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Resonator Type
« on: January 27, 2009, 01:11:12 PM »

Hello all,

I'm trying to improve the LF response of my room. It's 18x15x11. The corners have built-in floor to ceiling traps that are 4' wide, using 2" 702, 2" gap, 2" 703, 2" gap - four layers deep to the corner. The rear wall has a 8'x 9" 'diffractal' type diffusors. The monitors are PMC MB1 with the woofers about 30" off the front wall. I sit WAY too close to the center of the room at 9.5' from the front wall, but that's just the way this room needs to work.

The problems are bumps at 60Hz (length mode) and 105Hz (height mode). I'd like to build some traps to deal with these LF bumps. There is a huge pressure build up right between the speakers from the floor to the ceiling at 105Hz, so I am considering placing a slat absorber there. There is also a huge pressure build up between the rear diffusor and the ceiling at 60Hz that could hold a large Helmholtz resonator.

The question comes down to type of device and size required to make a significant difference. I have a space about 5' wide by 1' deep by 8' high for the 105Hz device. I also have about 9' wide by 2.5' high by 1' deep for the 60Hz device. What makes the most sense, and, where can I find detailed instruction on how to build it?

A second consideration is the rear wall. I have an equipment closet behind that wall. Might it make sense to make that wall more porous to LF and turn the closet into a bass trap?

Any ideas welcome.

Thanks!

GR
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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2009, 05:51:39 PM »

Can anyone help Greg? He's really a good guy!
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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2009, 03:55:17 AM »

Pics would help...

Sounds to me resonators are not what you need. You need porous absorbers and membranes. Resonators placed just out there in the room would re-emit too much.
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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2009, 01:35:01 PM »

Greg Reierson wrote on Tue, 27 January 2009 13:11

The corners have built-in floor to ceiling traps that are 4' wide, using 2" 702, 2" gap, 2" 703, 2" gap - four layers deep to the corner.


Those traps are definitely large enough, but having layered gaps is not a good idea. Any chance you can redo the traps to be solid rigid fiberglass?

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The rear wall has a 8'x 9" 'diffractal' type diffusors.


The rear wall is very important for bass trapping. If you have any bare wall or corner space, you should also fill those areas with large thick rigid fiberglass traps. For a room that size, this will work better than tuned traps IMO.

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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2009, 02:48:32 PM »

Ethan Winer wrote on Sun, 15 February 2009 12:35

 traps are definitely large enough, but having layered gaps is not a good idea. Any chance you can redo the traps to be solid rigid fiberglass?


Air gaps are actually very good if you can afford the (albeit small extra) space - and if it's a calculated gap. Successive changes of impedance can be very beneficial - we use this technique often. Mixing different impedances is good too.

I would not recommend "solid rigid fiberglass" but semi-rigid Rockwool of about 60/70kg/m
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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2009, 05:18:01 PM »

Thomas Jouanjean wrote on Sun, 15 February 2009 19:48



I would not recommend "solid rigid fiberglass" but semi-rigid Rockwool of about 60/70kg/m

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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2009, 07:30:41 PM »

But in his studios it isn't Rockwool but this product called Arkobel, an elastomer, that look like this: http://www.isolusa.pt/repre/arkobel/2.jpg

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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2009, 08:35:42 PM »

Yes but Arkobel varies between 60 and 250 kg/m3 so.... lot to choose ! Smile

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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2009, 02:29:39 AM »

Bruno Gouveia wrote on Sun, 15 February 2009 16:18

That's how bass is trapped in Phil Newel's studios and it works!!!
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Which one do you mean?

Arkobel seems to be compressed industrial foam in shreds, which is kept and compacted together by glue. I Don't like it very much...


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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2009, 03:39:29 AM »

Thomas Jouanjean wrote on Mon, 16 February 2009 07:29



Arkobel seems to be compressed industrial foam in shreds, which is kept and compacted together by glue. I Don't like it very much...





Yes, Arkobel is something like that. I don't know the exact density he uses but it should depends on the dimensions of the conglomerate panels. Why don't you like it very much? Arkobel is also used in-between walls to decouple them and improve a lot sound isolation, and it also works very well!

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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2009, 06:25:41 AM »

Bruno Gouveia wrote on Mon, 16 February 2009 02:39


Yes, Arkobel is something like that. I don't know the exact density he uses but it should depends on the dimensions of the conglomerate panels. Why don't you like it very much? Arkobel is also used in-between walls to decouple them and improve a lot sound isolation, and it also works very well!




I never used the "Arkobel" brand, maybe it is different?

I tried "similar" stuff, and was never happy with it. To decouple I go straight to Sylomer or Merformer & Co these days - maybe spring systems now and then when only those can be used.

Before I found Homatherm, when looking for viable alternatives to Rockwool, I tried the industrial agglomerated foam thing which I got from CARDA near Brussels, seriously heavy stuff in general (like Andre said, it can come in very dense bats, couldn't lift it on my own!) which I did try in various densities, and after playing with it and getting some more info about it - I just dropped it and didn't look back so far. No use for it in decoupling schemes, nor in room acoustics correction.

BTW, so which did you mean in Newel's technique, the air gap?
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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2009, 06:36:04 AM »

Greg Reierson wrote on Tue, 27 January 2009 12:11

Hello all,

I'm trying to improve the LF response of my room. It's 18x15x11. The corners have built-in floor to ceiling traps that are 4' wide, using 2" 702, 2" gap, 2" 703, 2" gap - four layers deep to the corner. The rear wall has a 8'x 9" 'diffractal' type diffusors. The monitors are PMC MB1 with the woofers about 30" off the front wall. I sit WAY too close to the center of the room at 9.5' from the front wall, but that's just the way this room needs to work.

The problems are bumps at 60Hz (length mode) and 105Hz (height mode). I'd like to build some traps to deal with these LF bumps. There is a huge pressure build up right between the speakers from the floor to the ceiling at 105Hz, so I am considering placing a slat absorber there. There is also a huge pressure build up between the rear diffusor and the ceiling at 60Hz that could hold a large Helmholtz resonator.

The question comes down to type of device and size required to make a significant difference. I have a space about 5' wide by 1' deep by 8' high for the 105Hz device. I also have about 9' wide by 2.5' high by 1' deep for the 60Hz device. What makes the most sense, and, where can I find detailed instruction on how to build it?

A second consideration is the rear wall. I have an equipment closet behind that wall. Might it make sense to make that wall more porous to LF and turn the closet into a bass trap?

Any ideas welcome.

Thanks!

GR



I had a look at your website - can you describe what is between you diffusor's back and the studio shell? Any LF treatment in there?

Do you have somekind of plans of your room? It's really hard to figure out precisely what you need just from web pages and what you describe.

Sounds to me like you should find a designer to design an upgrade to clean up the LF problem properly.
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Re: Resonator Type
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2009, 10:22:01 AM »

Thomas Jouanjean wrote on Mon, 16 February 2009 11:25

Bruno Gouveia wrote on Mon, 16 February 2009 02:39


Yes, Arkobel is something like that. I don't know the exact density he uses but it should depends on the dimensions of the conglomerate panels. Why don't you like it very much? Arkobel is also used in-between walls to decouple them and improve a lot sound isolation, and it also works very well!




BTW, so which did you mean in Newel's technique, the air gap?


He uses Arkobel or something similar attached with screws to conglomerate or MDF panels that are mounted in an array normally in the back wall of the control room. I've been at two studios designed by him here in Porto, but I think he has more. I think you can spot the array at the map at this site: http://boomstudios.pt

But of course everything you said makes perfect sense and Newel is also a man of science so he obviously uses the techniques you described!

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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2009, 10:27:02 AM »

Can you describe more about Sylomer or Merformer?

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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2009, 10:39:03 AM »

Ethan Winer wrote on Sun, 15 February 2009 12:35



The rear wall is very important for bass trapping. If you have any bare wall or corner space, you should also fill those areas with large thick rigid fiberglass traps. For a room that size, this will work better than tuned traps IMO.

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My control room is 23.5' x 16' x 8.75'. We installed two large (6'x4') traps with 6" of 703 and a five inch air gap between the 703 and the rear wall. Would we get better l.f. trapping by eliminating the air gap and installing 4 more inches of 703? Or could we install some sort of membrane trap behind the 703 for the really low freqs?
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