My first room measurement... Aargh!

[Finnish]

Now that's what I call a challenge...

Room looks like this from same spot:
http://www.ukkohapponen.fi/media/Gal...SNH%20live.JPG

http://www.ukkohapponen.fi/media/Gal...positiooon.JPG

[Ethan Winer]

That's typical for a small untreated room. The solution is bass traps, though I bet you already know that. Heh

--Ethan

[Finnish]

Yeah, I knew bass traps is the way to go. This is my first touch to acoustics so I'm quite open to ideas..

My budjet at the moment is more than tight, so commercial bass traps are out of the question (some day..).

What's the best DIY way to make bass traps? Links?

[therealbigd]

Originally Posted by Finnish

What's the best DIY way to make bass traps? Links?

How I built my bass traps...

not how I actually built my bass traps, just the name of the page!

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by Finnish

What's the best DIY way to make bass traps? Links?

Tons of info here:

Acoustics FAQ

--Ethan

[DanDan]

One of the best performers and also one of the easiest to do and best looking. They take a lot of fibre but the low density fibres, 703 or even lighter, say 2pcf or 32KG Cubic Metre, actually work best in this design and are cheap. Even the fluffy stuff will work quite will but will make life difficult in terms of containing it. Clever design. Corner Traps finally finished! - Home Theater Forum - Home Theater Systems - HomeTheaterShack.com
DD

[Finnish]

Ok, here's my shot (photos), took 3 hours to make 4 traps. Easy with decoration, though..

Acoustic noob workshop

Still need to remove the shelf and sink around monitors etc, but hopefully I'm on the wagon.. I'm making about three more traps next week, for ceiling and for the wall behind monitors (after I've removed the shelf).

Doing the right thing or not? Hints?

[Yiannis]

Very nice man.

You could also cut some holes to the frame.

My basstraps

[Finnish]

Originally Posted by Yiannis

Very nice man.

You could also cut some holes to the frame.

Damn, wish I'd known that before. In real life, how much it makes a difference?

[Yiannis]

Originally Posted by Finnish

Damn, wish I'd known that before. In real life, how much it makes a difference?

I think thats a question for the experts, but the more rockwool is exposed the better.

[Finnish]

Some updates: I've added traps to ceiling, starting here:

More room tuning

[Finnish]

And here's latest photo with all trapping-materials on the wall, I'll try to do some measurements tomorrow

Traps on the wall

[PaulP]

Paul P

[Finnish]

Originally Posted by PaulP

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Paul P

Compared to what I'm used to, I'm shocked! It just feels amazing when you can really hear/feel kick&bass plus you hear how they sound...!

I hope I have to time to do measurements with Audix mic and Room EQ Wiz tonight. But the difference is huge, gotta luuuv it!

[DanDan]

Well done. I hope your success and pleasure will encourage others to do the work.
DD

[Glenn Kuras]

Nicely done. Would like to see you straddle some corners though. That is where the low end builds up the most.

[DanDan]

Nicely done. Would like to see you straddle some corners though. That is where the low end builds up the most.

Steady on Glenn, this is a family oriented site......


DD

[Finnish]

Thanks guys!

Ok, I did some measurements with Room EQ Wizard and Audix measurement mic, as close as I could according to REW guide.

I made two runs:

First run with REW and I wondered how to make it even better. Traps behind monitors were attached to wall and there was no space behind them. So I made took those off of the wall a bit. Naturally second run with the "modification". I'd say there is a difference?

Here we go (sorry for stupid zooms, should've made'em more precise)

Orig filter adjust
Second run

Orig waterfall
Second run

Orig TR60
Second run

Filter adjust-tab and waterfall, those I understand, but what does that TR60 mean?

Originally Posted by Glenn Kuras

Nicely done. Would like to see you straddle some corners though. That is where the low end builds up the most.

I run out of material, corners will be the next mission almost impossible..

[Finnish]

Some additional little traps on top corners. I'm settled right now with my setup, listening position sounds really good now!

Setup