Haha.. I agree.
However, you have the right idea about a good sealing door. If there were a way to mass it up...
But then we get to the treatment of these tiny spaces. Did you know that once you have this tiny space massed out for good sound-proofing, then small room acoustics kill the response.
Have you ever though about how good your speaker is at driving the pressure zone? or raising/lowering pressure? Most speakers fail miserably. Especially open-back cabinets. This is an issue for cabinet-recorded material. I would assume that you'd have to pump up the LF to get a smooth response, am I correct?
Personally, I have NEVER used such a cabinet. My knowledge of acoustics and my experience tell me that this would not give me the sound that I want. Usually, if an isolated room is not available at tracking time, I'll record the electric guitar on several
tracks, one of which is the DI'd signal
straight from the guitar without ANYTHING on it. The other guitar track(s) can be through an amp modeler or
module so that the rest of the band hears something similar to what it 'should be'.
Later, I can set up the amp (or rent several great amps) and send the signal from the DAW back into the amps that are set up in the tracking room and get a 'real sound' with different and multiple micing techniques.. I usually know exactly what I want and don't usually do much experimenting anymore.
Anyway, that MY take on iso cabs for amps...
Cheers,
John
