cloth secret

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i have seen lots' of pics of pros and home studios and found that they used some nice fabric or cloth to cover the walls and ceilings, infact in some studios include in studio underconstruction segment of John's site. is there any acoustical quality in cloth or it just used to make dead ambience.
 
NB,

One popular cloth in the US is made by Guilford of Maine Fabrics. The big feature of their cloth is it's acoustically transparent. But it's also very expensive, and transparency is not important for acoustic treatment. It is needed for speaker cloth in front of a tweeter, but not in front of fiberglass.

--Ethan
 
Guilford expensive? Heh. My dad's co. installs fabric wall treatments & Guilford is one of the cheaper fabrics they use. He had this golden silk fabric sample the other day that was $50/yard.

My tiny studio has Guilford, looks OK but really once you see the attractive fabrics Guilford looks like burlap. My dad does tell me that most pro studios they do use 4" rigid fiberglass covered with Guilford, so there you go.
 
The cloth is used to cover up absorbers and bass traps.

Anybody have some links for ordering good, cheap fabric that is suitable for covering 703?
 
Tex,

> Anybody have some links for ordering good, cheap fabric that is suitable for covering 703? <

As I said a few posts above, the transparency of a fabric is not important for covering 703. The main goal is that it not be reflective, like tightly woven silk. If it's soft to the touch and you can hold it to your mouth and blow air through it, it's fine for 703.

--Ethan
 
Thanks, Ethan. I guess I'll go cruise the local fabric stores and find something pretty :D
 
Before you buy any old fabric, consider its fire rating. You don't want a Great White incident in your studio. There are commercial standards for fabric flame resistance, and I know Guilford meets those. Something to consider.
 
funny, Guilford of Maine is right down the street from me and I never knew what they made.
 
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