As important as acoustic treatment is, it's not as exciting as purchasing a new microphone or other cool gadget so I tried to wish the problem away. Frankly, it wasn't until I started all of this when I realized just how much echo is generated in my pithy studio.
Before diving straight in with sound absorption panels I started with an inexpensive Audimute pad to address a problematic wall that has a pocket door inside. Can't hang anything on that wall of substance because even the shortest of nails would interfere with the doors' travel. The pad helped but it looks like...
Onward: In the print/task area I hung a pleated fabric shade to minimize special treatment. The built-in cabinetry is nice but it creates an echo chamber. The accordion design of the shade added a bit of diffusion but that's more of a theory on my part. I gave my window the same treatment and I plan to add one more above the glass pocket-door entry. The shades I chose are Levolor 'room darkening' which provides a secondary benefit of eliminating bleed-through glare from the window(s). Ordered them from Home Depot when they were on sale!
The use of pleaded fabric shades are not by themselves effective sound treatment, but they reduce the number and intensity of specific reflection points, manage light, and provide a degree of esthetics.
Last edited by Dan Ortego; 01-20-2014 at 05:20 PM.
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That is cool exreality... I have heard, pardon the pun, that if you build one these you should allow for sound to come out of the back. In other words cut some holes in that storage container or use another material for the box. It's amazing how many ways people have done this...there must me hundreds of youtube videos on creating portable vocal booths. It's ART...It's SCIENCE...it's both...
Cheap is a relative term...
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