Who's experimented with mobile room treatment?

[Steve Henningsgard]

I have some left-over 703 & 705 panels, and was thinking: might there be a way to create what essentially amounts to a mobile/semi-mobile control room? I'm renting a room from a friend at the moment, but would rather create a modular mobile solution for room treatment, if at all possible. I realize that the treatment would be nowhere near perfect; I'm just talking a noticeable improvement for pretty much any space, using my near-fields and a laptop. Would essentially surrounding myself with a 703 hemisphere be the best solution, theoretically? Or just spot treatment in key areas?

 

[dollarbill_1985]

I use some of my panels with a very portable camera tripod. You set the tripod where you want it and hang the panels on the tripod. I have a 'hanging brace' about 1/3 of the way down the frame so it hangs higher that one without. I find them very useful to use around drums, never used it in a 'mobile' setup but could set that being no worse than carrying a guitar stand in. Hope that helps with some ideas.

 

[Hakea]

might there be a way to create what essentially amounts to a mobile/semi-mobile control room?

Hi,

In principle, this seems like a really good idea. I wonder if anybody has any success with it?

Presumably, some sort of portable solution could be handy for all sorts of instances where a recording engineer needed to travel to the artist, rather than the other way around. But it could be useful to a lot of home recorders too.

Many people don’t have the luxury of a full time dedicated room for home recording. Often the space has to double as something else - like a bedroom or general hobby room. Because of this, it may simply be impractical to try and treat the complete room. Some kind of de-mountable structure that could be put up for specific occasions, such as mixing or doing vocals, might be a workable compromise solution.

I’ve been wondering about experimenting with something rather like a tent that could be erected quickly and temporarily inside my current room. It could be literally tent-like - in the manner of one of those modern self supporting domes - or perhaps just use some kind of frame to hold a combination of appropriate materials.

A sort of up-market version of the cone of silence in the old Get Smart shows. Well, not quite....

When I Googled the words I found this article which actually mentions making “Tent Baffles” (near the end of the page) which sound very much like what I was thinking of.

Room acoustics


Anybody here tried versions of that?

Chris

 

[Capt Hair]

You can just get some music stands and lay panels horizontally or vertically on them, works great if your in a pinch. A lot of schools will have a lot of extra stands that they throw away or you might be able to get for cheap.

I've used the bottom of a swivel chair for one, my neighbors threw out a desk chair, and I just took off the chair part, and used the bottom wheel based part. Got a plastic ppc pipe from some excess at a local construction site, made 1/4'' holes running the length of it. Put it on the back of the panel and use nails in the holes (like plate weights on a weight bench) to hold the panel in place at what ever height I want and then put the tube in the hole on the base of the chair.

 

[John California]

I was thinking about doing this because i don't have a room yet and so i will be recording some bands in their garages.(room will come in june) Of course their garages suck acoustic wise so i was thinking about using hinges or something so that i would be able to fold and put them in the car easily and connected they should stand up on their own(with the wood border).
You might be able to just use a thick base and the panels will stand on their own.

 

[Bobbsy]

I've not tried it for the control room but I have great success in the "studio" with some folding L shaped frames/screens built out of plastic pipe held together with the corner and T adaptors available from any plumbing supplier. I can take them apart and tuck them under a bed when not in use, then put them together again in about 5 minutes when needed. I just use mover's blankets but proper panels (if you can hang them with eye bolts or something) should be even better.