acoustic panels for my booth

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:21 pm

My booth is a room full of concrete that is 4'W X 7'L with a 6.5 ceiling and I dont want to foam it up, so i was wondering if i can use these panels to cover up the booth inside completely.

http://www.audimutesoundproofing.com/Audimute-Panel.aspx

Lets just go by the NRC numbers and tell me if they will absorb well enough for my booth that will be used for vocals only.

I wouldn't mind having a booth that is dead I just dont want a muddy boxy sound.

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:42 pm

Yeah, that's probably okay, but plan on a LOT of panels in a room that small and made of cement.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:56 pm

Would placing 1/2" sheetrock on the structure before the panels help in any way?

What about placing the panels so that a gap exists between the concrete and panels OR the panels and the sheetrock?

I'm looking at the sheet rock as a means to get a handle on the reflective nature of corncrete:)

Brien

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:27 am

I just saw an ad banner on RO for Real Traps:
http://www.realtraps.com/
I was going through their site before I read this and it seems you may find your answer there. They also have a device called the 'Portable Vocal Booth' that may interest you.

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:49 pm

talktruthandbe wrote:

I wouldn't mind having a booth that is dead I just dont want a muddy boxy sound.

In my experience a dead room will give you dead music dynamically speaking. IMHO I think you need to break up the surface rather than cover it completely. You need a little bit of movement off the concrete to give your vox a bit of life.
Whilst you want to get rid of most of the reflection, a little bit of bounce kills the mud. Thumbs Up

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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:13 pm

hey sights i understand what you are saying and it makes sense but the reason why I was thinking about making it completley dead is because the room is so small that i thought i needed as much absorption possible and the panels i want to purchase i think dont do very well at 125hz the nrc is .35 is that good or is .35 going to do basically nothing?

I just want to spend my money the right way i dont want to waste it because I already wasted $100 dollars on on some foam from foambymail........that SHlt sucks.

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:00 pm

Check out:
http://www.atsacoustics.com/item--ATS-Acoustic-Panel-24x48x4--1008.html

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:32 am

Space wrote:

Would placing 1/2" sheetrock on the structure before the panels help in any way?

No that is not going to do anything to help the sound. Your best to place the panels on the wall and space them 2 to 4" if you can.
You may want to also put a few bass traps in that room if you can fit them. Forget the drywall. Very Happy

Glenn

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:26 pm

The portable vocal booth works great.

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:33 pm

myfipie wrote:

Space wrote:

Would placing 1/2" sheetrock on the structure before the panels help in any way?

No that is not going to do anything to help the sound. Your best to place the panels on the wall and space them 2 to 4" if you can.
You may want to also put a few bass traps in that room if you can fit them. Forget the drywall. :D

Glenn

'Preciatte ya wiatin' 2 weeks and then pointin' that outon my dime boss.

Brien

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