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I built some bass traps and absorbers using Ethan's plans:
 

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I used the remaining material to build a cloud:
 

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Looks cool sir. I have to do some research on the acoustic cloud thing.
 
It's wierd.

I can seem to pick the bass part out of a song more easily. Or not...I could be fooling myself.

I still have the other half of the room to do, and something also needs to go behind the monitors (I'm not sure what).

I'd also like to build some diffusors. I bought some plans and will put a few together as a gee whiz project.

It's nice having a wood shop in the next room.
 
ive really been thinkin about building those or gettin the arualex package with lernd bass traps... please tell us how it cdhanged the sound of the room ! i cant wait.
 
wow that was weird.. me and Phyl posted at almost exactly the same time.. ( thats why i asked how it sounded after the his post)

Hey, about how long did it take per trap?
 
Once you have the materials it's probably about two hours to cut and assemble, then another hour to get it mounted on the wall.

Get the lumber yard to rough cut pieces close to the dimensions you want, this will reduce the amount of time you have to horse the plywood around on your table saw at home.

The tedious work is getting it mounted on the wall while keeping it square. Mine were made out of 3/4 inch plywood throughout. Applying the silicone and keeping it off the exposed wood that you intend to apply stain/varnish to is also troublesome. Wood that has been exposed to silicone will never take stain well, it shows up as a smear, much like a glue squirt that didn't get cleaned up.
 
cellardweller said:
How did you "suspend" the rigid f/g?
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Deep bass traps:

The outer shell of my traps are made of 3/4 inch plywood cut about 3 inches deep. I then cut 1.5 inch strips of plywood, glued them to the inside of this shell, and drilled holes to accept the toggle bolts that hold the traps to the wall. The fiberglass edges rest on this inner shell. So you have 1.5 inches of air gap, 2 inches of fiverglass, then a 1/2 inch remaining between the fiberglass and the 1/4 plywood panel on the front.

Hi Bass traps:

Outer frame is 2.5 inches deep, fiber glass is mounted directly to the sheetrock.

Absorbers:

Same construction as low bass traps except no plywood panel in front, I used burlap instead.
 
Hey show more of that desk .. I'm interestead to see what you built ..
 
I'll take some more pictures when I get home.

The work surface is basically a piece of particle board that I laminated some formica to. The surface wraps around me on both sides and is supported by some simple cabinets.

Underneath the cabinet I designed a super sized keyboard tray that holds my midi keyboard. It slides in and out on drawer slides.

On top of the work surface are two 8 space 19" racks, one on either side of the monitor. I've got another piece of particle board/formica that spans these two 19" racks, my monitors and assorted qweep rest on it.

It's still not quite how I want it but refining it is a lot fun.
 
Here's the desk:
 

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Hey, that pull out drawer for the keyboard is pretty slick. Is that something you bought?
 
I noticed that you did not straddle the corners with your bass traps instead you have them butting up to one another actually creating another corner. Is this the proper way to mount them?
I am in process of doing Ethan's traps and really would like to get an answer to which way is better straddle or lay flat.
Thanks for posting your photo's the room looks really nice!
 
Ethan's web site outlines how to treat corners in both fashions. If you build his panel traps I think he recommends you put them in corner as shown in my photos.
 
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