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Do egg crates provide good sound absorbtion for recording? I have a huge amount of these and I was wondering if they are worth putting up. And, if so, any ideas of how to put them up on tin walls? Thanks. -Perry.
 
They Arn't completely useless.

If you put foam inbetween the wall and the egg cartons, the foam will act as the insulator, and the cartons will "scatter" the sound reflecting off them.

You can paint them a lovely colour too. :D
 
Egg crates do an excellent job of making your space look like a cheap sci-fi set from the 50's. Also, they are great for creating an unbelieveable fire hazard, just add some candles and a drunk bass player.

Seriously though, they do nothing of substantive value in acoustic treatment. I've been there and I learned my lesson.
 
My Name said:
If you put foam inbetween the wall and the egg cartons, the foam will act as the insulator, and the cartons will "scatter" the sound reflecting off them.
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Nonsense.... :rolleyes:

Egg crates are good for one thing -- holding eggs........ period.
 
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Fucking egg snobs piss me off. I'm yet to taste on of your omlettes on a major label Michelin Star restaurant menu release! :mad::mad::mad:
 
They also make excellent bra's for 12-breasted midgets.
 
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which kind of egg cartons the plastic type or the paper?
 
Actually, I think milk jugs have much better sound-absorbing properties.

What you want to do is sort of alternate ...

Egg crates on one wall -- Milk jugs on the opposite wall -- followed by coffee filters on the remaining walls.
 
They are the thicker paper-type. 1 square foot pieces. I just have heard of this used before and the guy I got them from was apparently using them for soundproof. Wanted to ask some know-it-alls whether they really even do anything before I go to the trouble of putting them up. I do have A LOT of thick grey foam pieces too that he gave me. I am not building a studio or anything, just trying to make our practice place a little better. Thanks.
 
apl said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire
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now that's hilarious...i didn't realize that's what got the fire going.
good ol' egg crates (or i guess "packaging foam" is what they call it)

you know, i've always wondered. does the idea of hanging thick blackets fall in the same category as the egg crate myth? i always see those acoustic blankets on ebay and wonder if they actually do anything of use.
 
Nothing works as well as hanging good ole' Canadian bacon slabs.
 
question444 said:
They are the thicker paper-type. 1 square foot pieces. I just have heard of this used before and the guy I got them from was apparently using them for soundproof. Wanted to ask some know-it-alls whether they really even do anything before I go to the trouble of putting them up. I do have A LOT of thick grey foam pieces too that he gave me. I am not building a studio or anything, just trying to make our practice place a little better. Thanks.
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The "know-it-alls" :rolleyes: say they're useless.............. but do whatever the fuck you want! :rolleyes:
 
NYMorningstar said:
Nothing works as well as hanging good ole' Canadian bacon slabs.
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I'm not so sure that's true.
I hear that angus beef slabs are far superior...
 
You guys are funny! :p

A serious question (as serious as this thread can get) - would the plastic egg crates function in a limited capacity as diffusers???

Not that I would use them or even endorse this - but various companies market plastic diffusers for back walls. While the commercial ones have a specific design to direct the sound in certain directions - could not any "angled piece of hard plastic" act as a diffusor?
 
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A serious question (as serious as this thread can get) - would the plastic egg crates function in a limited capacity as diffusers???
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I suppose.

Not sure if it would be the kind of diffusion that you'd want ... but yea, just about any kind of textured surface will diffuse to a certain degree.
 
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you know, i've always wondered. does the idea of hanging thick blackets fall in the same category as the egg crate myth? i always see those acoustic blankets on ebay and wonder if they actually do anything of use.
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I don't know about in studios, but they certainly can tame a lot of reflections in live environments. And I'm sure it depends on the blanket. The ones I've seen are theatrical drapes. Thick, heavy, with a velvet-like texture on the face, fireproof, and expensive.

At the club where I work, they cover the back of the stage, with a double layer in the drum nook. We are going to do the side walls of the stage, and put them on slides, so we can move them back and forth to make the stage more or less "dead". Acoustic acts like a more live feel to the stage, and we can use less monitor volume.
 
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