Posted by Bruce B (P) on March 31, 2007 at 00:16:59

In Reply to: Re: Advice for new construction posted by Ethannnn on March 30, 2007 at 19:11:23:

The ASC wall damp is much too overpriced for what it does. Green Glue does better. I did an all out assault. I actually applied acoustical caulking on every stud/joist. I put blocking every 4 ft. I used R-22 Roxul, I built another wall with blocking/roxul/wall dampening/damped resilient channel/drywall/Green Glue/drywall/703. It's a room within a room. See my gallery!
I (the designer Rives) put bass trapping the whole perimeter soffit and all 4 corners. There's even bass trapping on the front wall. Almost 1/3rd of the cubic space of the room is bass trapping!

Regards,
Bruce

• Re: Advice for new construction - Ethannnn 07:59:57 03/31/07 (2)
  In Reply to: Re: Advice for new construction posted by Bruce B on March 31, 2007 at 00:16:59:

  Hi Bruce,

  That's an impressive layout. Can you tell me how large your room? Do you have any pictures of the finished product? Lastly, can soffits be converted into bass traps? I'm starting to think by looking at your plans that while greater mass walls reflect more bass energy, if there are enough bass traps, they cancel each other out and that is the ideal environment. Is that about right?

  Thanks,

  Ethan.
  
  

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  • Re: Advice for new construction - Bruce B 19:08:30 03/31/07 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: Advice for new construction posted by Ethannnn on March 31, 2007 at 07:59:57:

    No... not finished yet. We're laying the floor this week and the contractors have already started putting up the finished maple diffusors/ceiling panels and such. The rest of the wall gets covered by fabric over 1" 703 by the company Snap-tex.
    The Mastering room is 22 x 13 x 10.5, the Control Room is 17 x 13 x 10.5 and the voice over area is 12 x 5 x 9
    Finished soffits can be gutted and made into bass traps for sure. Like Ethan said, you can never have too many bass traps!

    Regards,
    Bruce
    
    

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    • Re: Advice for new construction - Ethannnn 06:13:16 04/02/07 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Advice for new construction posted by Bruce B on March 31, 2007 at 19:08:30:

      Thanks Bruce, I'll check back to look at your gallery. I'll also incorporate bass traps in my soffits and corners as well.

      Ethan.
      
      

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