Acoustical Room Treatment

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I think that's the right term.

I've got a small room (9.8'x10.5') that has serious ECHOechoecho issues. I can't tell what frequencies are bouncing around, but I've decided I want some sort of echo killer.

So, since I'm in an apartment, will be moving soon, and would like my deposit back, I need some temporary/cheap solutions.

I went to the home de'pot today on a suggestion from a really drunk guy. I found some ceiling tiles (acoustical tiles). The number on them was 0.5
I could to hammer them up (well, nail them, more accurately) along the ceiling stud, on the walls. At 0.31$ per square foot, I can do it cheaply and rip them down leaving only small nail holes.

Will these tiles work "well enough" (kill most echo)? Are there any other cheap and/or portable (not over 300$ for the whole room) options that are available? What if I got studio foam, 2'x4', and placed the in strategic locations? Would that be better?
 
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Try the Sunburst 360's by Auralex : you buy 4 and place them around the performer or engineer and it creates a "virtual" treated room.
 
DP,

The absolute cheapest solution is rigid fiberglass, or ceiling tiles based on rigid fiberglass. Standard office ceiling tiles built from paper pulp are not useful for what you need. Acoustic foam is okay, but fiberglass is much better and a lot cheaper too.

--Ethan
 
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Ethan Winer said:
The absolute cheapest solution is rigid fiberglass, or ceiling tiles based on rigid fiberglass. Standard office ceiling tiles built from paper pulp are not useful for what you need.
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Rigid fiberglass, like those fiberglass sheets from the local glass store?

DP
 
No, it's actually semi-rigid fiberglas - basically, it's regular fiberglas insulation that's been compressed about 30 times as much as normal insulation. It's not totally rigid, but that term is used to differentiate between it and normal fiberglas insulation. The semi-rigid stuff absorbs several times as much sound as the fluffy stuff... Steve
 
Check out the March 2004 Recording Magazine, V 17 #6 for an article by Matt Seiler on homemade diffusers - ceiling tiles cut and glued to form lightweight wedges that can be tacked to a wall or mounted on a shelf - at about $6.00 per diffuser. That's about $ 60 or less for the size of your room, if they help any.


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OK; edit time. I just notice that others got there before me. For more info, check the thread: Yep - this one.:cool:
 
Treeline,

> March 2004 Recording Magazine ... ceiling tiles <

Don't bother. You'll get much better results using real rigid fiberglass than anything you can cobble together with $3 ceiling tiles.

--Ethan
 
Hmm. I think I've found the *cheapest* solution.

Grab a handful of mic stands. Put them at the corners, and along the long side of the room if it is rectangular. Make the stands as tall as they can go.

Next, use blankets/curtains/anything fabric and hang-ey and drape it from stand to stand to stand to stand.

Okay, maybe that'll kill my echo.

(I haven't tried it out yet -- don't have that many spare stands!!)

DP
 
If you're going to go that route:
Get some eye hooks, screw them into the wall, string some picture wire between them, and drape blankets over that.

Less than 5 bucks for the hooks and wire.
 
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