What's the most effective type of bass trap per cubic area?

What's the most effective type of bass trap per cubic area? Membrane absorber Slat absorber Perforated panel absorber Hanger traps Super chunk I'm not so much concerned with bang-for-buck, as "bang-for-space".

a slat res can be a super chuck with high frequencies not affected. So do you want a dead room?

lilith_envy wrote:

a slat res can be a super chuck with high frequencies not affected. So do you want a dead room?

Hi, and thanks for your reply. The info I'm looking for is which type of bass trap is most effective at lower frequencies. I fully understand the difference between each type of trap, and how they affect higher frequencies. But I haven't seen is any data on which type traps the most low frequency using the least amount of space. That is really the info I'm looking for. Thanks again! -Guy

I don't believe there IS and data on it Guy. Membrane absorbers are frequency specific as are slots albeit broader . Superchuck and Hangers are the two most efficient at low frequencies IMO but which one I'd only be guessing, and I'd guess hangers :)

I'm more of a suppa-duppa-corna-filler myself so I vote for superchunks :)

if there was a way to not to even deal with rockwool would be even better! I just get itchy by thinkng of a wool panel :lol:

There is, but it's a secret. Not gonna tell you :mrgreen:

I did a whole studio in pure wool - it was so good to work with. :) It was in the mid 90s and the aussie wool industry was facing a downturn in wool sales and they were trying every use of wool, so a Toowoomba company started making wool insulation. I had a call from the owner of Music Farm - he had stripped all the rockwool/fiberglass acoustic treatment out of the studio, he'd even gone in with high pressure water guns and cleaned out every particle of synthetic fiber all because Olivier Newton John was about to record and she'd just recovered from breast cancer and he wanted a pure environment for her to be creative in. So as well as having the opportunity to re-do Music Farm I also ended up as an engineer that worked on her Gaia album.

haha, that's just TOO funny, John :) (well, good for your cashflow I reck'n) :mrgreen:

They'll make good panels!!

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