Acoustic treatment
This section gathers forum discussions on acoustic treatment: the panels, bass traps, and diffusers used to control reflections and low-frequency buildup in recording and control rooms. Contributors document do-it-yourself construction methods, most centered on rigid fiberglass or mineral wool (such as Owens Corning 703/705) framed in wood and wrapped in fabric, including budget panel builds, "superchunk" corner bass traps, and slat-type Helmholtz resonators and diffusors, with one thread correcting a published resonator formula. Other threads address specific applications, including vocal booth treatment, acoustic hangers for suspending panels, and rockwool density and fabric covering choices. Several long-running threads follow individual studio projects through extended treatment and tuning phases, while others debate technical questions such as the "edge effect" in absorption coefficient measurements. Together these threads range from quick reference how-tos and material lists to in-depth technical debate, making this topic a practical starting point for readers planning or troubleshooting the acoustic treatment of a home or professional studio space.
Introduction drafted with AI assistance from forum posts.
- Start hereHow to: Acoustic panels
- Start hereDIY Acoustic Treatments
- Start hereThe 25 minute, $25 acoustic panel (or $42.00 bass trap)
- Start hereHow I built my bass traps (superchunk method)
- Start hereVocal Booth Design
- Acoustic hangers
- CR Treatment and Tuning---The home stretch!!
- Acoustic panels... a photo essay...
- Idea for Helmholz resonator/diffusor
- MORE questions about "edge effect" absorption cont
- Kendale's Studio (Acoustic Treatment for Temporary Location)
- vocal booth acoustic treatment
- EXPERIMENTS! EEEERIIIIK, PLeaz DEESAAAART, pag 7 and 8
- SLAT TYPE HELMHOLTZ RESONATOR FORMULA
- how to make 9 bass-traps and 11 broadband absorbers in 3days
- Fabrics & Rockwool Question
- Ethan, Dan, Steve, John, i need some heads-up here....
- Step By Step Studio Tuning
- timogiodeson MEASUREMENTS THREADS! Tracking Room Acoustic
- Already have home made traps should i buy some pre-made now?
- BASS TRAP HANGERS -Would be done with ROCKWOOL? YES/NO/MAYBE
- Hangging bass panells Hidley traps
- I need some test information if available
- DIY Gobo design (with diagram and photos)
- Is diffusion dead?
- Slot Resonator Slat Layout
- Panel Absorbers
- Hanger Materials, Assembly, & Mounting
- Slat Absorbers
- converting a loft (or do you say attic or roof? Sorry I'm UK
- John - Active Bass Absorbers?
- Tomas's room
- My Cloud Design
- DIY Diffractal Diffusors
- Bass traps the solution?
- CR Rear Wall Question
- Control Room - 65Hz Problem (I think)
- Mixing room
- Here is how I buildt my bass traps (photos)
- Resonant panel or slot absorber??
- Home made Skyline Diffusors
- Bass trap frame made of plywood ?
- Surface finish - does spray / stucco help with acousti
- Just to show you how i built my bass traps
- Studio Design Help Australia
- Phazinhead home studio
- Helmholtz / Slot Resonator Theory Question
- panel trap experiment outline
- Broadband Absorber and Superchunks Build Picture Diary
- Great News For Those Who Need Acoustic Panels & Bass Tra
- very small room - mixes translate a loss in high frequencies
- Bass Trap Hangers..
- Should I proceed? Math versus intuition....
- Choosing between two rooms for acoustic
- Live room rescue!
- broadband bass trapping
- help with small basement studio
- Urgent Help
- Big bass issues in control room
- Hanging solid panels to change recording room acoustics
- hello from brazil!
- Corner with Panel trap or bass trap?
- Wrong Helmholtz formula!?
- Studio Walls . . . Sheet Rock or Wood
- Why hardwood floors?
- Any suggestions on my GOBO design?
- mixing room treatment - one more newbie looking for help
- Looking for advice on panel/hanger treatment
- Ethan/All, bass trap design improvisation help.
- Hanging Panel Bass Trap vs Plywood Front Bass Trap
- Treatment for very small control room
- to slat not to slat
- Acoustic treatment control room
- church building bass traps
- DIY QSF - quick sound field?
- Covered Plywood Panel Style Bass Trap
- Absorber Panels
- curved wall panels
- Absorption coefficient /Density? -- RFZ panels
- Acoustic problems in a rental, help needed!
- Slot absorber slot width
- Acoustic panels: how far to mount from wall?
- Help me treat a square vocal/iso booth!
- Question regarding Mineral Wool and Broadband Absorber
- is this foam any good?
- HF, Broadband and Bass traps
- Building a dead room.
- Size/Tuning a Panel Resonator
- Really small basement studio in Athens - Greece
- Live room treatment.
- Bedroom Design
- ceiling for a slat resonater?
- Ah, Jeez... I need some advice.
- Treating a rental rehearsal room 20'x20'x18'?
- One last design for your approval :-)
- black box diffusers
- How to tame 50hz with a 1' depth
- Need Advice for Treating Acoustics in My New Home Studio
- Materials for slot resonator??
- Portable Gobos w/ window design
- "Cosmetic" Front for a Bass Trap...
- Auralex kits...??
- Wall Units - Build Question
- Spray painting Acoustic Foam
- The Corner Trap
- new place / new (home) studio / any suggestions
- Slat wall question
- Help modifying my drum room's sound- pictures and sound clip
- Questions about John's diy absorbers
- Old Studio Rehab.
- gobo 'd mix area
- Basement one-room studio
- slat resonator
- Using foam for low frequencies absorption
- Problem Frequencies - Treating Tracking Room
- My bass trap project
- Pine for slots?
- small adjacent room as slot resonator box?
- Putting Auralex in a corner does not a vocalbooth make...
- 12'x10'x8' Tracking Room Plan Suggestions
- Acoustic treatment for live room (Code-name: Beryl)
- Broadband absorber behind the speakers?
- Quick, temporary absorption (odd space, tracking only)
- cool looking absorbers and diffusors
- Which fabric is best for panel & trap covering? Berlin?
- 4 sweet sacks of Rockwool
- New studio panel advice needed please.
- acoustic treatment
- Help with basement studio acoustic treatment
- ACOUSTIC TREATMENT FABRICS
- Johns Manville Fiberglass Duct Board type 800
- Attic Space as Basstrap?
- Can you tune panel traps accurately?
- help with control room bass trapping
- How to make a small iso-tracking room actually sound good?
- Helmholtz Resonator from wine bottles?
- Tiny All-In-One room
- Gobo design help needed
- Bending a little a Bass Trapp...
- Corner Trap Issue With Wall Plugs
- Walls & Ceiling-Diffusion or Absorbtion?
- Acoustic treatment: putting theory into practice
- Acoustic Panel Photo Essay
- What's the most effective type of bass trap per cubic area?
- acoustic instrument studio
- New Invention To Revolutionize Low Frequency Acoustics
- Wall/slot
- Home Studio Acoustics (DIY Pics & Asking for Feedback)
- Almost free acoustic foam.
- Just about ready to begin, any 2nd or 3rd opinions?
- I had a look at new Blue Bear u/date..
- Big Challenge ( Picture now attached)
- My Room (need a little help)
- Closet for Hemholtz?
- about that air-space that causes low-mid dip....
- Absorbent Open Ceiling
- Wood For Slots
- Small basement studio in Rome - Control room treatment
- Small, poorly shaped room seeks advice....
- Advice on Tuning Room for Mixing
- 703 vs. 705
- Broadband absorption behind monitors?
- Does this compaer to the Auralex foam?
- Corner trap design question...
- Speed of Sound in Fibre
- Diaphragmatic traps...
- Low profile mini polys ?
- Help with drum room
- Bass Hangers
- Help with Treatment in Bedroom Control Room
- Ceiling diffusor
- Sloped Live room ceilings - will 5 degrees give any benefits
- Making Acoustic Hangers
- cloud panel design
- One room studio sketch
- Hardening of edges on OC 703
- No point in mixing in the width center? (nulls too huge)
- Hanging DIY Panels: Best Gap Space?
- Gap or No Gap for Soffit Bass Traps?
- Sound Treatment for 9' x 6' Vocal Booth...Dead or Not?
- my studio- null on listening position
- Small post production (please help to sovle the riddle!)
- Time to tune my room
- Stickhouse studio
- Help with acoustics of new home studio
- Can anyone explain why diffusors don't work at close range?
- Absorption Behind Speakers.
- ESR Roundffusor
- ...need some rear wall diffusers
- Just a quick question..
- Really small home mix room - sketchup file links included
- Moving resonator
- Panel absorbers
- Hangers....
- Plan for a big recording and concert room
- Closet in my way !
- 125hz-134hz Null - Help please!
- Basic treatment for small home production/mixing room
- follow up on a lot of help from Knight
- Studio Acoustic Treatment - Help needed :-)
- So I bought Bass Traps, but still having issues...
- Can you hang bass hangers inside the air gap?
- Panel Traps or Acoustic hangers?
- DIY - sound absorption materials
- Treatment under stairwell? Now with Pics and data!
- absorbent behind monitors
- Helmholtz questions
- MIX ROOM in Progress (Need Suggestions) Lot of Pictures!!!!
- Rear wall Ideas?????
- Looking for example broadband resonator designs
- rockwool for bass traps?
- I built some bass traps.. check 'em out
- Need alot of help on acousticly treating 4 rooms
- Room is gonna kill me and my sweet spot
- Studio Room Progress So Far Pt2
- Small Room Redesign & Acoustic Treatment S.O.S. HELP!!!
- Any Particular wood better for Helmholtz Resonator slats?
- (First Post) Some guidance to treat acousticly HOMESTUDIO???
- Home Studio Acoustic treatment help Pictures/info inside
- point me in the direction of education
- basement studio project
- keep the closet/trash the closet
- absorbent ceiling in live room
- Winer Wood Panel Bass Trap on double frame wall ?
- Best thickness for basstraps
- Slat Wall construction
- Fabric for covering Absorbers/gobos, etc.
- help with live room
- Bass Hangers / Superchunks
- Studio help
- MDF Face Vs Barrier Mat - Membrane Bass Trap Absorber
- 16" or 1' Bass Traps in Corners?
- how to make my room better...
- Panel absorbers in the corners - how to calculate?
- Armstong Ceiling Panels
- Help with WILD live room acoustics!
- BIG problems at 40Hz
- Need help understanding product spec's - please help!
- Small Tracking Room Measurements and Treatment
- Questions about diffusers
- Room Tuning Advice Needed for Mixing Studio in Stockholm-Swe
- Vocal booths
- Diffusion???
- Seeking feedback on room acoustic treatment and measurements
- simple room treatment EVOLVED
- acoustic treatment for my control room
- Panel Traps vs. 4-6" of 703
- Rockwool basstraps and absorbing panels
- helmholtz and room modes
- Hangers???
- New Studio Acoustic Management
- super chunk alternative.
- helmholtz resonator question
- A Classic small space.... Need Advice!!
- Listening room: simple fixes?
- Quick bass trap question
- Control Room acoustics help
- Use for Carpet?
- 1800's New York Chapel (updated)
- LENRD Traps
- treat a transparent glass panel ceiling
- resonators and bass traps
- Corner Bass Trap
- mixing room glass front wall
- HELP with my room design!
- Slot Resonators and Surface-Mounted Outlets
- what happens if you double it???
- RPG Modex in corners vs. just making a walled-corner trap
- I found THE cheap way and THE good way to....
- Starting from a dead room
- Aualex vs. DIY
- Acoustic treatment finished - your thoughts on the results?
- Need to upgrade homemade absorbsion boxes
- Treating small home bedroom for production
- 8ft by 10ft ISO Booth (DIY) PLZ HELP
- Flexible mounting of acoustic materials
- Do It Yourself Cloth Wrapped Glass Fiber Panels Q
- Can slat/slots help with midrange nulls at MIX
- Treatment to studioize an existing room?
- Finishing Studio Acoustic Design... Diffusion?
- Morale buster or treating my unusual room
- Acoustic treatment for my little live/drum room
- Slot absorber - straight slots or splayed?
- acoustic panels
- sound proof on cement?
- wooden pallets as diffusor panels?
- Acoustic treatment of large room for live music performance
- Question about Gobo insulation
- My design of my studio - feedback needed.
- Acoustic panels and gobos
- hi. Studio design help plz
- some basic help for a newbie
- Golden Acoustics - custom sonic eq panels
- Building panel corner traps... help please!
- Stand alone DIY slat resonator, first attempt
- Woah my studio is weird....HELP!!
- Aphoulstered walls DIY
- help with control room treatment
- I need some control room treatment suggestions
- Air tight....
- help please!
- thinking of building a slat resonator (first time)...
- mineral wool behind a painting?
- Auralex made into clouds...??
- acoustic treatment ideas
- Help with this?
- 4'x4' studio gobo's for Acoustic Sessions in Studio
- Questions in regards to building this bass trap? URGENT
- What do you guys think?
- Recording space??
- Plastic Over Insulation-Still Effective Hi Freq. Absorption?
- Ceiling Treatment for Listening Room / Acoustic Guitar Playi
- Portable Dead(ening) Room
- Is this a good bass trap design?
- bass traps on all 4 corners?
- Very small iso booth solution, reflexion filter?
- Pallet - Diffusor VIDEO
- Advice on porous absorbers in a near ideal sized room
- New bedroom studio - opinions?
- Building new studio, need ideas/suggestions
- An "Off The Wall" Question
- Quick Slot Absorber Questions?
- Re: What do I do, with my room?
- When to use slot resonators, bass traps, etc…?
- Ceiling Tile
- Trying to understand sealed cavity vs. not sealed...
- A quick question about absorbers...
- Control Room Front Wall (Behind Monitors) Treatment
- My very small room in Tampa, FL
- Control Room Problem
- Helmholtz resonator as panels, design questions
- Building a mixing/post room in an interesting space
- How much roxul in basstraps
- Are There any Space-saving Alternatives?
- New mix room- Acoustics help
- Hanging panel absorbers and fabric covered 703...?
- It is now time for some help!
- Questions regarding treatment on the JS website
- wooden block diffusor
- Gobo design for maximum bleed reduction vs. flexibility
- Is there any hope for this room?
- Treatment Suggestions Needed
- Corner Traps Vs Wall Height
- small VO / ADR studio design
- Noobee needs help with Acoustical Treatment...Please
- Ceiling as a broadband/bass absorber approach.
- UPDATED new PICS bass traps in my mix room + diagrams
- How far are the panels from the walls?
- Which Bass trap
- Temporary acoustic treatment
- Well here goes
- Ready for expert advice for my room please.
- Question about slat resinator
- How does one treat a gym?
- Air Space Behind Bass Traps
- What depth should I make my acoustic panels?
- knight...quick answer?
- Small control room - Minuscule Studio
- choose between two materials for broadband absorption panels
- few q's about corner absorbers
- Clouds angled or not?
- Knightly, what would be the outcome if I do this?
- Adding back some HF energy in my mix room.
- mixing/rehearsal room acoustic treatment
- Auralex vs Primacoustic