Room acoustics: floor boards

[Karl_]

hi all

Sorry if this has been covered previously and thanks in advance

Floor boards. What do they do to room acoustics? Im probably way off, but I was thinking they might be able to absorb somebass frequencies up to a particular loudness (hard and hollow)?. However, they would be inefficient and they would resonate horribly with a sub on the floor, or loud volumes?

So I have floor boards in my rental and I just looked at a house today, also with floor boards. I probably need one of you pros to give me a straight up answer again.

So questions:
What do floor boards do to room acoustics?
What should you do if you have floor boards?

Thanks

Karl

 

[Karl_]

also, whats you favourite room acoustics book?

cheers

 

[mixsit]

You mean wood floors? (not Shure what else floorboards would be

These two here I'd recommend in a heartbeat -like a recordist's training wheels
Sound Studio Construction on a Budget: F. Alton Everest: 9780070213821: Amazon.com: Books
Amazon.com: How to Build A Small Budget Recording Studio From Scratch (TAB Mastering Electronics Series) eBook: Michael Shea: Kindle Store

Back to wood'. As I understand it wood paneling for example might capture some lows as it might be thin enough and have space between its mounting points to flex. Floors I'd guess are fairly ridged.

 

[Karl_]

oh man I had a read over some of Everests master hand book on acoustics yesterday.

yeah about the vibrating floorboards, im thinking they may be ok. im still reading and in the process of getting all the REW gear, but they would be reflective and would have minimal movement, but are not airtight by any means. so, sort of like tiles, but with some small degree of absorption (in the its too small to count range?) also its jarrah ( hard as a mofo)

anyone test them?