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OldGrover
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Hi, all
As many of you may know, I've got a basic bedroom studio with an Auralex sound treatment and it has been working great.
Now, however, my fiancee's jazz instructor has been getting her to do schwartzendos (sp?) which is basically a very loud accent on the note. When I say very loud, I mean overblowing the horn. Apparently, there is some useful technique or chopsbuilding or something that they help with. But anyways, doing these going all the way up the scale is painful, even with the sound treatment. Right now, she's working around it by using earplugs, along with the sound treatment, but we would definitely prefer to not have to do that.
Now, I looked at Auralex's website and at John's site with the Coeficients page and the foam I'm using is supposed to be rated between .99 and 1 at the high frequencies that she is playing at - and she's blowing right at it (though from a distance of about 5 feet)
Now, there's a 8' by 5' panel of foam that she is aiming at, but there are blank walls (plaster on lathe) showing on parts of that wall as well (I didn't want (nor could I afford) to completely deaden the whole room - I wanted a partly dead room but still a bit of life so things didn't sound awful)
Is it reasonable to assume that the panel I have is doing its job but that the sound is spreading out before it hits the foam and actually hitting and bouncing from some of the bare walls? Ie, is my only option to cover more of the walls? Note that the ceiling is bare - would that be a cause?
The only other option I can think of is to get her to play right into the foam, but the room doesn't lend itself very well to that (not to mention the fact that she needs a music stand between her and the wall
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Ideas? John, what would you do if you were building a practice room for someone like that?
As many of you may know, I've got a basic bedroom studio with an Auralex sound treatment and it has been working great.
Now, however, my fiancee's jazz instructor has been getting her to do schwartzendos (sp?) which is basically a very loud accent on the note. When I say very loud, I mean overblowing the horn. Apparently, there is some useful technique or chopsbuilding or something that they help with. But anyways, doing these going all the way up the scale is painful, even with the sound treatment. Right now, she's working around it by using earplugs, along with the sound treatment, but we would definitely prefer to not have to do that.
Now, I looked at Auralex's website and at John's site with the Coeficients page and the foam I'm using is supposed to be rated between .99 and 1 at the high frequencies that she is playing at - and she's blowing right at it (though from a distance of about 5 feet)
Now, there's a 8' by 5' panel of foam that she is aiming at, but there are blank walls (plaster on lathe) showing on parts of that wall as well (I didn't want (nor could I afford) to completely deaden the whole room - I wanted a partly dead room but still a bit of life so things didn't sound awful)
Is it reasonable to assume that the panel I have is doing its job but that the sound is spreading out before it hits the foam and actually hitting and bouncing from some of the bare walls? Ie, is my only option to cover more of the walls? Note that the ceiling is bare - would that be a cause?
The only other option I can think of is to get her to play right into the foam, but the room doesn't lend itself very well to that (not to mention the fact that she needs a music stand between her and the wall
)Ideas? John, what would you do if you were building a practice room for someone like that?