Absorption panels - Pictures

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Hello all,

I thought after all of the help I have gotten in this forum that I should share my pics of the panels I made this weekend for my new closet studio. I pretty much followed Dbyboth's Photo Essay to make my panels, so mad props to him :)

Anyways, here are my panels.

Problems I Ran Into
- I knew I wanted my boards cut into 2' sections and then 4' 1.5" sections. For some reason when I had Lowes cut them to size, I said 4 and a half which got me 4.5' panels. So I had to cut down every long board by 4.5" (no biggie)
- The L brackets I bought were intended to go on the outside of the frame, but they ended up being too small so I had to put them on the inside of the frame.
- When cutting burlap make sure you follow the seam instead of cutting straight across.

I also have a thread right here, that shows my closet studio and the panels hung inside of it.

My next project will be fabric covered clouds as well as triangle cut bass traps for the tri-corners. Wish me luck :D

- Cincy_Kid
 
Because you're from Cincinnatti, I suppose it was easy to get, but where'd you buy the 703 from?

Thanks!
 
Born and raised in the east side of cincinnati, but now live and work in Northern KY :)

Here is where I got mine (about 35 min drive for me):

SPI
228 Circle Freeway Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
513-870-9499
513-881-2210 FAX
800-875-9200

Great price I thought too. I seen some other posts on here and mine was much cheaper. They had to order it and since they didn't have any in stock I had to buy a bundle (12 sheets), which was fine since I planned on using that many anyways.

Cost ended up being like $6.84 / per sheet (spent like $84 with tax for the lot)

2 in Kentucky (Lexington and Louisville)
Here is their directory
 
Yeah, SPI in Cincinnati gave me a quote of 1.50/sqft plus shipping for the 3" 703. SPI in Lexington quoted 2.62/sqft plus shipping. I'd rather drive to Cincinnati than spend 2.62/sqft!!

Thanks for the info.
 
cincy, just curious as to how the panels performed for you. After you installed them was it like "Holy shit! What a difference!", or was it like "Hmm, there is a little difference."

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Chris - Yea, I would make the drive also. Good guys at the cincinnati one. Brian Lee is who you want to talk to / ask for.

Diffusion - I just hung these panels yesterday. Also I am a VERY big noob when it comes to sound analysis and home recording. After reading these forums and getting some much appreciated advice, I decided to go with the 703 to at least start off on the right foot. I can tell you however, when I sing or yell in the corner of the drywall it sounds echoed. When I do the same thing into or towards a panel the difference is pretty amazing, very deadened.

APL - As always, Thanks :)
 
Those are nice but generally its best to have the frame on the back instead of the edges. The edges provide around 25% of the rated absorption.
 
cincy_kid said:
Not sure what you mean Tex.

I just followed Db's tutorial. Others told me that was the best way for me to go...

/shrug
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I guess his design is more for bass traps then regular wall absorbers. What you made will work fine but they work better if you have the edges of the 703 exposed instead of framed in. Although for his application 705 would be better.

I posted some pics back in this thread http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=85873&highlight=panel
 
I finally got around to covering a few of them a year or so later with some left over material from another job. Then I ran out of staples so maybe in another year I'll get the other half of them done, lol.

I've been doing more stuff in other studios so I've been neglecting the home setup.
 
Notbrad - Thanks man, naw wasn't too hard :)

Gorty - Yo man! I see now what you mean and thanks for that link. Actually really cool idea what he did with the piece of art! Also gave me some ideas for my clouds.

Tex - Ahhh, now I see what you mean about the back. I pictured you covering the entire back of the panel with wood which I was thinking was counter-productive. Your way is nice and I think I will do my next panels that way. I think I will even try this stuff here for the 703 replacement. Wish I would have found this stuff earlier.

Thanks for the replies all ~
 
cincy_kid said:
Born and raised in the east side of cincinnati, but now live and work in Northern KY :)
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Not fair... you get to go to the Hofbrauhaus House whenever you please.
 
hehe, actually NEVER have been yet. But it is right next door to one of the best places to hear live music in the area: Southgate House.
 
"bookshelf" partitions

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hi,, about two years ago i had four 1x2m bookshelves made to use as "mixing" partitions for my home studio,, they were built specifically for this purpose and therefore were made air"tight", we then packed them with rigid fiberglass and covered the cavities with fabric, placing them around the mixing poisition of my studio we created a nice "dead end" to the room for mixing,, check out the diagram for a better idea of what they are and how they work in the set-up : i recorded and mixed my demo in this studio and used it to get funding for a full length album thats in the making as we speak!
now the wife andi are of overseas to bigger and brighter musical projects and i need to find anew home for my partitions, if anyones interested in them give me a bell at trigramstudios@gmail.com cheeeers...p.s im in sydney aus...
 
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