703 panels

Let me start by apologizing for the length of this post.

"I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter." Blaise Pascal

Rod, Space, et al :



I'm researching absorption coefficients on OC 703 and 701.



According to Bob Gold's Chart, 703 2" (plain) mounted flush to wall has the following properties:



125 250 500 1k 2k 4k NRC

0.17 0.86 1.14 1.07 1.02 0.98 1.00

Alright so as most once were, I am new to recording and am trying to figure out some very beginnerish things.



First off I know the sound that I will be getting out of a home studio is no where near as good as it would sound out of a professional one, more or less because of my experience, room settings and such.

What is the best route, gear wise, for creating a home studio? What gear will I need? I recently built a computer and was wondering if I should do computer based recording. Any gear or tips are welcomed, thanks.

I'm in the market for my first pair of studio monitors and I have been reading some previous threads/doing a bit of research and have decided to post my experience so far/discuss some of what I'm thinking about.

What would be best to use to control the first reflections from my monitors if the ceiling is only 7ft 3in. I have some OC703 panels i'm putting above where the drum kit and percussion will be and i'm wondering if I should save some panels to control reflections above my mixing setup or if I should have some diffusion there.

I just got my firepod today and after lots of fooling around have finally got it to work with Sonar 4. ASIO can be a huge pain in the ass. Anyways, in my old band we used to record everything into an Alesis mixer then from there we would put it into the mic input on our computer.

Wow, I am new to this forum and never thought foam and panel traps could create so much "excitement".



Anyway - I am looking to treat a basement studio (15X40, app. 8 foot drywall ceilings) and feel that the foam corner absorbers offer the best bang for the buck in low frequency absorbtion.

Okeydokey, I'm tired of not being able to hear anything in my studio. It's a spare bedroom with nice square walls and a closet with a building structure that resonates merrily with any bass coming out of my monitors.



I'd like to acoustically treat it. I don't want it live. I want it DEAD :)



FF