Soundman2020 - Studio Design Forum

Phase 3 – reflective panels Glenn had made a great job of designing something I could make as an amateur woodworker, that would be cheap and would look good (not to mention have a positive impact on the sound). He designed two panels, one larger and one smaller, and I would need to make 5 of the sma...

Long time readers may remember I was debating what to do about the heater, and in the end I affixed 18mm MDF to the stud wall, thus level with the material that surrounded it, and fixed the heater to the MDF. The material is therefore behind the MDF rather than directly behind the heater. 11 materia...

Phase 2 – prepare the room Before I describe what was added to the room, I’ll recap to explain what the room had by way of treatment already. The soffit walls had hangers underneath the shelf, and rockwool stuffed in the cavity above the soffit front – this can be seen in my last pictures in my prev...

I then set about adding a new, third, layer to the front. Previously I’d had an OSB then a plywood layer, so I bought some 18mm MDF and added that between the OSB and ply. 21a B OSB on.JPG 21b B MDF on.JPG 21c screws in .JPG 22 finished wall.JPG At the end of what felt like a lot of work, the room l...

Phase 1 – improve the soffit mounting Glenn proposed that my soffit mounting wasn’t working as well as it could. In the first incarnation, despite calculating, measuring and cutting carefully it seemed my boxes were compressing the sorbothane hemispheres more than they should, so the speaker vibrati...

Hi hard grafting studio builders It’s been a long time since I posted, and that’s because I’ve spent the last 9 months focusing on learning about marketing, promotion and business process improvement. I did an accelerated course and then it’s been a slow journey but I’m starting to get somewhere. I’...

Hi Sam, it was from u-spec insulation ltd. I've send you the invoice so you can see the details.

It came on a pallet as minimum order was 15m and I was lucky to sell the half I didn't use to Jennifer (Endorka)!
Cheers
Gareth

Thanks! Would love to see your video when you’ve done it
Gareth

Thanks for this both. As I've already bought this and it works well as a heater, I'm not keen to change it. I could box it in, but that would need to be in the context of other treatment to be applied to that wall which I don't have a plan for at the moment. The cloth is fire retardant, but as we're...

Hi guys, am going to do some finishing details over the next few weeks, and one thing has been bothering me... I had planned for all of the side walls to be covered in fabric panels, and have done this for about 1/2 the studio already. One of the walls has an electric heater mounted to it and I had ...

Thanks both!! much appreciated

Thanks Dio. I'll delve back in to the John Sayers forum and find his stuff on slat absorbers.

Your desk doesn't look much different to mine, based on Stuart's design elsewhere on this forum. I like your legs, and might borrow a similar concept when I come to make a better version of my desk.

Gareth

Thanks Jennifer. I was quite tired when I did that post on Friday and got the dimensions and their modes confused. I think you're right that there are phase interactions changing the 55Hz as you move through the space. There is 100mm think treatment at 1st reflection point from mix position, which w...

Thanks for the reply, Glenn. I didn’t realise the hard backed cloud was your concept - do you think it would help in my room?

Cheers
Gareth

Update - listening again with fresh ears I've put the listening position back where it was. I didn't like how it sounded being so close to the monitors, so I think it's back to treatment options. I've messaged Stuart for some paid advice, but if anyone has any thoughts I'd appreciate it. Considering...