Treating a domestic sized room

TrevCircleStudios · #1 (**permalink**) 5th April 2009 , 06:02 PM

As a little side project while my live room is still in progress I thought I'd rip out the old control room and do a better job of it (as its probably gonna have to last me until at least Christmas until my new purpose built control room is finished). I thought if I posted my work here some of you may get more useful stuff out of this than the work I'm doing on a 600 sq ft room!

In terms of dimensions, the room (which will ultimately become a kitchen/lounge when my new control room is finished) probably isn't much different from what you guys are working with at approx 11ft x 9ft x 8ft.

I kicked off this little project today by pulling down the plasterboard ceiling. This gives me extra height (approx 8 inches more - every little helps) and therefore extra space for trapping. Below are a few pics of the mess that ensued.

First one you can see the old control room window:

And another:

Here's the other side of the room:

FrankGIK · #2 (**permalink**) 7th April 2009 , 07:15 PM

Looking forward to the updates!

Frank

modz1 · #3 (**permalink**) 7th April 2009 , 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FrankGIK

Looking forward to the updates!

Frank

Second that Frank..

FrankGIK · #4 (**permalink**) 8th April 2009 , 06:42 PM

Oh bass traps, how I love thee...let me count the ways...

You gonna make your own or what, Trev?

Frank

TrevCircleStudios · #5 (**permalink**) 8th April 2009 , 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FrankGIK

Oh bass traps, how I love thee...let me count the ways...

You gonna make your own or what, Trev?

Frank

Am gonna do superchunks and cloud myself and have 4 x 244s from you.

FrankGIK · #6 (**permalink**) 8th April 2009 , 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TrevCircleStudios

Am gonna do superchunks and cloud myself and have 4 x 244s from you.

Make sure you email me before you order...

Frank

TrevCircleStudios · #7 (**permalink**) 10th April 2009 , 09:17 PM

Will do Frank! What's the lead time?

Anyhooo.... Let's take a look at how this is progressing.
First thing I did was put up a beam to take the leading edge of the cloud (you can see that I dropped it a bit more than a foot from the ceiling beam):

And viewed toward the other side:

FrankGIK · #8 (**permalink**) 10th April 2009 , 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TrevCircleStudios

Will do Frank! What's the lead time?

3-5 working days for build plus 2 working days for shipping anywhere in the UK.

Happy Easter, man.

Frank

TrevCircleStudios · #9 (**permalink**) 10th April 2009 , 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by FrankGIK

3-5 working days for build plus 2 working days for shipping anywhere in the UK.

Happy Easter, man.

Frank

Nice one. I'll be ready for them in about 3 weeks.

You too man! So... Namm?

TrevCircleStudios · #10 (**permalink**) 10th April 2009 , 09:37 PM

Once the beams were up I had something to screw the cloud to (you can see the front edge is on the low beam and the rear is up at normal ceiling height) and could then start getting rockwool up:

You can see the angle of the cloud in this shot:

TrevCircleStudios · #11 (**permalink**) 10th April 2009 , 09:43 PM

Here's my assistant Zac looking very pleased with his superchunk style basstrap (front dimension is justover 3 feet):

And here's another:

TrevCircleStudios · #12 (**permalink**) 10th April 2009 , 09:56 PM

You can see here how much rockwool I'm gonna get above the cloud (to give you an idea of scale that beam is 6 inches deep):

And this one has me trying to shove the stuff up there:

JAYDMF · #13 (**permalink**) 11th April 2009 , 02:24 PM

Looks good dude, may have to put some pics up when i start treating my room although its not gonna be anything on this sort of scale yet.

TrevCircleStudios · #14 (**permalink**) 12th April 2009 , 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JAYDMF

Looks good dude, may have to put some pics up when i start treating my room although its not gonna be anything on this sort of scale yet.

Let's see them dude!

TrevCircleStudios · #15 (**permalink**) 12th April 2009 , 07:58 PM

Here a couple of pictures from yesterday. You can see one complete superchunk style bass trap to the right. The framing is almost done:

This one gives a slightly wider angled perspective:

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#1 (permalink) 5th April 2009 , 06:02 PM
TrevCircleStudios Mic Check 1! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 2,094	Treating a domestic sized room As a little side project while my live room is still in progress I thought I'd rip out the old control room and do a better job of it (as its probably gonna have to last me until at least Christmas until my new purpose built control room is finished). I thought if I posted my work here some of you may get more useful stuff out of this than the work I'm doing on a 600 sq ft room! In terms of dimensions, the room (which will ultimately become a kitchen/lounge when my new control room is finished) probably isn't much different from what you guys are working with at approx 11ft x 9ft x 8ft. I kicked off this little project today by pulling down the plasterboard ceiling. This gives me extra height (approx 8 inches more - every little helps) and therefore extra space for trapping. Below are a few pics of the mess that ensued. First one you can see the old control room window: And another: Here's the other side of the room: ______________________________ You can't polish a turd! (unless it's a jettsetty and urbane one!)
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FrankGIK Super Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 312	Oh bass traps, how I love thee...let me count the ways... You gonna make your own or what, Trev? Frank ______________________________ Frank Oesterheld GIK Acoustics GIK Bradford Now Open! www.gikacoustics.com (+44) 020 7558 8976 (UK)
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#7 (permalink) 10th April 2009 , 09:17 PM
TrevCircleStudios Mic Check 1! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 2,094	Will do Frank! What's the lead time? Anyhooo.... Let's take a look at how this is progressing. First thing I did was put up a beam to take the leading edge of the cloud (you can see that I dropped it a bit more than a foot from the ceiling beam): And viewed toward the other side: ______________________________ You can't polish a turd! (unless it's a jettsetty and urbane one!)
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#10 (permalink) 10th April 2009 , 09:37 PM
TrevCircleStudios Mic Check 1! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 2,094	Once the beams were up I had something to screw the cloud to (you can see the front edge is on the low beam and the rear is up at normal ceiling height) and could then start getting rockwool up: You can see the angle of the cloud in this shot: ______________________________ You can't polish a turd! (unless it's a jettsetty and urbane one!)
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#11 (permalink) 10th April 2009 , 09:43 PM
TrevCircleStudios Mic Check 1! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 2,094	Here's my assistant Zac looking very pleased with his superchunk style basstrap (front dimension is justover 3 feet): And here's another: ______________________________ You can't polish a turd! (unless it's a jettsetty and urbane one!)
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#12 (permalink) 10th April 2009 , 09:56 PM
TrevCircleStudios Mic Check 1! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 2,094	You can see here how much rockwool I'm gonna get above the cloud (to give you an idea of scale that beam is 6 inches deep): And this one has me trying to shove the stuff up there: ______________________________ You can't polish a turd! (unless it's a jettsetty and urbane one!)
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#13 (permalink) 11th April 2009 , 02:24 PM
JAYDMF Hell-Rider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Gloucester Posts: 913	Looks good dude, may have to put some pics up when i start treating my room although its not gonna be anything on this sort of scale yet.
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#15 (permalink) 12th April 2009 , 07:58 PM
TrevCircleStudios Mic Check 1! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 2,094	Here a couple of pictures from yesterday. You can see one complete superchunk style bass trap to the right. The framing is almost done: This one gives a slightly wider angled perspective: ______________________________ You can't polish a turd! (unless it's a jettsetty and urbane one!)
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