Recent content by Eric Best

Hey Rick, When your favorite bar is closed you have to go hang at your old favorite. I'm going to be away from a computer for two weeks, I don't know how I'm going to handle it. Eric

I looked too, I couldn't help it. You could also put the same mounting rail and bumper on the front so you could flip it if you want the room to be brighter. Eric

If you are talking about bass traps the plastic covering will have no effect on the mid or low freqencies. Bass traps are usually designed to absorb the lower frequencies in a room. Here are two links to bass trap constructions...

If you want to see how it works, go buy 8 rolls of fiberglass from home depot. (you can return them when you are done with the experiment) Stack them in the corners, see what they do. If you leave them wrapped you won't breath anything. If you have a noticeable positive effect, than it is...

You'd be better off buying some rigid fibreglass and covering it with fabric, it's cheaper and does a better job

Do your drums sound like cardboard boxes? This is a typical problem. Do a wideband EQ cut around 300hz and see if it helps. If this helps, THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION, you probably need some low mid absorption in your room. You can make some membrane traps out of R19 fibreglass insulation with...

The best way that I know of to tell if your room sucks is that your mixes sound very different when you play them on different systems in different rooms. It is possible to mix in a bad room (I did it for years, but thankfully I don't have to do that anymore), you just have to learn the...

Hey Steve, Roofing felt has been use as membrane absorber as limp mass and has also been used as bass trap hangers with rockwool attached to either side. The practice was discontinued because of the flammability of the roofing felt. (am I really happy about this being on my roof then?) That...

Ethan is selling just 703 in addition to his traps, it is a little more expensive than if you could find it locally, but probably what you would have to pay if you had someone ship it from somewhere else.

I just kept on walking into any lumber supply company in my city until I found someone who would order it for me. (notice I said would, not could) I had success at a locally based lumberyard/home center. It took me about a year of looking. Rock wool was easier to find and a little cheaper...

"You can't leave, all the plants will die!" Sorry, wrong movie.

"You can't leave, all the plants will die!" Sorry, wrong movie.

I'm going through withdrawl!!!!!!! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!

By putting carpeting on the floor you will only deaden the high frequencies, your recordings will come out dull and boomy, you need to have balanced absorption all across the entire spectrum. There is nothing you can put on a floor to evenly absorb, so you must put it on the ceiling and walls.

No Carpet! The carpet will only absorb high frequencies, also a highly reflective floor will give some life to the sound. You could use vinyl flooring. Eric