Steppin' it up a notch...sound treatment

[pdlstl]

Okay, got moved into a new rental house and have a room which can now be devoted strictly for recording. Yeehaw!

The room is 16'x14' with a 9' ceiling. The walls are finished drywall, the floor is mexican terra cotta tile and ceiling has blown-on acoustic.

The record/mix position is within this room.

This studio if for strictly acoustic music, no drums or amps will ever be used here. Sound attenuation is not a major issue. The room is in the center of the house and not much noise gets in.

However, I'm wanting a good mix of live and dead areas. I plan to puchase an Owens Corning product called, "SelectSound Black Acoustic Board to absorb reflections. I will cut into 2'x4' sheets and hang as is because the product is completely black.

Click here for a PDF on this material

I have a 6'x9' rug on the floor now.

In addition, the triple window only has miniblinds on it now but I'll putting up some thick cotten curtains to soften that area.

I did a session last week and am getting some not-so-undesirable natural reverb. I just don't want as much.

Will the OC product help? What other suggestions can you recommend for this room remembering since it's for acoustic music, I want a light, airy open sound.

Thanks,

Earl

 

[c7sus]

Check out Sayer's site.

http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html

And this one too:

http://johnlsayers.com/index.html

John has some designs for ceiling mounted baffles that may be useful as well as the wall treatments you mentioned.

Keep in mind that it's not necessary to treat all of the wall surfaces. You can get substantial improvement by covering about 60% of the wall surface.

I'm recording acoustic guitar and vocals in my living room/dining room area. I built my treatments as gobos, portable treatments 90" tall x 48" wide so I could use it as a vocal booth or open it up more and use it to create a backdrop/more quiet space to put a mic in. My room has a vaulted ceiling so the room doesn't really have excessive flutter. But I live in a busy neighborhood and wanted something to attenuate the sounds coming from outside AND inside the house.

 

[pdlstl]

Yes, I've been to John's site many times but he and everyone keeps talking about 703. I'm curious about this other materials.

Also, will a big panel of this behind my nearfields help?

Thanks,

Earl

 

[c7sus]

Here's a link to Knauf's similar product:

http://www.knauffiberglass.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=prd.dspProdDetail&ID=21

The NRC ratings of both products are fairly close until you get down to 125Hz. The OC stuff looks a bit better because of the matte finish.

How much is that stuff in the 2" thickness? That's what I would use.

Yes, treating behind your monitors is a very good idea, as is treating the walls on either side out to the limit of your listening position. Because you're kinda centered on the wall you can probably get away with just putting up a 2' x 4' panel on the perpendicular walls to your monitor position. So I guess you would put a panel on your door................ but the gain from this might be pretty minimal. I'd start with the space behind your mons and see how that works first.