Members Kerouac Posted January 18, 2010 Members Share Posted January 18, 2010 http://www.foamandupholstery.com/Noise%20Control%20Products.htm My friend picked up some of their stuff and claims it really helped him room (he spent about $100) but I'm somewhat skeptical. I'm going to try to go check it out at his place sometime soon, but I think this might be a really good bargain for my work studio, which is a lot harder to treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AluminumNeck Posted January 18, 2010 Members Share Posted January 18, 2010 Foam generally doesn't do much but hf absorbtion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted January 18, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2010 Foam generally doesn't do much but hf absorbtion. bass trap are made out of foam, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AluminumNeck Posted January 18, 2010 Members Share Posted January 18, 2010 bass trap are made out of foam, aren't they? not the good ones that work. www.realtraps.com Lots of great nformation and videos on accoustical treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted January 18, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2010 not the good ones that work. www.realtraps.com Lots of great nformation and videos on accoustical treatment. Yeah, I've read all of that before. I might make some of my own this summer, but those won't work for my work studio as there isn't space for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackcheez Posted January 18, 2010 Members Share Posted January 18, 2010 Foam generally doesn't do much but hf absorbtion.That's not necessarily true. I had a real bad boominess/muddiness in the low end at my place. I tamed it and tightened it up with foam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted January 18, 2010 Members Share Posted January 18, 2010 Actually there is foam that works ok for bass trapping, but it's not cheap apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted January 18, 2010 Members Share Posted January 18, 2010 IIRC it was phil that mentioned it. I don't remember what it was though, something from auralex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chris carter Posted January 19, 2010 Members Share Posted January 19, 2010 Other than some esoteric crazy foam, in general foam will simply not have the mass/density to deal with low frequencies. Some of that Auralex stuff might get down to 300Hz, but that's about it. The $$$ effecient way to deal with bass is to build basstraps out of rigid fiberglass. it's also the most space effecient way unless you get into some hardcore engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted January 19, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2010 Other than some esoteric crazy foam, in general foam will simply not have the mass/density to deal with low frequencies. Some of that Auralex stuff might get down to 300Hz, but that's about it. The $$$ effecient way to deal with bass is to build basstraps out of rigid fiberglass. it's also the most space effecient way unless you get into some hardcore engineering. Unfortunately, it's not space efficient at my teaching studio, but at home it would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members witesol Posted January 19, 2010 Members Share Posted January 19, 2010 unfortunately there is no miracle small size solution to bass trapping, it's simple physics to an extent. Mega-lenrds from auralex work decently but as mentioned above, rigid panel products will be your best bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted January 19, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2010 unfortunately there is no miracle small size solution to bass trapping, it's simple physics to an extent. Mega-lenrds from auralex work decently but as mentioned above, rigid panel products will be your best bet. At my teaching studio there are only three corners in the entire room I could treat with the panels, but I could squeeze a bit of foam quite a few more. I'm actually building panels for my home studio with a friend, but I just can't have them here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted January 22, 2010 Moderators Share Posted January 22, 2010 not the good ones that work. www.realtraps.com Lots of great nformation and videos on accoustical treatment. The site is great. The standard RealTraps don't absorb as much low bass as Auralex MegaLenrds. I think Ethan has some larger traps now but I've not tried them. The regular 12" Lenrds are not very effective at absorbing down to where most small rooms have bass modes, e.g. ~100Hz or lower. There's nothing wrong with acoustic foam provided it's thick enough to absorb down to the frequencies where you need absorption. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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