Clearsonic Sorbers OK for temporary recording booth?

[GeorgeG3]

Does anyone have experience with Clearsonic Sorbers to reduce reflections in a bedroom recording area?

http://www.clearsonic.com/sorber.htm

I found a very positive review of them here:

http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2006/09/clearsonic_sorbers_reduce_audi.html

I am considering buying some of these to set up a temporary recording booth in my bedroom or living room (for solo guitar music). Please share any thoughts or experiences you may have with these...

Thanks!

 

[Innovations]

From their description of them it seems that they are one and a half inch fiberglass (likely 705) covered in fabric. As such they should work, but there is nothing likely magical about them compared to absorbers you could build yourself. While they alone might be good enough for deadening a space for vocals if you were doing something with a broader frequency range you will likely want some bass traps because the thickness of the Sorber will not absorb bass as well as the mids and highs.

 

[TimOBrien]

Not a high-end solution, but here's my version of one:

http://www.palmcitystudios.com/timobrien/music/soundbooth/simplesoundbooth.html

Cheap and can be setup/disassembled in 10minutes.

 

[ThaArtist]

Not a high-end solution, but here's my version of one:

http://www.palmcitystudios.com/timobrien/music/soundbooth/simplesoundbooth.html

Cheap and can be setup/disassembled in 10minutes.

I wonder why it says point toward a corner or book shelf? Book shelf? I guess so the books act sort of as a sound diffusor? I wonder if doubling up on the moving blankets would help some too?

 

[TimOBrien]

Yes, book shelves (especially with the books stacked oddly in a varied order) act as a bass and wave absorber. Note in the photo I put a bookshelf across that entire wall.

You can certainly double up on the blankets OR you can use straps to hang panels of 703 sound insulation from the PVC top pipe behind the blankets.

You can also built 2 sets and put them together for a full booth.

The idea of the project was to do something simple and cheap that could be disassembled and keep the wifey happy....