( go to UPDATE3 and the last pics) ...i think the goal was to have on the front and rear of the ceiling more absorbtion to the low freqs. so the absorbtion becomes more broadband.

i want to make the same just with another framing

what you guys think about that?

greets

Ethan Winer · 15th April 2008, 05:00 PM

Are you talking about angling a rigid ceiling, or angling a suspended grid only?

pilldriver · 15th April 2008, 08:32 PM

hi ethan,

a suspended grid only!

Ethan Winer · 15th April 2008, 09:01 PM

Then just leave everything flat.

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12th April 2008, 09:20 PM	#1
pilldriver Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 36	which ceiling design for a small room with drop ceiling? hey there my "control room" ist 5m long and 3,5 m wide. the backwall ist treatet with hangers (best improvement, thanks to john sayers forum) i have a drop ceiling (2.3 meters) with homosote plates.the problem ist they dont absorb much low frequencies , so i have a very disturbing mode @148hz. i have angled for experiments the ceiling above mix position and it seems much better. should i go for "expansion ceiling" with a "V" or only going higher from front to rear.....or maybe compression ceiling ...or just place some aborbers(which i dont really like) cheers Attached Thumbnails

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15th April 2008, 09:01 PM	#10
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14th April 2008, 05:27 AM	#4
pilldriver Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 36	thanks for suggestion, i also go for absorbtion now.i will replace these tiles with some fabric. does it make sense to angle the ceiling for different spacing of the fiberglass layers? greets

14th April 2008, 05:42 AM	#5
Throttler Gear Head Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 63	Both would be the ideal. Angle+cloud.

15th April 2008, 05:10 AM	#7
pilldriver Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 36	here is a link to some pics to see what i mean Mainpage_Sjoko ( go to UPDATE3 and the last pics) ...i think the goal was to have on the front and rear of the ceiling more absorbtion to the low freqs. so the absorbtion becomes more broadband. i want to make the same just with another framing what you guys think about that? greets

15th April 2008, 08:32 PM	#9
pilldriver Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 36	hi ethan, a suspended grid only!

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