Fabric as room treatment

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:47 am

OK, from what I understand fabric/curtains can work well for room treatment, as long as it's heavy enough. Is that correct? Are there any other considerations here? What type of material and so on?

I have access to a large piece of heavy fabric that i'm thinking of covering with muslin left over from covering my rock wool in order to make a large, heavy curtain.

And also, being some distance away from the wall will actually increase effectiveness, right?

Basically, the space I'm trying to cover is a sort of recessed area that's about 15' long and about 4' deep. Would it work well to hang my "curtain" over that area in order to tame reflections and the like?

Thanks.

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:41 pm

Rockin,

Not really, fabric in and of itself is a pretty lousy room treatment.

"Acoustic fabrics" for example- the 701 series from gillford of maine - are meant as surface finishes over room treatments - not as treatments in and of themselves.........

I think you should read through some more threads on the matter..........

Your curtain will most probably only help with very high frequencies - not much at all........ and no way I know of to calculate for effect.......

Sincerely,

Rod

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