where should i place my acoutic panells?

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:36 pm

So i was wondering about placment of pannels, i know the corner ones should be ceiling hight adn im gonna do that, but the panels in front of the monitors, behind the person sitting, should they be touching the ground? Or can they be mounted to save some money?
thanks for the help

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:09 am

Major reflection points?

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:52 pm

marshall92 wrote:

the panels in front of the monitors, behind the person sitting, should they be touching the ground?

All rooms need corner bass trapping, plus absorption at the side-wall and ceiling reflection points. The rear wall behind you is also important to treat, especially if it's closer than about ten feet away. Treating it at ear level is most important, but extending the treatment from floor to ceiling helps further.

--Ethan

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:20 pm

thank youuu.
hey, uhm, i know baout the breath test of fabric adn everything, but i wanted to paint and draw on my traps.
Will this ruin the fabric for the trap?
thanks in advance

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:21 pm

and also, could you tell me what the diffrence between a bass trap and an acoustic pannel is.
i Heard bass trap is thicker, but to get highs and mids acoustic panels are thinner
thanks for the help

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:49 pm

"thank youuu.
hey, uhm, i know baout the breath test of fabric adn everything, but i wanted to paint and draw on my traps.
Will this ruin the fabric for the trap?
thanks in advance"

I've been looking into this. The paint is slightly shinier than the canvas, so slightly more reflections...
However, if you can find material with large holes in it, then can paint without filling in the holes it should work fine.

Do it even if it makes things sound worse. Good visuals make for a good atmosphere and the atmosphere will flavor any recording way more than acoustics.

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:13 pm

thank youuu

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:21 pm

Greener wrote:

I've been looking into this. The paint is slightly shinier than the canvas, so slightly more reflections...

Who could tell really? :roll:

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:02 pm

Psycho Acoustics.

Like setting levels by looking at meters...

Hearing frequencies and relating them to colours.

People can "tell" all kinds of shit. ;P

What I want to know is, if it isn't such a bad thing, why are so many acoustic panels so drab?

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:59 am

on the bass traps.net forum i asked the same questionad n someone said it would adffect the high adn mid frequecny absorbtion. I hope thast not true by that much..

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:21 am

In which case use a slightly lighter weave of cotton, that still has the "breathe through" qualities and use ink, which will dye more than paint will cover. Stick that on basstraps.net.

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:53 am

marshall92 wrote:

and also, could you tell me what the diffrence between a bass trap and an acoustic pannel is.

Many bass traps are the same as panels meant for mid and high frequencies, but thicker. Thick panels absorb mids and highs too, but go lower than thin ones. That is, the thicker the panel, the lower it absorbs to.

As for painting them, if you use water color paints or fabric dye that should not affect absorption much if at all.

--Ethan

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:21 pm

thank you for the helpp. I will sue water colors, than ks for the advice everyone

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:32 pm

"I will sue water colors,"

What did they ever do to you!

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:25 am

LOLLL
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