Acoustics/Treatment Reference Guide - LOOK HERE!

[jimmyboy7]

Originally Posted by Ethan Winer

I don't want to bloat this thread with chit chat, but this is an important point:

Gearslutz is a public forum. This means you ask questions in public, and one or more people will reply to help you. The advantage is that everyone sees the answers and benefits, not just you. This also gives Jens fodder for links to important topics.

So please don't send PMs asking people to give you one on one personal private consulting. Most of the experts here charge for private consulting, even though they gladly pitch in publicly.

--Ethan

Ok, thanks Ethan. My public question is:

Why are so many studios enamored with wood flooring? Why not have carpet to reduce reflections?

[Syncamorea]

I think part of it is that carpet is absorptive, but is biased towards the mids and highs. Particularly in smaller rooms, that's not the part of the spectrum you want to be absorbing.

Another aspect is that you can use a cloud to offer broadband absorption or frequency-targeted absorption or diffusion and it can be tailored to the room's needs. For example you can control flutter with a cloud. So you don't really need to use carpet, especially considering it probably isn't doing the thing you want it to in the first place.

And, but, also, carpet leads to static electricity and that is some seriously bad ju-ju.

[Jens Eklund]

Flooring question

[jimmyboy7]

Originally Posted by Jens Eklund

Flooring question

Thank you, do you think if I already have carpet it is worth it acoustically to get pergo or cement? Doesn't really improve acoustics that much?

[Ethan Winer]

Flutter echo is a pitched "boyng" sound you hear when you clap your hands in an empty room, and it's caused by sound waves bouncing back and forth repeatedly between two parallel surfaces. But it can be difficult to identify which pair of surfaces is the main source of flutter echo, especially when the floor is reflective too. This new article and frequency chart helps to determine where acoustic treatment is best applied:

Flutter Echo to Distance Chart

I hope folks find this useful.

--Ethan

[Tieg]

The link referred to as 2b in the opening paragraph does not seem to be working.

[Glenn Kuras]

Just posted an article on understanding decay times. Hope this helps.

Understanding Decay Time and Waterfall Graphs - GIK Acoustics

[Ethan Winer]

Thanks to Glenn for suggesting this article and spreadsheet should be included:

Surface Reflectivity

--Ethan

[SörenHjalmarsson]

Zup fellows!

Every week there are a couple of threads started concerning the subject of "closet vocal booths" and/or the like... I feel that making a more specific piece of advice regarding that particular subject more conspicuos here couldn't hurt - so here it is:

John H. Brandt - The Myth of The Booth

Less low mid mud to the people!!!

[Torea]

Yo! Thanks to everyone for keeping this going. I wish I could edit in all the stuff that people want to add, but as some may have noticed, the admins have put a limit on how long the "Edit" button is available for a given post. When I messaged them about it a while back, they said they're working on it but that it could take a while. Apparently, it's taking a while...

Nonetheless, keep posting! Still a great resource, eh?

Originally Posted by Tieg

The link referred to as 2b in the opening paragraph does not seem to be working.

Sorry 'bout that. Looks like the folks at GIK remodeled their page and shook some things up. Maybe Glenn can post a similar/comparable link, if he hasn't already.

[DanDan]

+1 Torea. The removal of the EDIT after a long time period seems on the surface like a good idea. But it has this one flaw of removing the possibility of change in reference documents. No change = no life IMO.
Luckily I included a Link to a live site on my Measurement Primer initial Post. This was pure accident, not foresight.
I suggest you bring up the EDIT issue in the Forum Issues sub forum.
DD

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by Ethan Winer

I don't want to bloat this thread with chit chat, but this is an important point:

Gearslutz is a public forum. This means you ask questions in public, and one or more people will reply to help you. The advantage is that everyone sees the answers and benefits, not just you. This also gives Jens fodder for links to important topics.

So please don't send PMs asking people to give you one on one personal private consulting. Most of the experts here charge for private consulting, even though they gladly pitch in publicly.

--Ethan

Been getting a lot of pm's from people as of lately. I just wanted to push this up a bit for people to read.

[jmts4411]

Geniuses on this site! Ive never been more informed! Hey Ethan, still selling RealTraps?

[Ethan Winer]

^^^ Yes, though I'm out of the loop for most day to day operations. Jim Lindenschmidt (jwl here in the forums) now mostly runs the show.

--Ethan