Ethan Winer wrote on Tue, 09 June 2009 04:44 |
Yes, that's all fine, and I wouldn't expect the curtains to do anything except look better than raw rigid fiberglass.
--Ethan
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I put up curtains in a previous studio I ran (& in every one since) that look very similar to the ones in the NIN studio picture & they certainly did have acoustic benefits, namely improving the stereo imaging. Ok, the improvement was marginal & would probably be redundant in front of fibreglass, but if you were working in a studio with glass in front of the console then it may be something to consider during a mix down.
FWIW, I will always endeavour to put curtains up in front of my console now, not for any acoustic benefit, but for the huge psychological benefit. Maybe it's just me, but I feel so much more creative when I have the visual impression that the music is coming from a theatrical stage.
One question you maybe able to answer Ethan (or anybody else), you specifiy for some of your DIY absorbers to use an acoustically transparent fabric to cover the fibreglass. If you cover fibreglass with thick drapes is there any negative effect?