Recent content by bassmonkey144

Probably about $150

Drum bleed is very hard to get rid of, and a couple panels of mineral wool won't really help much. If they were floor to ceiling and airtight, it would probably work, but I realize this probably isn't feasible. My system was designed to make the sound going in to the drum mics sound better, not...

They are not quite the same thing, but they have similar properties. Physically speaking, mineral wool can't hold its form by itself, it needs a frame to support it. Rigid fiberglass doesn't need a frame. I must stress that this is just one way of doing it. There are plenty of other ways. For...

That is one way to build them. There are many other ways. I designed mine specifically to work with a drum set, hence the 2x4 frame and hinges. Normal acoustic panels don't have that stuff. But the material is the same, or similar. I don't know what Gik uses, but it's either mineral wool or...

Thank you sir.

It's the scene shop at my college. We were lucky enough to get full access to it for a day. :cool:

I would say the difference is not noticeable when you are just standing there in the room listening. Maybe a little less harsh when the drummer is playing loud. But the real difference is when you listen through the mics. It sounds much better and cleaner.

I used Roxul mineral wool for everything and I got it from ATS Acoustics. The walls and the cloud are covered in red burlap. The whole project cost me about $130. I was on the fence about posting these songs when they aren't quite done yet. (we haven't recorded vocals yet) but here they are...

I just finished recording drums in a basement, coincidentally. I built a gobo to help with the sound. Check it out here. https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=277501

My band finally decided to record ourselves (well, mostly me recording us :p) but the problem was we had to record in a basement with a 7ft ceiling and about 12x20. Practicing in that basement was hard enough, the drums sounded really harsh and it was hard to hear everything properly, even when...

yes, get whatever you can to cut down on the harsh overtones from the cymbals. since it's a basement, you will get a lot of slapback echo. moving blankets will help. 703 fiberglass would be better.

if you really have to play loud, consider going to an audiologist and getting some custom ones made. they run about $120. they are great. before i got custom earplugs, i used a brand called Vader. also great stuff.

sounds like he's using a vocoder to me.

some bass amps will do that for you. the GK700rb definitely will. also, rolls makes one. http://www.activemusician.com/item--EM.RLL-SX21

but what if there isn't a hole on the front? will that affect the tone noticeably?