Height/width of bass traps, and more...

[bennychico11]

I'm hoping to totally revamp the studio within the year or so. But for now I'm just contemplating what all I would need to or would like to do. Eventually I'll post some more questions with diagrams of the room.

Just a few questions...and maybe they're answered on Ethan's site somewhere and I've missed it.
But, I've seen so many mock-ups of studios with a single trap across the middle of the corner. And then I've also seen some filling the entire corner from ceiling to floor. I'm guessing getting rid of the corner entirely by filling it with 703 is ideal?

Also, what about the width of the corner traps? Is it ideal to have two traps aligned back to back (so it's a 4" thick trap) standing in a corner 8' tall (four total)...or having the four traps spread out next to each other, making a 2" thick trap spread 4' across (and still 8' tall)? Or even a longer width?? Resulting in removing the corner entirely and creating a "new wall" in the room.

One last thing. I'd really like to get some type of hardwood flooring and get rid of this ugly carpet. Of course, I'll need to treat the ceiling then. So I've been thinking, right now it's a drop ceiling and I would love to replace the tiles with something like this (the Woodgrille 2). Thoughts? They supposedly just lay right into T bar systems. It would seem very simple to pack each square 2' x 2' with fiberglass wrapped in black fabric and then lay these into the slots. I'm supposing it would be ideal to do the entire ceiling like this, if I do the entire room in hard wood flooring. But of course, this will depend on costs of these ceiling tiles whether or not we can cover a 240sq/ft room.
So if I opted to do only hardwood over the middle of the room at mix position (and the rest of the room carpet...sort of like this ), would treating only above the hard wood give decent results? I'm just expecting these wood ceiling tiles to be fairly pricey.

Again, just getting the brain thinking. Thanks guys.

-B

[Ethan Winer]

Benny,

> I've seen so many mock-ups of studios with a single trap across the middle of the corner. And then I've also seen some filling the entire corner from ceiling to floor. I'm guessing getting rid of the corner entirely by filling it with 703 is ideal? <

The more corner surface you cover with bass traps the better, always. You can get away with a single panel halfway up, and that's what I recommend for my products when cost is a concern.

> Is it ideal to have two traps aligned back to back (so it's a 4" thick trap) standing in a corner 8' tall (four total)...or having the four traps spread out next to each other, making a 2" thick trap spread 4' across (and still 8' tall)? <

I've never tested that particular combination. My guess is 2' wide and 4" thick is better. The only way to know for sure is to measure your room both ways.

--Ethan

[bennychico11]

Thanks Ethan.

> Is it ideal to have two traps aligned back to back (so it's a 4" thick trap) standing in a corner 8' tall (four total)...or having the four traps spread out next to each other, making a 2" thick trap spread 4' across (and still 8' tall)? <

I've never tested that particular combination. My guess is 2' wide and 4" thick is better. The only way to know for sure is to measure your room both ways.

The reason I ask is because the way the studio was currently built before I got here is with a 7' wide bass trap in two of the corner (and various sizes in the others)....6 panels wide and about 4" thick (made with two rows of 2"). So basically they've turned the room into an octagonal shape. The room sounds great now as it is, I just want to renovate and maybe take back some of the space these corner traps are taking up (by my calculations, an extra 30sq/ft). And then get some extra absorbers/diffusers on the walls.

What did you think about my last question, Ethan? Is that a typical way to treat a ceiling when putting in hardwood?

Thanks again.