A shot of the studio, all set up with my homemade bass traps!
Behind the rack in the corner and hung on the walls for the mix position are 2 4" thick wood frames stuffed with acoustic panels made of owens corning 703 (OC703) and wrapped with semi stretchy fabric. The shine in the top panel is OC703FSK(covered with foil), which is in the front, backed by the unfoiled stuff. The foil sucks in bass and bounced back some mids and highs. Others don't have the foil on the front to absorb more upper freqs. You should be able to breathe through the fabric that you use. Your lumber could be 1" X 6"'s cut to make 2' X 4' inner dimensions(size of uncut 703). Be very sure to measure your actual lumber size before having it cut, otherwise you will be using a handsaw to shorten some pieces up.

~$500 for 12 panels. Call HVAC suppliers for the insulation. Now go make your own.

p.s. Two panels will not stack to your 8ft ceiling.

July 15th, 2008 / 0 Comments / Trackback