In a quandry about where to put bass traps

[Rudiger]

From your diagram, I assume the speakers are in both corners.

I think the very first thing would be mirroring the laterals, where the first reflections occur. Only then I would try to measure the room response. It may be the case that the vanishing 150 Hz are easily dealt with knowing the speaker response in the room and compensation.

What monitors are you using? Front or back?

Let's hear for what more knowledgeable folks have to say.

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by salbinti

I cant put bass traps in the left corner behind me, nor in the right corner behind me.

Sure you can! Put one trap on each door, and another on the adjacent wall. If you space them out 2 to 4 inches, all the better. The photo below show how my partner did that in his home studio. Further, there are additional corners at the top of each wall where they meet the ceiling, and yet more at the bottom by the floor.

--Ethan

The Acoustic Treatment Experts

[salbinti]

Originally Posted by Ethan Winer

Put one trap on each door, and another on the adjacent wall.

Ah! Was not aware you could do that - I thought that bass traps had to go on the floor in the corners, and acoustic panels were for the walls. Ok, thanks!

[jwl]

Also don't forget about wall/ceiling corners, and even wall/floor corners.

You can use this listening test to find the spots with the biggest bass buildups in the room. Any spot with a bass buildup is a good place to install a bass trap.
RealTraps - Filtered Noise

[Glenn Kuras]

Originally Posted by jwl

Also don't forget about wall/ceiling corners, and even wall/floor corners.
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Yes kind of like the following where you can do a soffit design. It looks pretty damn cool and works quite well.

[Tomiboy]

Hey man, Your saving grace is the fact that the door at the back corner opens outward not in. If you are worried about the look of the room you could still create a corner Foam trap that is partially fixed to the door and simply follows the rotation at the hinge point, just don't make it so big that it blocks the doorway when you open it. This should work if you have 820mm wide doors and it won't make the opening to narrow. It would also allow you to create a seamless joint through the foam trap that would be almost invisible when the door is closed. The side door simply needs an absorber so is not a real big issue. You could also hang panel traps on the side walls, door and rear wall which would work well but might look a bit rough. A lot will depend on how handy you are and how much money you want to spend. You can also treat the corners at the ceiling to help tame the low end issues.

Lots of ways to skin a cat mate.

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