Sound Blankets

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RezN8

RezN8

Blick-um, blick-um...
I found these Jumbo padded sound blankets (76" x 68") online for $20 each (US). They seem like a very cost-effective alternative to Auralex or Sonex. Also, you put em where you need em (hung on walls, draped from stands, etc.) and pack em away when you're done.

Does anybody have any experience using these sound blankets? Waddayathink?

Cheers, Rez
 
Where did you find them online???? Post a link....
 
Thanks Tim, I think the soundblankets are thicker/heavier, but I'm pretty sure they are very similar to moving blankets.
I am still very curious to hear from those who have used them in the studio or in the field.

Peace, Rez
 
Sound blankets are OK for reducing high frequencies but do nothing for lower mid range and bass frequencies. You can use them effectively to tame high frequency reflections in a small area like a vocal booth, for instance. I use them to close off an area that I use for my vocal booth and it cuts down on the larger room reflections enough to make a LD condenser mic sound decent, but outside noises still get through since they don't provide any isolation.

Darryl.....
 
I given my studio the Harbor Freight treatment, with the inevitable egg flats on the ceiling, but only because the acoustics were absolutely, viciously gawdawful otherwise.

Doesn't do squat for bass frequencies, as is rightly noted, but it does in fact do a great job (at least relative to cost) of damping the nastier high-end reflections. It's a night and day difference and despite people always putting this down as inferior to hugely more expensive treatments, it's certainly worth the effort. I record bass direct anyway.

For the vocal/amp-isolation booth (a closet), I've lined it with a very dense, heavy, thick padding that damps everything, but it's too unwieldy to use everywhere.
 
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